FT Faculty Healthcare Informatics

About the role

This role will be required to commute to campus in Harrisburg, PA twice per semester on weekends.

About Harrisburg University

Harrisburg University (HU) offers an applied science and technology education for students who want a degree and a dedicated pathway to a career. Its focus is to educate career-minded individuals in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), giving them the tools to succeed, while helping to shape their communities, locally and beyond. Our goal is to help stimulate economic growth in our region by establishing a STEM-educated workforce — a necessary resource in today's economy.

About Healthcare Informatics

At HU, this 36-hour graduate program provides unique educational opportunities in this emerging area for experienced clinicians (physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants), health insurers, and clinically oriented healthcare administrators. Many graduate programs miss or short-change perhaps the most important skill set for this new kind of practitioner: the translational, communications, and interpersonal skills that make the difference between success and failure during selection, implementation, and optimization of healthcare IT systems. What makes our program unique is familiarity with critical skills in change management, knowledge management, project management, organizational psychology, generational differences, human-machine interfaces, analytics, and optimization tools such as Lean and Agile.

Qualifications

• Harrisburg University requires dedicated professionals who have the experience and desire to work in an active and collaborative environment that stresses high-quality service delivery, entrepreneurial spirit, and close contact with a diverse group of internal and external constituents.
• The university is seeking exceptionally qualified individuals who can teach high-quality courses and develop applied research initiatives.
• In conjunction with the existing faculty, this individual will be responsible for teaching specific courses within the program and developing the curriculum.
• The individual will also provide services to the university community, such as academic outreach and student support.
• A willingness to interact with prospective students is necessary.
• The candidate must be willing to utilize technologies in the classroom.
• Additionally, he/she will need to be informed and able to incorporate new technologies, apply new concepts into the program as necessary, and work closely with the university administration to ensure that the curriculum responds to market trends.
• The candidate will need to forge relationships with corporate entities to bridge the gap between the classroom and the business community, as well as to secure partnerships and projects necessary as part of the university curricular framework.
• The successful candidate should be a team player, willing to work at growing and advancing the mission of the university, and capable of taking a collaborative approach with existing faculty and administration.
• This individual will also be responsible for making presentations outside of the classroom to peers, administration, and those outside of the university community.
• A successful candidate will also have demonstrated leadership within their previous roles.
• Interested candidates should provide evidence of experience in teaching and instructional development, with prior corporate/industry experience being a major plus.