Asst/Assoc/Full Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy

Asst/Assoc/Full Clinical Professor of Occupational Therapy

Location: PHX - Occupational Therapy
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Job ID: 606714
Full/Part Time: Full-Time

Workplace Culture

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Special Information

This posting is for multiple full-time, 12-mo, benefit-eligible, non-tenure track open rank clinical professors in Occupational Therapy.

We are seeking faculty for 5 positions, including 1 Academic Fieldwork Coordinator and 1 Capstone Coordinator.

We would like to fill these vacancies as soon as possible.

Arizona residency is required by the start date of these positions.

Job Description

Northern Arizona University's entry-level Occupational Therapy Doctoral (OTD) Program invites doctorally prepared candidates to apply for a full-time,12-month clinical faculty appointment at the downtown campus located at the Phoenix Bioscience Core. The responsibilities of the successful candidate will include teaching in either the traditional or the weekend cohort, engage in student advisement, scholarship, and professional service.

Primary Functions:

This faculty member will demonstrate excellence in student-related activities of teaching, advising, and scholarly mentoring, be engaged in scholarly activities that develop and expand the knowledge base of OT, and provide service to the department, college, university, and profession.

Additional duties include:

• Engage in ongoing productive communication with faculty and department chair.
• Teach and co-teach courses ensuring adherence to program goals, mission, vision, and Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) standards.
• Exemplify and promote the program's mission and learning outcomes through the delivery of the curriculum.
• Adhere to professional and ethical standards of conduct.
• Maintain current professional certification and licensure requirements.
• Maintain professional practice knowledge base and clinical expertise needed to help learners prepare for contemporary OT 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.
• Complete all required faculty role functions in a timely manner to meet NAU standards for teaching, scholarship and service.
• Complete other duties as assigned by the Department Chair.

Clinical faculty workload activities vary based on department needs and annual performance goals for each faculty member. Workload typically reflects 80% teaching and student related activities, 10% scholarship and 10% service.

General Information

The Northern Arizona University (NAU) Occupational Therapy (OT) Doctoral program is located on the Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC), an expansive award-winning and progressive urban Phoenix campus. Currently, 135 students are enrolled in this highly respected traditional program. In 2014, the program successfully obtained accreditation status by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE). Beginning fall of 2023 the program will expand the traditional program to a weekend program. The weekend program cohort will enroll up to 30 students.

The program's graduates exemplify NAU OTD's practice-scholar model, with a combination of excellence in clinical practice coupled with a track record of outstanding scholarship activities. Its ten full-time and numerous adjunct faculty are known for student-centric education, and successful research, publication and activism in the OT field. The OT department is recognized for its high level of collaboration with the community and its extensive outreach toward underrepresented populations.

Positions within both programs (traditional and weekend) require significant contact with students, outside constituents, professional consortium, and faculty. Residence in Arizona is required, and in person teaching in downtown Phoenix is a requirement of this position.

This program joins NAU's Physician Assistant Studies, Athletic Training and Physical Therapy-Phoenix programs. This campus also houses the University of Arizona (UA) College of Medicine - Phoenix, the UA College of Pharmacy, the UA Eller MBA and the UA Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. In addition, the health programs for Arizona State University schools are nearby in downtown affording excellent academic collaborations and interprofessional educational opportunities.

Northern Arizona University is a 29,569-student institution with its main campus in Flagstaff, a four-season community of about 70,000 at the base of the majestic San Francisco Peaks. NAU's emphasis on undergraduate education is enhanced by its graduate programs and research as well as distance learning. All faculty members are expected to promote student learning and help students achieve academic outcomes.