Principal Faculty in Physician Associate Studies

General

This position is a 12-month, consecutive, non-tenured faculty appointment in the Physician Associate Program.

The Physician Associate Program faculty member serves at the direction of the Program Director. They will serve in a joint role, with responsibilities spanning the academic program's didactic and clinical phases.

Areas Of Responsibility

• Serve as a Physician Associate Education Committee member to facilitate high-quality education through curriculum development and continuous self-assessment and improvement processes.

• Develop, review, and revise as necessary the program mission statement, goals, and competencies.

• Mentor, instruct, and evaluate students within areas of expertise and interest.

• Participate in the program's admissions process and the Academic Affairs and Promotions Committee.

• Attend faculty meetings of the Department and Division.

• Participate in Student Class Activities.

• Attend lectures and provide peer feedback and evaluation.

• Evaluate student performance.

• Assure the availability of remedial instruction.

• Serve as a faculty advisor and mentor to PA students.

• Advise potential students on preparing their applications to the program.

• Design, implement, coordinate, and evaluate the curriculum.

• Serve as course director, teach in the classroom, and participate in course assignments in a setting promoting team teaching.

• Work in concert with other faculty to develop appropriate "mini-courses" to address the special instructional needs of the PA Program.

• Develop and maintain student learning objectives and evaluation instruments for traditional, synchronous, and asynchronous web courses.

• Participate in lab sessions and simulations.

• Participate in clinical quality improvement and clinical site visits/evaluation.

• Evaluate the program.

• Establish a personal program of scholarly activity.

• Maintain an active role in state and national organizations supporting the program's educational mission.

• Represent the Department and Division in intramural and extramural community activities.

Clinical Practice

• Provide clinical services to patients in accordance with program policy.

• Maintain clinical credentials, including state licensure and national practice certification.

Required Qualifications

• Hold current NCCPA certification.

• Hold a master’s degree.

• Be eligible for licensure in the state of Texas.

• At least two years of clinical experience.

• The ability to work collaboratively as an inter-professional team member.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Punctuality, attention to detail, and adherence to due dates.

• Proficiency in technology for organization, word processing, electronic health records, and communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience.

• Doctoral preparation or active pursuit.

• Documented scholarly activity.