Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant - West Coast University

At West Coast University, we share a passion for students and transforming healthcare education! As a faculty member for a certified Great Place to Work, you will join a collaborative, student-centric culture valuing academic integrity, mutual respect, student learning, service, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, and stewardship.  As a part of this team, you will guide students to do more than change their own lives – you will help change the lives of every patient they care for throughout their career.  

You will make an impact by:  

• Providing program-specific expertise and is actively engaged in relevant department initiatives. Supporting University, Campus, and/or departmental goals to assure compliance with programmatic accreditation and/or licensure, internal consistency, and graduate outcomes that meet student learning, workplace, and placement expectations.
• Providing professional leadership and support, and serving as an educator, role model, mentor and facilitator.
• Creating an educational environment which fosters innovation, responsiveness, and accountability. Focuses extensively on facilitating student learning associated with prescribed course and program learning outcomes.
• Actively and substantively participating in assessment of student learning activities to maximize the potential for students to learn what is necessary to meet prescribed outcomes.
• Vigorously upholding a culture of academic integrity.

Your Experience Includes: 

• Greater than 3 years of clinical experience
• Experience teaching in a PA program or Medical School preferred.
• Experience with ARC-PA accreditation in provisional and/or maintenance phase preferred.
• Non-doctoral faculty: doctoral degree or willingness to enter and complete a doctoral program

Education: 

• Master’s degree, Physician Assistant; or
• Master’s degree, or higher, in health-related field

If a non-clinician scientist (Scientist Position):

• Doctorate degree in health- or social-science related field.
• Minimum of three years teaching/research/clinical experience.

Preferred:

• NCCPA certified Physician Assistant or Board certified allopathic or osteopathic physician
• Texas PA license (or eligible) or MD / DO license or eligible for licensure in Texas

West Coast University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all associates. If you feel that this role could make you excited to come to work and you can envision yourself working at our organization, please apply! West Coast University is a place where everyone can grow.