Full Professor of PsyD Program

Ponce Health Sciences University/Tiber Health Innovations•St. Louis, MO

3d•$60,000 - $90,000•Onsite

About The Position

The PsyD program at Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU), St. Louis campus is seeking core faculty at all levels for the 2025-26 Academic year. PHSU St. Louis is a branch campus of Ponce Health Sciences University, based in Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering graduate-level programs including MSMS, PSYD, Nursing, and Medicine. The PsyD program, established in Fall 2019, is APA accredited and follows a practitioner-scientist model, aiming to train doctoral-level providers who are informed consumers of psychological research and utilize this literature to guide clinical decision-making. This full-time faculty position involves providing instructional support for courses within the Doctor of Clinical Psychology program. Duties include developing syllabi, creating course materials, assessing student learning outcomes, and delivering instruction.

Requirements

Minimum of a Doctoral Degree from a Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology program from a regionally accredited institution and APA accredited program.
Possess a commitment to providing quality service to students seeking post-secondary education.
General knowledge of computers including Microsoft Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.
Dependable and have good inter-personal and communication/organization skills.
Ability to interact effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
Demonstrated ability to meet and/or exceed determined goals and objectives.
Excellent written, verbal communication and customer service skills.
Time management and the ability to meet deadlines and multi-task are required.

Nice To Haves

Preferred experience in higher education; university environment.
Licensed or license eligible in Missouri.

Responsibilities

Incorporating the mission of Ponce Health Sciences University into program and course learning objectives, focusing course experience on student learning.
Accountability to students and administration with respect to quality in education. Incorporating current profession information into course learning experience.
Administer courses in a prepared and timely manner, meeting deadlines for course and student interactions. Maintain and exemplify professional conduct in course and student interactions.
Preparing an updated syllabus prior to course posting according to the standard PHSU format. All information (course learning objectives, reading assignments, testing, grading, etc.) contained in the syllabus must be clearly stated and not ambiguous.
All administrative and course deadlines must be met.
Practice collegiality: Refraining from making pejorative statements regarding the university, fellow faculty or staff personnel in student interactions or course discussions.
Maintaining regular office hours.
Contributing to exams that have sound instructional value with accurately measured and well-defined objectives utilizing appropriate levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Evaluation should not be ambiguous and should appropriately represent the information presented in the course.
Establishing and maintaining a course atmosphere conducive to learning.
Responsible to treat colleagues, staff, and students in a professional manner.
All courses should have a required course text or based on published science literature unless exempted by the administration.
Participation in faculty meetings, workshops and university ceremonies.
Accountable to report to the PsyD Program Director if he/she will be absent or unable to fulfill responsibilities. Notifying appropriate personnel of damage to PHSU property. Should report problems that affect any aspect of the university to the program coordinator or appropriate department.
Read, understand and follow all Faculty Handbook information and policies.
Other instructional duties as assigned by program director or the Dean.