Adjunct Faculty – Clinical Faculty - Acupuncture

MCPHS; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) seeks adjunct clinical faculty to deliver high-quality clinical supervision and evaluation for the acupuncture programs. The selected candidate will supervise graduate student interns in clinical placements at MCPHS facilities or offsite settings, overseeing diagnosis, treatment planning, charting, and needling skills.

The role includes providing a structured learning environment, applying grading policies, and ensuring credentialing

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required.
• Doctoral degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise graduate student interns in clinical placements.
• Oversee diagnosis and treatment planning and charting.
• Monitor patient care, supervision methodology, and learning outcomes.
• Post syllabus, assignments, and materials in the learning management system when requested.
• Provide student mentoring and placement development.
• Maintain credentialing and onboarding requirements for placement settings.
• Adhere to preceptor guidelines and evaluation criteria.
• Deliver in-person supervision at VA Hospital and offsite placements.
• Perform periodic formal and informal evaluations of student progress toward placement objectives.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Independent work

Teaching experience

VA system experience

Veteran care knowledge

Education

Master’s degree

Doctoral degree preferred

Job description

The New England School of Acupuncture seeks adjunct clinical faculty to deliver high quality clinical supervision and evaluation for the acupuncture program and/or acupuncture with Chinese herbal medicine program. The selected candidate will have responsibilities supervising graduate student interns in their clinical placements. Placements may be at a NESA/MCPHS Treatment Center or at an offsite clinical placement setting. Supervision of the care of patients will include overseeing diagnosis and treatment planning, professionalism, charting, point location, needling, and palpatory skills. Clinical Faculty are hired by the semester: Fall is September-December, Spring is January-April, Summer is mid-May-early August.

• Delivers supervision at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial VA Hospital and provides experiential clinical instruction in person.
• Provide an engaging active learning environment for students
• Provide students with periodic informal as well as formal evaluations of their progress toward meeting placement objectives
• Apply grading policies fairly and consistently
• Adhere to preceptor guidelines, provided by the Director of Clinical Education, which include placement objectives and learning outcomes, supervision methodology, attendance policies in line with those of MCPHS, assignments and deliverables, timelines and evaluation criteria
• When requested, uses the University’s learning management system to post syllabus, assignments and other materials and to communicate with students
• Provides services related to student mentoring, ongoing placement development, and assessment
• Maintains all credentialing required by the placement setting, and complies with all placement setting onboarding and training requirements
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned by the Director of Clinical Education

Required:

• Master’s degree required, doctoral degree preferred
• Current licensure in acupuncture in Massachusetts
• Minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in acupuncture and/or Chinese Herbal Medicine
• Commitment to acupuncture education and student success
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Must be able to work independently and effectively interact with a wide array of parties at all levels
• Prior teaching experience preferred
• Prior experience treating veterans preferred
• Prior experience working as an acupuncturist in the VA system preferred

Finalist candidate(s) for this position will be subject to reference checks and a pre-employment background check as a condition of employment.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. MCPHS is unable to sponsor, or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa. MCPHS is also not an E-Verify institution.

About Us

Established in 1823, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS) is the oldest institution of higher education in Boston, a city that is home to many of the world’s top universities and healthcare institutions. We are one of the largest and most highly-ranked schools for health and life sciences, and our alumni and faculty continually distinguish themselves in healthcare settings around the globe. MCPHS has more than 7000 students across campuses in Boston’s Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA), downtown Worcester, MA and downtown Manchester, NH. Our vision is to empower our Community to create a healthier, more equitable world, which we strive to achieve through our core values of integrity, community, engagement, collaboration, support, and innovation.

MCPHS is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to ensuring equal opportunity for all members of the University community. We aim to recruit, develop, and retain the most skilled faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment.