Director Of Education Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Master’s prepared Physician Assistant from a regionally accredited institution.
• Current NCCPA certification.
• Current unrestricted North Carolina PA licensure or eligible to obtain within six months.
• Minimum of three years of clinical practice experience required.
• Strong interpersonal abilities with excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with students, staff, faculty, preceptors, clinical site staff, and organizational administrators.
• Honesty, integrity, and commitment to maintaining high professional standards.
• Willingness and ability to travel occasionally to distant campus (Hendersonville, 150 miles) and local clinical sites, with travel reimbursement.

Nice To Haves

• Previous teaching experience in a formal physician assistant program or other graduate medical education program is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic instruction, counseling, and advising to students in the didactic and clinical phases of the program.
• Evaluate student performance in didactic courses, clinical courses, and simulations through written and practical examination.
• Assist the program in curricular improvement.
• Participate in peer evaluation, faculty/staff meetings, conference attendance, and other professional development activities.
• Identify and discuss any students considered “at-risk” with the Associate Program Director and Program Director.
• Participate in tutorial and remediation processes.
• Participate in the student admission and applicant interview process.
• Actively assist in the maintenance of ARC-PA accreditation and program improvement.
• Active involvement in carrying out the mission and vision of the program and university.
• Participate in local, state, and national professional organizations.
• Engage in scholarly activity and service to the program, University, and the profession.
• Participate in faculty development and research within the mission of the program and the university.
• Oversee all aspects of the clinical phase of the PA program.
• Develop, maintain, and assess clinical sites with the assistance of the distant campus Clinical Coordinator.
• Organize student clinical placement into Supervised Clinical Practical Experiences (SCPE) on the Wingate campus and provide oversight of placement on the distant campus.
• Serve as Co-Course Director for clinical courses.
• Lead/Assist with EOR activities (exams, workshops, clinical skills assessment, elective case presentations, etc.).
• Lead grading of SCPE-specific documentation and review of EOR documents such as RGE (rotation goals and expectation forms).
• Serve as lead manager of SCPE software (Exxat) to enter new clinical sites, preceptors, preceptor-specific documents, and affiliation agreements.
• Perform site/student visits.
• Lead the creation and revision of clinical year handbooks (preceptor/student), rubrics, and clinical syllabi.
• Lead the distribution/collection of evaluations and clinical year data analysis.
• Support the Program Director in the ARC-PA accreditation process.

Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• retirement plan with institutional contribution
• paid time off
• holidays
• tuition benefits for employees and eligible dependents
• access to campus facilities
• wellness resources
• professional development opportunities