Location: Whittier, California
Type: Full Time
Required Education: Doctorate
Additional Information:
* Proposed date is September 1, 2022
* Hybrid Remote in Southern California. Core faculty are required to be available Monday through Friday. Courses are provided remotely and in-person. Qualified candidates must be located within a reasonable commuting distance to our Whittier, CA campus location.
Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) Occupational Therapy Department has a goal of creating a dedicated team of educators capable of engaging and encouraging our students to successfully explore and interpret the diverse perspectives of the communities we serve. Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) is a regionally accredited, nonprofit institution specializing in health care education. SCU is dedicated to its core values of integrative health, evidence-based practice, health equity, and inclusivity.
The university holds institutional accreditation with the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) as well as multiple programmatic accreditations. For more information:
SCU’s mission is to educate students as competent, caring, and successful integrative healthcare practitioners. Faculty, staff, and students enjoy a collaborative and engaged community that includes an active student association, staff senate, and faculty senate. SCU has been educating practitioners for over 100 years.
The university is proud of the SCU Health Center, a unique educational health and wellness facility residing in the heart of Whittier, California. Skilled and qualified students provide care under the close guidance of expert, licensed SCU Health System practitioners. The SCU Health Center provides chiropractic, acupuncture, Ayurveda, and urgent care services to address a variety of ailments and medical conditions. Each patient, based on their needs and condition, receives a customized plan that is right for their health and lifestyle.
Our OTD program welcomes qualified candidates with demonstrated success in working with diverse populations to apply for one of our fulltime, 12-month, core faculty positions in the entry-level Doctorate in Occupational Therapy program in Whittier, California.
Our department values evidence-based innovation, diversity, scholarship, collaborative and interprofessional collaboration and service to the community.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and teach lecture and lab courses in area of expertise (online, on-campus)
- Participate in assigned departmental and university meetings
- Adhere to all university policies and procedures
- Collaborate with colleagues on interprofessional (IPE) team projects
The successful candidate will also teach foundational occupational therapy courses and courses that build knowledge of occupational interventions for persons, communities, and populations at-risk inclusive of emerging practice areas.
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A minimum of 2 years as a registered occupational therapist
- A commitment to evidence-based care, lifestyle health, occupational justice and lifelong learning
- Applicants with documented expertise in academic and/or clinical practice in one or more of the following areas: Research, Pediatrics, Physical Disabilities, and Mental Health.
- Competence in Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point, Teams)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Applicants with expertise necessary to ensure appropriate online curriculum design, content delivery (distance learning), and program evaluation.
- Evidence of exceptional teaching experience and team-based learning
- Established publication and clinical research
Qualified applicants will ensure academic quality and develop course content from an occupational perspective and delivery in a positive educational environment. The successful applicant is expected to establish a collaborative scholarship agenda as well as contribute to graduate mentoring that supports diversity and inclusion efforts.
Applicants must hold a doctorate degree (EdD, PhD, OTD, DSc) or other relevant doctoral level degree) and be eligible for licensure to practice occupational therapy in the state of California at the time of appointment.
SCU CORE VALUES:
Integrative Health: We teach, learn, collaborate, and lead by creating an open environment for multiple disciplines and professionals to bring their shared and unique skills together for the benefit of patients and students.
Evidence-based Practice: We value a culture of inquiry, assessment, research, scholarship, and judicious use of current best evidence to inform our decisions and work.
Health Equity: We value people equally. We strive to educate graduates that are prepared to improve individual and community health.
Integrative Health: We welcome everyone regardless of age, race, ethnicity, class, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, disability, or any other similar or protected status. We believe inclusivity leads to more diversity in our reasoning, better representativeness in our conclusions, more ingenuity in our problem solving, and greater equity in our care.