Faculty/Director of Clinical Education-Physician Assistant Program

Johnson & Wales University•Providence, RI

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About The Position

If you’re committed to educating future PAs, enjoy working closely with students and clinical partners, and thrive in a collaborative academic environment, we’d love to have you on our team. This position serves as both an administrator and a principal faculty member, supporting all facets of the PA Program’s clinical education in close collaboration with the program director, faculty, and staff. Core responsibilities include developing and delivering clinical curriculum, creating rotation‑specific syllabi, and ensuring alignment with accreditation standards. The role also involves recruiting and sustaining clinical sites and preceptors, coordinating and evaluating clinical rotations, advising and monitoring students, and maintaining accurate academic records. Additional contributions include participating in admissions processes, committee service, program events, and continuous program improvement initiatives. The incumbent will also represent the program at professional meetings and support activities that advance both the PA Program and the physician assistant profession.

Requirements

Master's degree in physician assistant studies from an accredited institution
Three or more years of clinical experience working as a physician assistant
Current NCCPA certification
Valid U.S. driver's license
Valid physician assistant license for the State of Rhode Island or Massachusetts, or eligibility to obtain such licensure upon hire

Responsibilities

Prepares and delivers relevant and current curriculum using a variety of teaching methods and standardized tools that accurately reflect effectiveness of course content including instructional objectives, expected competencies, entrustable professional activities (EPA), content outlines, lecture notes, instructional methods/activities, handouts, and evaluation tools that are distributed to teaching faculty and/or students
Develops and maintains clinical year rotation-specific syllabi including instructional objectives, expected competencies, content outlines, lecture notes, instructional methods/activities, handouts, and evaluation tools that are distributed to teaching faculty and/or students
Recruits, develops, and maintains clinical year rotation and other experiential learning sites and then matches students with these sites
Visits clinical sites regularly for student as well as site evaluation in order to maintain continuing program accreditation
Develops clinical year preceptor enrichment opportunities
Plans, sequences, and coordinates clinical rotations and course content, and recruits appropriate internal and external lecturers to deliver clinical year supplemental course material
Represents the program at medical conferences and other meetings
Develops, implements and evaluates the mission statement as necessary
Selects applicants for admission to the program
Measures student understanding of course content in an objective fashion
Maintains accurate records of student attendance, academic achievement, and performance in accordance with university policies, procedures and accreditation requirements
Distributes to each student, in each course, a university approved syllabus that includes course objectives, texts, attendance policy and materials required for course and evaluation criteria
Posts and maintains regular office hours for student consultation per guidelines set forth in the faculty manual
Refers students to appropriate university resources for information, financial assistance, career development, or other guidance
Monitors and communicates consistently with any student in danger of failure or in need of individual counseling
Assists with updating program handbooks and other programmatic manuals
Participates in student advising and remedial instruction
Attends scheduled faculty meetings, department meetings, faculty orientation, training programs, and committee meetings of which they are members
Serves as a committee member as assigned by the dean, department chair, program director, or elected by the faculty members at large
Participates in student orientation, admissions events, open houses, Family Weekend, competitions, professional conferences, and other events as directed by the department chair or director
Supports extracurricular activities which advance the PA Program and/or PA profession by attendance and/or service as an advisor
Selects applicants for admission to the program
Designs, implements, coordinates, and evaluates curriculum in accordance with accreditation and university requirements
Performs in accordance with university and program policies and procedures including maintaining familiarity with Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA) standards
Performs other duties as assigned