Summary

Serves in the dual role of academic and clinical education faculty member.

Faculty members are responsible for providing students with a rich, relevant and engaging academic experience. The faculty role encompasses teaching, student outcomes assessment, curriculum development, student advising, and university service. Faculty continuously engage in professional development while maintaining current expertise in the applicable content area and developing students through effective and innovative teaching and learning practices.

Collaborates with the program director and the director of clinical education to plan, coordinate, facilitate, administer, and monitor the didactic and clinical education curriculum on behalf of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program and in coordination with academic and clinical faculty.

Essential Job Functions

• Core faculty with release time for required duties within the Physical Therapy Program
• Engages with the program director and core faculty in clinical education planning, implementation, and assessment
• Provides quality student learning prior to and during clinical education experiences
• Assists in identifying clinical education sites that align with contemporary physical therapy practice
• Assists in fostering and maintaining relationships with community clinical partners, including routinely visiting clinical sites for student and clinical site evaluations
• Educates students, academic, and clinical education faculty about clinical education, including providing educational content to clinical partners
• Assists with the maintenance of documentation and record-keeping of all relevant student, clinical site, and program information to confirm that the clinical education curriculum provides students with the appropriate depth and breadth of clinical experiences from qualified clinical instructors
• Serves as a committee member as assigned by the dean, program director, or elected by the faculty members at large
• Teaches courses in the Doctorate in Physical Therapy program as assigned
• Adheres to and fulfills the responsibilities of all faculty members as outlined in the faculty manual
• Prepares and delivers relevant and current curriculum using a variety of teaching methods and standardized tools that accurately reflect the effectiveness of course content
• Uses formative and summative assessments of student learning within assigned courses to inform instruction and improve student attainment of course objectives and program outcomes
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Clinical doctorate from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or other appropriate accreditation as determined by JWU
• Five or more years of clinical experience as a licensed physical therapist
• Physical therapy license or licensure eligible in RI
• Valid U.S. driver's license
• Experience as a clinical instructor
• Experience as a site clinical education coordinator

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical doctoral degree in physical therapy discipline
• Terminal Academic Degree (Ph.D., Ed.D.) 
• Previous teaching experience in higher education

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.