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Assistant Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education
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Position Number: 2403530
Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Health - Healthcare Administration

Assistant Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education

About Northeastern:
Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning. Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locationsin Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahantare nodes in our growing global university system. Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern's comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a variety of on-campus and online formatslead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools. Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:
The Bouve College of Health Sciences is seeking an Assistant Dean for Clinical and Experiential Education!

Bouve College of Health Sciences is comprised of four preeminent schools of study encompassing approximately 1,000 faculty and staff, 5,000 students, and 40,000 alumni.

Please note: The primary work location for this position is the Boston MA Northeastern University Campus Location. Until our full return to campus, which is still to-be-determined, this interview process will be conducted remotely- including virtual interviews, remote onboarding and remote work. The remote nature of this position is subject to change in the future and is only temporary. Local, on-campus work will be required once the College and this role return to an operational status that supports it.

Responsibilities:
The Assistant Dean of Clinical and Experiential Education in Bouve College of Health Sciences (BCHS) will provide leadership, vision, and oversight of required clinical education for all student populations and academic programs in the BCHS.

Clinical education refers to those credit-bearing clinical, internship, practicum or fieldwork courses offered by units within the BCHS where students engage in observation or professional practice in their discipline under the supervision of a faculty preceptor or professional supervisor. When students are assigned to sites, the terms of such arrangements are dictated by affiliation agreements between BCHS and the host site. The Assistant Dean is expected to cultivate, develop and maintain effective partnerships with clinical sites. This collaboration should be based on the following principles: mutually agreeable and beneficial relationships, valued partnership, compliance with policies and procedures relevant to clinical and experiential education, and incorporation of innovation and best practices.

The Assistant Dean will report to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at BCHS and will collaborate closely with the BCHS Director of Cooperative Education and unit leaders, faculty and staff to provide high-quality clinical and experiential education to students in and beyond Northeastern's global campuses. Additionally, the Assistant Dean will collaborate across the university with individuals in several offices including Chancellor.

Qualifications:

Master's degree in education or related field required.

At least 8 years of experience in a management level position in a healthcare or higher education with clinical operations setting

Demonstrated commitment to advancing a culture and climate of diversity and inclusion

Experience as an academic program director or clinical placement director in a clinical health professions program preferred

Experience with academic and clinical operations software including Exxat, E-Value and the MS Office 365 suite (Outlook, Sharepoint, Teams and others)

Knowledge of health professions accreditation guidelines and processes

Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills.

Strong decision making, analytical, problem solving, critical thinking and project management skills.

Strong organizational and managerial skills.

Ability to design and work within complex systems.

Knowledge of current national initiatives and innovations in clinical and experiential education or equivalent.

Understanding of accreditation requirements in health professions education.

Effective team building and team-based collaboration skills.

The candidate should demonstrate expertise in the provision of clinical education, be knowledgeable about clinical education best practices, and understand the infrastructure, systems, resources and policies necessary to positively affect clinical and experiential education opportunities for students. The position may require some travel to develop partnerships with local and national organizations and in support of initiatives in Northeastern University's global campus network.

Preferred Qualifications:

Salary Grade:
14

Additional Information:
For more than a century, Northeastern University's Bouve College of Health Sciences has championed a simple idea: Experience deepens learning. Here, at one of the nation's leading health science colleges, future pharmacists, policymakers, administrators, nurses, physical therapists, scientists, speech therapists, and psychologists learn from renowned professors, while apprenticing alongside preeminent clinicians and researchers at top health institutions.

Bouve College of Health Sciences encompasses four exceptional schools, School of Health Professions, School of Nursing, School of Clinical and Rehabilitation Sciences, and School of Pharmacy. Together, these institutions leverage interdisciplinary collaboration and strategic synergies to tackle the world's most pressing health challenges. It is this cross-pollination of academic rigor, interdisciplinary perspectives and globally recognized experiential learning that distinguishes Bouve and its graduates.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Bouve College of Health Sciences values and respects the multiple and diverse identities of our shared humanity across race, ethnicity, class, ability, language, gender, sexuality, age, nationality, and military service. We are committed to enlivening the climate of diversity at Bouve through teaching, learning, dialogue, and relationship building. We seek to nurture inhabitable and welcoming spaces where all members feel that their ideas, voice, and lived experiences matter. We avow that differences in perspectives exist, are to be anticipated, and that respect for our differences is foundational to the universe of ideas that enrich our lives and professions. We are committed to advocacy, inclusion, and justice for all.

Northeastern University offers a comprehensive and competitive employee benefits program for all full-time regular faculty and staff including medical plans, a dental plan, medical and dependent-care reimbursement accounts, retirement plans, life insurance benefits, disability programs, and tuition reimbursement.

For a short video on the benefit's Northeastern offers, watch this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HymNgJlQE2o&feature=youtu.be

For more information on the benefit's Northeastern offers, see this webpage https://www.northeastern.edu/hrm/benefits/index.html

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University's commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

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