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Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Physical Therapy Program in the School of Health Professions at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Associate or Full Professor (12 MO) and Program Chair (Tenure Track). Responsibilities for the position will include, but is not limited to: 

• Program leadership
• Management of daily program operations
• Budget management
• Program assessment and improvement
• Strategic planning
• Accreditation
• Curriculum development and modification
• Faculty/staff hiring and retention
• Student recruitment and retention
• Teaching
• Research
• Mentoring and faculty development
• Service (to SOHP, University, profession)

Required Qualifications:

• Holds an active, unencumbered Physical Therapist License in any United States jurisdiction and is in compliance with the State Practice Act in New York State.
• Current rank of associate or full professor, or clinical associate or clinical professor, with eligibility to be appointed as associate or full professor.
• Has an earned academic doctoral degree from an accredited university (i.e., PhD, EdD, DSc).
• Has a minimum of 6-years of full-time higher education experience, with a minimum of 3-years of full-time experience as a core faculty member in a CAPTE-accredited entry-level physical therapist education program.
• Has experience in administration, management, and leadership.
• Has professional development or education in educational theory and methodology, instructional design, student evaluation, and outcome assessment.
• Has experience in fiscal management.
• Is familiar with CAPTE accreditation requirements.
• Has prior engagement at the academy/academic institutional level (i.e., faculty senate).
• Is an active American Physical Therapy (APTA) member.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Has at least 5-years of clinical physical therapy practice experience.
• Board certification in a PT specialty.
• Record of research productivity (i.e., publications and grants).
• Minimum of 3-years in a leadership role in physical therapy academia.
• Experience in preparing for CAPTE reaccreditation self-study and on-site visit, annual accreditation reports, and curriculum specific to current and future CAPTE standards.

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu