Assistant Dean – Clinical Education

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Assistant Dean leading clinical education, faculty development, and clinical placements across PNWU’s osteopathic medical training network. Supporting accreditation, student rotations, regional sites, and scholarly activity.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead administration, strategic direction, and continuous quality improvement of the geographically distributed clinical education program
  • Collaborate with the Associate Dean, Executive Director, clinical faculty, preceptors, students, and community partners
  • Support clinical rotation availability, clinical faculty development, preceptor engagement, accreditation alignment, and operational excellence
  • Lead clinical faculty credentialing and promotion processes
  • Oversee rotation site evaluation and approval
  • Coordinate regional site visits
  • Help develop and execute strategies for clinical placements across regions
  • Collaborate with university departments including Registrar, Marketing, and Development
  • Contribute to accreditation, Board of Trustees, and external stakeholder reporting
  • Mentor students within the clinical specialty
  • Teach limited centralized didactics and transition-to-clerkship activities
  • Provide periodic student-facing coverage as needed
  • Assist with administrative oversight, personnel supervision, and regional site planning
  • Develop and maintain postgraduate career planning and advising programs
  • Advise and monitor student rotation scheduling and assessment
  • Address academic, disciplinary, preceptor, and rotation-quality concerns
  • Oversee regional clinical site evaluation systems
  • Recommend clinical faculty appointments and promotions
  • Support faculty development and CME creation
  • Maintain academic standards and curricular integration across all four years
  • Integrate clinical competencies, Entrustable Professional Activities, and osteopathic curriculum into rotations
  • Participate in CLIN 704 weekly didactics and FM 603 annual Clerkship Prep
  • Promote clinical education research and scholarly activity
  • Seek external research funding when feasible
  • Serve on COM and University committees
  • Participate in community affairs and professional organizations
  • Uphold diversity, equity, and inclusion in osteopathic clinical medical education
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements:

  • Doctoral Degree (DO) or MD
  • 4–6 years of relevant experience
  • Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered
  • Strong organization, interpersonal, and planning skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team and with others in varied circumstances
  • Problem-solving ability, including analyzing issues and creating action plans
  • Ability to manage projects and people
  • Ability to prioritize and self-direct workflow
  • Ability to work with and manage different computer programs and databases
  • Ability to schedule activities and meetings
  • Ability to meet safety, legal, regulatory, university policy, accreditation, and professional ethical requirements

Benefits:

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • 403(b) retirement plan
  • Vacation time
  • Sick time
  • Wellness reimbursement
  • Remote work arrangement