Dean, Physical Therapy

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Career Center • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The mission of the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences is the development of professional health care practitioners through innovation, individualized, and quality classroom, clinical, and distance education.
GENERAL SUMMARY
The Dean, Physical Therapy provides academic leadership and administrative oversight of all Physical Therapy (PT) programs, resident, and flex, as well as all entry-level program directors on all USAHS campuses. Through use of programmatic data internally and externally, the Dean promotes academic excellence and growth of the PT programs, for the benefit of students and employees. The individual in this position coordinates communication and programmatic consistency across campuses and delivery methods for all PT programs. The individual will assist program directors by coordinating program outcome assessment, accreditation reporting, faculty performance evaluation and development, curricular improvement, and (re)accreditation, etc.

Requirements

• Personal and professional values in concert with the University’s mission and vision
• Exceptional leadership, communication and management skills; demonstrates forward, creative thinking
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, and to interact effectively with colleagues, administrators and faculty members and students, as well as external constituencies
• Exceptional leadership, communication and management skills; demonstrates forward, creative thinking
• Operate effectively in a changing environment and effectively guide change management process
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively as part of a team, and to interact effectively with colleagues, administrators and faculty members and students, as well as external constituencies
• Ability to project vision, leadership, and objective reasoning to students, faculty, and staff
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• 7-10 years of progressive academic administrative experience in a higher education; earned academic/terminal degree doctorate (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D., DHSc., etc.)
• Demonstrated senior-level administrative ability and University/College level faculty employment and teaching experience
• Possess knowledge of discipline specific accreditation

Nice To Haves

• Professional experience in a health professional field preferred
• Experience developing educational program; growth oriented

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning and Change Management
• Leadership Development
• Fiscal and Resource Management
• Quality Improvement and Accreditation
• CORE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
• OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree