Assistant Administrative Director-Clinical Education

The office of Clinical Education introduces our medical students to meaningful, diverse clinical experiences in various settings. The Assistant Director of Clinical Education (ADCE) is responsible for ensuring day to day operations, promote and support staff development and student clinical placements. The Assistant Director works with TUN COM leadership to provide vision and leadership to all clinical education staff. The ADCE reports directly to the Administrative Director of Clinical Education.

Located in Henderson, Nevada, approximately twenty-five minutes from the iconic Las Vegas strip, Touro University Nevada is a non-profit medical, health sciences, and education graduate university focused on positively impacting our community in healthcare and education. Our values surrounding intellectual pursuit and service to humanity are steadfast and are clearly visible in the actions of our students, faculty, staff, and graduates.

We invite you to apply to our position for consideration to join the ranks of our talented and professional staff and faculty. Please visit the tun.touro.edu/administration/human-resources website where you can see a comprehensive listing of optional benefits and Human Resources contact information.

1. Department Operations
   • Works directly with the Administrative Director of Clinical Education to help provide vision and leadership.
   • Provides direct guidance and clarity to department staff toward optimal performance, coordinating cohesive productivity, maintaining current and accurate policies, practices, and protocols ensuring adherence.
   • Develops and implements successful methods to ensure compliance requirements are communicated and adhered to by students.
   • Promotes and ensures excellent customer service to students and affiliated sites.
   • Works effectively with other departments across all campuses to coordinate Clinical Education activities and promote change. Provides departmental changes and updates to faculty and staff.
   • Oversees audit activities and recommends and implements changes for improvement as a result of audit results and on an ongoing basis.
   • Helps Associate and Assistant Deans in their duties whether or not Director is present when asked.
2. Strategic Planning
   • Collaborates with and take direction from department leadership team to establish and implement processes and policies that optimize efficient and effective services to meet accreditation standards and curricula.
   • Proposes strategies for the clinical education department to ensure successful student placements in diverse settings that meet programmatic requirements.
   • Develops and enhances relationships to routinely solicit information regarding clinical sites and student placement.
   • Promotes continuous improvement within the department by evaluation of existing methods and procedures and introduces new processes.
   • Serves as a liaison between all programs and the clinical education sites.
   • Assists in preceptor recognition, awards, invitations to CME and other events and training opportunities.
3. Site Development
   • Monitors site development activities by clinical site representatives and updates the Administrative Director regularly to ensure successful recruiting of clinical sites and implementing changes as needed to meet University needs
   • Promotes and updates department processes for acquiring and maintaining clinical placement, organizational partners and preceptors
   • Assists staff to help schedule site visits by medical staff from clinical education.
4. Staff Leadership and Development
   • Identifies potential opportunities for staff to help build future organizational leadership and enhance teamwork.
   • Promotes staff engagement and buy in related to activities and changes in the department and University.
   • Works with department staff to identify professional development opportunities.
5. Core Management Responsibilities
   • Ensures department services and activities are effectively achieving University goals and objectives.
   • Demonstrates a breadth of clinical experience that includes an understanding of the required educational objectives.
   • Supports and demonstrates a student-centered philosophy.
   • Fosters a success-oriented, accountable environment within the University.
   • Participates in staff selection, training, workload and performance evaluations.
   • Motivates, coaches and counsels to ensure a high-performance team.
6. May perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications:

Education:    

• Bachelor’s degree, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience (3-5 years’ related work experience, preferably in an academic environment)

Experience:  

• 3-5 years related work experience, preferably in an academic environment

Skills & Abilities:

• Exceptional leadership, communication and management skills
• Ability to understand, assess and use professional judgment
• Knowledge in information technology and instructional technology systems
• Ability to set priorities, project timelines and meet deadlines, while balancing multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously and ensuring accurate output
• Initiative in being proactive, anticipating needs and completing tasks accurately
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Working knowledge of software and databases
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact on a professional level with administration, faculty, students, personnel and the public at large
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to changing priorities and effectively handle frequent interruptions
• Ability to work in both a team environment and work well independently
• Effective use of diplomacy, tact and judgement