Faculty members are responsible for providing students with a rich, relevant and engaging academic experience. The faculty role encompasses teaching, student outcomes assessment, curriculum development, student advising, and university service. Faculty continuously engage in professional development while maintaining current expertise in the applicable content area and developing students through effective and innovative teaching and learning practices.

Collaborates with the program director and the director of clinical education to plan, coordinate, facilitate, administer, and monitor the didactic and clinical education curriculum on behalf of the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program and in coordination with academic and clinical faculty.

Essential Job Functions

Core faculty with release time for required duties within the Physical Therapy Program

Engages with the program director and core faculty in clinical education planning, implementation, and assessment

Provides quality student learning prior to and during clinical education experiences

Assists in identifying clinical education sites that align with contemporary physical therapy practice

Assists in fostering and maintaining relationships with community clinical partners, including routinely visiting clinical sites for student and clinical site evaluations

Educates students, academic, and clinical education faculty about clinical education, including providing educational content to clinical partners

Assists with the maintenance of documentation and record-keeping of all relevant student, clinical site, and program information to confirm that the clinical education curriculum provides students with the appropriate depth and breadth of clinical experiences from qualified clinical instructors

Serves as a committee member as assigned by the dean, program director, or elected by the faculty members at large

Teaches courses in the Doctorate in Physical Therapy program as assigned

Adheres to and fulfills the responsibilities of all faculty members as outlined in the faculty manual

Prepares and delivers relevant and current curriculum using a variety of teaching methods and standardized tools that accurately reflect the effectiveness of course content

Uses formative and summative assessments of student learning within assigned courses to inform instruction and improve student attainment of course objectives and program outcomes

Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Clinical doctorate from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or other appropriate accreditation as determined by JWU

Five or more years of clinical experience as a licensed physical therapist

Physical therapy license or licensure eligible in RI

Valid U.S. driver's license

Experience as a clinical instructor

Experience as a site clinical education coordinator

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical doctoral degree in physical therapy discipline

Terminal Academic Degree (Ph.D., Ed.D.)

Previous teaching experience in higher education

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Providence Campus location upon hire.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.