Core Faculty - Doctor of Physical Therapy Program.

University of the Cumberlands; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Job summary

University of the Cumberlands seeks a core faculty member for its hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy program. This 12-month, full-time, tenure-track position offers teaching across neurologic and cardiopulmonary content with travel to Williamsburg, KY for designated sessions.

Remote teaching is possible, with on-campus immersion as required.

Qualifications

• Academic doctorate plus teaching experience in physical therapy.
• DPT with clinical expertise, teaching experience, and ABPTS certification preferred.
• Must hold or be eligible for Kentucky licensure within 90 days of start.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinically-focused, evidence-based learning via online and in-person delivery.
• Contribute to curriculum development and student advisement, and support recruitment and retention.
• Engage in service at department, school, college and university levels.

Skills

Online teaching

Educational technology

Curriculum development

Student advisement

Education

Academic Doctorate or DPT with ABPTS

Licensure in Kentucky or eligibility within 90 days

Tools

Online learning platforms

Job description

Get Set for Cumberlands! Join our team of student-focused individuals working together in order to encourage intellectual and spiritual growth, leadership and service.

University of the Cumberlands is seeking a core faculty member to join the experienced faculty in the hybrid Doctor of Physical Therapy Program. This position is a 12-month, full-time, tenure-track assignment, with rank determined by the candidate’s experience.

The core faculty member will provide engaging clinically-focused and evidence-based learning opportunities for students through online (asynchronous and synchronous) and in-person instructional delivery methods. Core faculty members will also contribute to curriculum development, student advisement, recruitment and retention. Faculty will provide service at the departmental/school, college, university and community level, for an institution grounded in shared faculty governance and professional service activities. The faculty are scholars, being involved in building and integrating knowledge for the advancement of the profession and the University.

The preferred candidate will have contemporary expertise to perform primary teaching responsibilities in the neurologic coursework across the curriculum. Secondary teaching responsibilities will be determined based on best fit with the candidates’ areas of interest and expertise and program needs, with preference for cardiopulmonary and lifespan content expertise. The format of the DPT program allows the faculty member to live remote to campus. However, DPT faculty members must be able to travel and stay in the Williamsburg, KY area for designated time periods each semester according to designated teaching responsibilities and required program events.

The Program The University of the Cumberlands, located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, is a faith-based institution that welcomes students from all backgrounds. The mission of the University of the Cumberlands is to provide quality, affordable education to students from all backgrounds through broad-based academics. The University of the Cumberlands is an institution of regional distinction that offers associates, bachelor, masters, and doctorate degrees in over 50 areas of study. The University of the Cumberlands is devoted to preparing students for the future through innovative online and hands‑on experiential learning and research. U.S. News ranked the University of the Cumberlands in the top five percent of the nation’s top performers on Social Mobility.

The Doctor of Physical Therapy program is a six-semester hybrid program, emphasizing small class sizes, individualized student support, and innovative online and in-person educational technologies and approaches that facilitate a student-centered community of learning. The Doctor of Physical Therapy Program was granted initial accreditation in 2024.

Qualifications

Education

Academic Doctorate from a regionally accredited institution with demonstrated clinical expertise and teaching experience (Ph.D., EdD, DSc or equivalent); or Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy Degree (DPT) with demonstrated clinical expertise, teaching experience, and current clinical specialist certification through ABPTS.

Licensure

Must possess a current unencumbered license to practice physical therapy in Kentucky or be eligible to secure license or compact privilege to practice physical therapy in Kentucky within 90 days of employment start.

Other Interest

In and ability to use online instructional technologies; Ability to travel for face-to-face teaching in on‑campus orientation sessions and lab immersions. Possess strong organizational, communication, decision‑making, teamwork, interpersonal, technological, and leadership skills.

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Excellent benefits for employees and their dependents

Contact

Contact the search committee chair. Dr. Elizabeth Sargent, at [e-mail] for additional information.

Cumberlands is different by design. Our employees exemplify our motto in the pursuit of a “life-more-abundant.” Located in the heart of Appalachia, University of the Cumberlands (UC) is an institution of regional distinction that offers undergraduate degrees in more than 40 major fields of study, along with several pre-professional, graduate and doctoral programs. With a total enrollment of more than 20,000 students, UC is one of the largest and fastest growing private universities in Kentucky and is devoted to preparing students for the future through hands‑on, experiential learning and research.

The University of the Cumberlands does not illegally discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, disability, age, religion, genetic information, veteran status, because a person is a smoker or nonsmoker, or any other basis on which the University is prohibited from discrimination under local, state, or federal law, in its employment or in the provision of its services, including but not limited to its programs and activities, admissions, educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other University -administered programs.

In order to fulfill its purpose, the University may legally discriminate on the basis of religion in employment, and the University has sought and been granted exemption from certain regulations promulgated under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which conflict with the University's religious tenets.