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University of Kansas Medical Center Chair, Clinical Laboratory Sciences in Kansas City, Kansas
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Department:
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Office of the Dean
Position Title:
Chair, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Job Family Group:
Academic
Job Description Summary:
Reporting to the Dean, School of Health Professions, this position is responsible for teaching undergraduate and graduate level courses clinical laboratory science; providing department leadership to ensure success of students, faculty, and staff; overseeing academic programs and faculty teaching assignments; promoting independent and collaborative externally fundable research programs in department faculty; overseeing department budgetary and student affairs.
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
Teaching
- Teach upper division undergraduate courses associated with NAACLS-accredited programs in Medical Laboratory Science and Diagnostic Molecular Science, as needed.
- Teach graduate courses associated with the Doctorate in Clinical Laboratory Science program, as needed.
- Coordinate and participate in interprofessional education activities for the department.
Department Leadership
- Coordinate department activities including department meetings and retreats.
- Convey University policies and actions to the faculty, staff and students.
- Represent the Department in the University and with external agencies (professional associations, governmental agencies and public).
- Recruiting, hiring, and orienting new faculty members.
- Hiring, supervising, and evaluating classified personnel.
- Assigning instructional responsibilities.
- Supporting and encouraging faculty growth and high performance in teaching, research, and other professional activities.
- Enforcing faculty responsibilities and protecting faculty rights.
- Evaluating faculty members and making recommendations to the Dean for their retention, tenure, promotion, and salary increments.
- Establishing file and record systems (faculty, students, courses, academic data, correspondence).
- Maintaining equipment and other program properties.
- Serve as KUMC Graduate Council Representative.
- Ensure that program materials are up-to-date, including but not limited to website, brochures, course scheduling, room reservation, Enroll&Pay course schedules, University documents.
Budgetary Affairs
- Prepare annual department and program budget requests.
- Administer budgetary allocations (oversee preparing requisitions, authorizing expenditures, maintaining budget records).
- Promoting department and program cost-effectiveness.
- Allocating faculty travel and research indirect funds.
Student Affairs
- Oversee student recruitment.
- Certify students for admission, progress, retention, and program completion.
- Provide curricular and career advising.
- Provide career information and counseling.
- Respond to student grievances and complaints.
- Oversee awarding of student recognition for academic performance and leadership.
- Provide information on financial aid, scholarships, and oversee awarding of departmental scholarships.
Research
- Implementing policies which encourage research by faculty and students.
- Communicate results of research to the profession at large via presentations and publications.
- Supervise graduate student research.
Other Service
- Serve on departmental, School of Health Professions and/or University Faculty Assembly committees.
Personal Professional Performance
- Participate in local and national conferences as expected for the
discipline.
- Provide professional leadership and example in the School of Health Professions.
- Participate in professional associations and community service.
Required Qualifications
Education: Doctoral Degree in an appropriate discipline
Certifications: MLS(ASCP) certification
Work Experience:
- Six years of teaching experience in a university-based NAACLS-accredited laboratory science educational program.
- Three years of teaching experience in a Doctoral level Clinical Laboratory Sciences educational program.
- Knowledge of education methods and administration as evidenced by application materials.
- Previous experience in leadership of interprofessional education programming.
- Familiarity with NAACLS accreditation requirements, processes, and procedures.
- Current membership in an appropriate professional organization.
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience as a program director of a Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Sciences educational program.
Research area relevant to clinical laboratory science.
Demonstrated excellence in research that should lead to external grant support and p