Academic School: Physician Assistant Program, School of Science
Job Summary: The Physician Assistant Program at Marist College is seeking a highly qualified individual to serve as the Assessment Specialist with assessment, didactic teaching, academic advising, and admissions responsibilities. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative team that is establishing a strong, successful Physician Assistant Program, which recently achieved a 100% PANCE pass rate for its first graduating cohort. The program is housed in a new facility appointed with state-of-the-art teaching spaces including a simulation suite and traditional gross anatomy lab.
Minimum Qualifications: The College seeks a physician assistant or other graduate level trained candidate with proven experience in assessment of student learning and ensuring compliance with ARC-PA standards. The successful candidate will, preferably, have 1-3 years' teaching experience in a higher education setting, demonstrate effective communication and collaborative skills in a team-oriented environment, and a history of successful time management.
Essential Functions:
- Ensure compliance with ARC-PA standards
- Monitor effectiveness of PA program design of appropriate assessment instruments and collection, analysis, and interpretation of data on student learning outcomes
- Assist Program Director and faculty with planning and implementation of evidence-based program improvements to address areas of weakness
- Teach didactic courses appropriate to expertise
- Academic advising of students
- Participate in the admission process including application review and interviewing
- Provides ongoing monitoring of student performance and identifies students at risk
- Contributes in committee meetings from the perspective of program assessment
- Maintain licensure and/or certification
Special Applicant Requirements: Requirements for PA applicant:
- Master's degree from an ARC-PA accredited program
- Current NCCPA certification
- Current license or eligibility for licensing as a physician assistant in the State of New York
- Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience (primary care), preferred
- Program evaluation and student assessment experience and demonstrated ability to comply with accreditation standards related to evaluation and assessment
Requirements for Non-PA applicant:
- MS, MD, DO, PhD or EdD
- Program evaluation and student assessment experience and demonstrated ability to comply with accreditation standards related to evaluation and assessment
Required Application Documents: Applications should be accompanied by a letter of interest which highlights relevant assessment experience, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy and goals, and the contact details of at least three professional references. contact details of at least three professional references.
About the PA Program: The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Marist College Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Marist College.
Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program's ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class..
About Marist College: Marist College is located on the banks of the historic Hudson River midway between New York City and Albany and at its Florence, Italy campus. A comprehensive, independent institution grounded in the liberal arts, its mission is to "help students develop the intellect, character, and skills required for enlightened, ethical, and productive lives in the global community of the 21st century." Marist is consistently recognized for excellence by The Princeton Review (Colleges That Create Futures and The Best 384 Colleges), U.S. News & World Report (8th Best Regional University/North), Kiplinger's Personal Finance ("Best College Values"), and others. Marist educates approximately 5,000 traditional-age undergraduate students and 1,400 adult and graduate students in 47 undergraduate majors and numerous graduate programs, including fully online MBA, MPA, MS, and MA degrees.
Type of Position: Full Time
Classification: Faculty
Months per Year: 12
Work Schedule: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday
some nights or weekends may be required
Hours per Week: 37.5
Location: Marist College main campus, Poughkeepsie, NY
Number of Positions Openings: 1
Equal Employment Statement: Marist College is committed to creating a diverse workforce on our campus by ensuring that barriers to equal employment opportunity and upward mobility do not exist here. To this end, the College will strive to achieve the full and fair participation of minorities, women, people with disabilities, and any other protected groups found to be under represented.
Equal opportunity means employment, development, and promotion of individuals without consideration of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, or veteran status unless there is a bona fide occupational requirement which excludes persons in one of these protected groups. The College will review its employment policies and procedures to ensure that barriers which may unnecessarily exclude protected groups are identified and eliminated. The College will also explore alternative approaches if any policy or practice is found to have a negative impact on protected groups.
Marist's policy of non-discrimination includes not only employment practices but also extends to all services and programs provided by the College. It shall be considered a violation of College policy for any member of the community to discriminate against any individual or group with respect to employment or attendance at Marist College on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other condition established by law.
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