Principal Faculty: Coordinator of Clinical Education

Position Title:

Principal Faculty: Coordinator of Clinical Education

Department/School:

School of Science

Salary/Pay Rate:

$110,000.00 - $120,000.00 Annually with Additional Administrative Stipend

Job Summary:

Come join the established team at the Marist College Physician Assistant Program, where you can leverage your experience to train the next generation of high-quality clinicians. We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Physician Assistant/Associate (PA) to join us at our state-of-the-art Allied Health Building as Coordinator of Clinical Education. The ideal candidate will join a team of hardworking individuals dedicated to developing high-quality, compassionate, and culturally sensitive PAs who are committed to advancing the PA profession.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to work both independently and collaboratively. They will be able to promote a positive and engaging environment and be capable of leading multiple projects. This is a collaborative faculty role working directly with a co-coordinator of clinical education. A successful candidate should demonstrate interest in working, engaging, and supporting a diverse group of people including full time faculty, staff, college administrators, part-time faculty, patient actors, clinical preceptors, hospital administrators, and other stakeholders.

The Marist values combined with a collaborative culture make the Marist College PA Program a great place to work. Marist College offers a generous benefits package, along with competitive salary commensurate to academic experience. In addition to these benefits, we provide our faculty one release day per week to practice clinically or for professional development.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Site Maintenance
• Research, acquire, and maintain clinical rotation sites consistent with the objectives of Marist’s PA program
• Act as a liaison between the program and preceptors/site administrators of established clinical sites
• Develop and revise site instruments for the on-going evaluation process to ensure quality of teaching for each clinical site
• Travel (domestic or international) as needed to clinical rotation sites to evaluate experiential teaching quality
• Coordinate and schedule all clinical rotations and obtain placement for each student in supervised clinical practice experiences

Student Assessment
• Review, revise, and/or develop benchmarks for standardized PAEA end-of rotation exams, PACKRAT, and End of Curriculum Exams.
• Schedule and administer clinical year examinations.
• Oversee the credentialing/onboarding process for students during the clinical year including ensuring that each student has all appropriate certifications, immunizations, and any other requirements necessary for clinical clerkships.
• Create and revise learning outcomes and objectives for each rotation.
• Revise Clinical and Preceptor Handbooks yearly.
• Coordinate yearly “clinical year orientation” sessions
• Perform, coordinate, and/or oversee on-site evaluation of students on clinical rotations.
• Develop and monitor student evaluation instruments consistent with the outcomes of each clinical rotation.
• Monitor and analyze clinical year assignments and assessment instruments during the clinical year.
• Monitor individual student progress and design and oversee remediation as needed during the clinical year.
• Develop and implement plans to identify student deficiencies during supervised clinical practice experiences.
• Act as the program representative to students for personal and academic concerns in the clinical year.
• Coordinate “call back” sessions during the clinical year.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Physician Assistant/Associate
• Master’s Degree
• Eligible for unrestricted New York State Physician Assistant license
• Current or emeritus NCCPA certification
• At least 3 years of clinical experience

 

Essential Functions:

  As Principal Faculty, candidates can expect the following duties:

• Serve as faculty advisor for first- and second-year PA students.
• Participate on faculty committee(s).
• Participate in the duties necessary for program maintenance of accreditation.
• Foster student achievement, persistence and success.
• Proactively work with students who are at risk of not performing to their potential.
• Assure that programmatic institutional effectiveness and student learning outcomes assessment is conducted and that the results of the assessment lead to meaningful instructional develop