Regional Dean, Vancouver

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on:

November 30, 2025

If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s):

165-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Associate Professor - Career, 166-NN_FACULTY - Clinical Professor - Career

Business Title:

Regional Dean, Vancouver

Employee Type:

Faculty

Position Term:

12 Month

Position Details:

The Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine (ESFCOM) at Washington State University is seeking a Regional Dean to serve on the WSU Vancouver Regional campus. The Regional Dean will serve as the principal academic officer for College of Medicine programs for the Vancouver regional campus, ensuring the educational experience each learner encounters in their region is of the highest quality possible and in compliance with the requirement of accreditation.

The Regional Dean facilitates a sense of community and connection among regional campus students through pre-clerkship didactic and clinical experiences, LIC, Y4 rotations, and coordination with other College of Medicine departments and local clinical partners. This role ensures sufficient availability of community faculty to meet campus educational needs via ongoing recruitment efforts and ensures faculty associated with the regional campus are onboarded and oriented to their teaching roles and responsibilities. The Regional Dean is also responsible for oversight of the regional campus administrative staff, as well as regional student and faculty experience and support.

This role collaborates closely with many administrative units within the College, including other units within the Office of Educational Affairs, including but not limited to the other Regional Medical Campuses, Curriculum, Assessment, the Virtual Clinical Center, and Academic Operations. Additional collaborative partnerships include the Office of Student Experience, Office of Clinical Affairs, Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences (DMECS), Office of Strategic Management, and Office of Faculty Affairs and Continuing Professional Development to ensure the overall efficacy of the college mission in the region.

The incumbent will hold a 12-month, full time, continuous career track position in the Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences with an academic rank of Associate or Full Professor commensurate with qualifications. The Regional Dean position is within the College of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs and reports to the Vice Dean for Educational and Faculty Affairs.

Please see below links for rank guidelines:

Faculty Manual Section 3.C.5

College of Medicine Tenure and Promotion Guidelines

For questions or inquiries please contact Kaytlin Streufert at kaytlin.streufert@wsu.edu.

Duties:

STUDENT SUPPORT

• Assure well-planned, coordinated, and organized Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship and traditional fourth year rotation experiences that enable students to meet program requirements and support appropriate exposure to individualized interest in specialties.

• Curate meaningful didactic and clinical experiences for pre-clerkship students during Clinical Campus Weeks, in collaboration with the other units in the Office of Educational Affairs.

• Collaborate with the other units within the Office of Educational Affairs to support students in meeting programmatic requirements, including testing needs.

• Build and facilitate a sense of community and connection among students at the regional campus.

• Receive and address student concerns and questions regarding assigned clinical preceptors.

• Partner with the Office of Student Experience to support career advising through scheduling consideration, providing guidance for CVs, writing descriptive paragraph for MSPEs, and directly supporting residency match efforts.

CLINICAL PARTNERS

• Lead and execute the ongoing process of clinical preceptor recruitment and onboarding, with a particular focus on growing numbers of regional partners in underserved and rural regional areas.

• Manage and build regional partnerships with large medical providers and groups, including affiliation agreements.

• Manage affiliation agreements for student away rotations for students from your region.

• Provide