OT Education Leader - Assistant Clinical Professor

Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Arizona University's entry-level doctoral Occupational Therapy (OT) Program, located in the downtown Phoenix Bioscience Core Campus, invites doctorally prepared candidates to apply for the position of Assistant Clinical Professor, Occupational Therapy.

The responsibilities include teaching courses related to the occupational therapy foundations, the OT process across the lifespan, and adult/neurological populations.

Qualifications

• 3 years or more of clinical experience as an occupational therapist.
• Eligible for OT licensure in Arizona.
• An earned doctoral degree in OT or related field from an institution regionally accredited by the USDE.
• A combination of related education, experience, and training may be used as an equivalent to the above Minimum Qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Engage in ongoing productive communication with faculty and department chair.
• Teach and co-teach courses ensuring adherence to program goals, mission, vision and standards.
• Exemplify and promote the curriculum's mission and learning outcomes through the delivery of the curriculum.
• Participate in formulating and implementing the department's strategic plan in alignment with the college and university.
• Participate in department wide accreditation requirements and renewals.
• Adhere to professional and ethical standards of conduct.
• Maintain current professional certification, licensure requirements, and membership in professional associations.
• Maintain professional practice knowledge base and clinical expertise needed to help learners prepare for contemporary occupational therapy practice.
• Use current research findings and scholarly works to improve OT education and practice.
• Promote professionalism by modeling and encouraging professional behaviors inside and outside the educational setting.
• 80% - Teaching & student related activities
• Designing, teaching & evaluating courses for continuous quality improvement - (Essential)
• 10% - Service -
• Performing assigned committee activities to the department, college, and the university - (Essential)
• 10% - Scholarship
• Engage in scholarly related work aligned with department tenure and promotion document.
• Assist students in scholarly endeavors through the practice scholar apprenticeship program. - (Essential)

Skills

Clinical experience

OT licensure

Teaching

Scholarly activity

Education

Doctoral degree in OT

Job description

Northern Arizona University's entry-level doctoral Occupational Therapy (OT) Program, located in the downtown Phoenix Bioscience Core Campus, invites doctorally prepared candidates to apply for the position of Assistant Clinical Professor, Occupational Therapy.

The responsibilities include teaching courses related to the occupational therapy foundations, the OT process across the lifespan, and adult/neurological populations.