Director Physician Assistant Studies Program (23-13)

Job description

Francis Marion University (FMU) and the School of Health Sciences invite applications for a Director of Physician Assistant Studies. The Director will advise and assist FMU as the University pursues the reestablishment of a Physician Assistant Studies program. The successful applicant will work closely with the Provost’s office, Graduate Council, and other administrative offices during the development and implementation of the program. The Director will assume leadership for the routine operations of the Program including, but not limited to, curriculum oversight, scheduling faculty workload, faculty evaluation, and student recruitment and support. The position will become a tenure-track position if the reestablished program receives ARC-PA accreditation.
Functions and responsibilities of the position are:
• Ensure compliance with the standards of the Accreditation Review Commission for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• Develop a Programmatic Mission which is consistent with the University Mission.
• Oversee departmental strategic planning and assessment as related to fiscal and curricular management.
• Coordinate the hiring of the Coordinator of Clinical Education and Program faculty and staff.
• Provide leadership for Program faculty and staff.
• Provide didactic and clinical instruction.
• Coordinate with the Clinical Coordinator to identify and develop clinical affiliation agreements.
• Oversee continuous program evaluation which includes assessments of student achievement in the didactic and clinical learning environments.
• Guide didactic and clinical curricular revision, and any other program revisions, when effectiveness assessments indicate that revisions are necessary.
• Engage in scholarly activity which identifies and addresses medical needs of the regional community.
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• Tenure-track position.
• Curriculum oversight, scheduling faculty workload, faculty evaluation, and student recruitment and support
• Ensure compliance with the standards of the ARC-PA.