Job description
The primary purpose of this position is to serve as teaching faculty and to provide patient care in a teaching environment. Teaching will involve assisting in the development, implementation, review, and assessment of the podiatric medical curriculum. Patient care services will involve surgical and non-surgical podiatric care in the inpatient and outpatient settings as well as the development of a full podiatric service at assigned clinical site and its associated facilities. The patient care facilities involve hospital- based clinics and other facilities in nearby areas to reach the population health needs of the surrounding communities. Additional responsibilities include research/scholarly activities, supervising students on service-learning events and contributing on college and university committees, and clinical education of podiatric medical students and residents.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Individuals must possess these knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to
explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essentials functions of the
job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
1. Possess the appropriate foundational knowledge to deliver quality medication education.
2. Provide clinical care to patients at the facilities indicated in the job summary
3. Provide clinical education to students and residents
4. Ability to exercise leadership skills and make independent decisions
5. Proven track record with clinical research
6. Open, collaborative, team-work based communication and working style to promote multi-disciplinary care and maximize success of all faculty within the College
7. Organizational skills necessary to prioritize and schedule work effectively
8. Ability to handle detail oriented assignments and diverse workloads
Required Qualifications
1. Education: Candidate must be a graduate of an accredited college of podiatric
medicine in the United States, with at least two years of podiatric medical and surgical residency training and either board certified or in the process through a certifying board approved by the APMA/CPME.
2. Experience: Candidate is expected to possess comparable skill, knowledge and abilities of individual graduate or accredited colleges and universities in the United States.
3. Candidate must be licensed by the California Medical Board (Board of Podiatric Medicine) and possess an unrestricted license to practice podiatric medicine and surgery or be qualified to be licensed by the California Medical Board (Board of Podiatric Medicine) at the earliest available date. Additionally, candidate must have prior completion of at least two years of podiatric medical and surgical residency training and qualified for board certification by an APMA/CPME approved certifying board. Candidate is also subject to satisfactory completion of credentialing/background checks.
Preferred Qualifications
Although not required, candidate with bilingual abilities will be viewed favorably.
List comments regarding work hours
This is an exempt position and thus there may be times working hours may occur before or after normal business hours.
Posting Date Closing Date Special Instructions to Applicants
Essential Job Duties
Job Duty
1. Develop and promote an active research project within the specialized area of podiatric medicine, surgery or biomechanics
2. Responsible for preparation of didactic and clinical education of undergraduate student of the CPM
3. Participate in patient care activities through college clinics
4. Participate in scheduled general faculty meetings
5. Participate in special committee functions as assigned
6. Participate in the review, revision and assessment of the curriculum
7. Promote by example an atmosphere of respect for knowledge, thought and inquiry
8. Contribute to the planning (strategic and long range) for the CPM and the University at large
8. Contribute to the planning (strategic and long range) for the CPM and the University at large
Percentage Of Time
100
Physical Demands
Physical Demands
Do the essential functions of this job require lifting?
Yes
If yes, list maximum weight and duration
WesternU Policy requires persons employed by the University to provide proof of vaccination against the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19), subject to limited exemptions, regardless of whether the employee is on-site or working authorized to work remotely. Exempted employees, or those whose status of full vaccination is pending, will be required to submit to regular COVID-19 testing for in-person/on-campus work assignments.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to operate a PC in the performance of job duties, and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, and reach with hands and arms, and occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by any employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to operate a PC in the performance of job duties, and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to sit, and reach with hands and arms, and occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.
Describe Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Duties are routinely performed in an environmentally controlled interior healthcare office. Work environment may involve exposure to potentially dangerous materials, e.g., blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, toxic substances, and ionizing radiation. Clinical environments require compliance with safety precautions, OSHA Blood borne pathogen training, and may include the use of certain personal protective equipment.
Duties are routinely performed in an environmentally controlled interior healthcare office. Work environment may involve exposure to potentially dangerous materials, e.g., blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, toxic substances, and ionizing radiation. Clinical environments require compliance with safety precautions, OSHA Blood borne pathogen training, and may include the use of certain personal protective equipment.
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Optional Documents
- Cover Letter
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Recommendation #1
- Letter of Recommendation #2
- Letter of Recommendation #3
- Teaching Philosophy
- Additional Applicant Document
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