Hybrid Director, College of Public Health Interprofessional Simulation Program bei Temple University

Description

Temple University College of Public Health is seeking a dedicated, enthusiastic, non-tenure track faculty member to provide leadership, management, development, and coordination of the delivery of simulation learning within the College and the operation of its new, state-of-the art Integrative Simulation Center, opening in 2025. See a virtual tour of the center and Paley Hall here: https://cph.to/flythrough. The Director, in collaboration with faculty from our array of health professions, human services, and public health programs, will ensure the quality of simulation in support of student learning, interdisciplinary education and practice, and the evaluation of professional competencies. The Director will lead the program’s operations, including oversight of an Assistant Director and Simulation Lab Manager. Searches for the two staff positions are under way. The Director also will drive the program’s accreditation and certification efforts and collaborate with faculty to identify and develop research and scholarship opportunities to advance the College’s reputation as a leader and innovator in teaching. Faculty rank, department, and non-tenure classification will be determined based upon the successful candidate’s background and experience.

The College of Public Health’s mission is to educate, innovate, and transform to bring about healthy, equitable, and thriving communities. We engage in interprofessional education, community and clinical practice, impactful research, and service learning, approaching our work with cultural humility as we advocate for positive change and prepare leaders to address the most pressing issues of our time. We embrace public health as a catalyst for individual and community change in pursuit of the common good.

QUALIFICATIONS. The successful candidate will hold a doctoral degree in a health profession or public health field, be a Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), have a minimum of five years of clinical practice experience and at least three years of administrative experience in the delivery and development of simulation in continuing education or higher education. The candidate also should have experience in personnel and resource management and budgeting. Demonstrated experience with interprofessional simulation training, program development, and the scholarship of teaching and learning is preferred.

THE SIMULATION CENTER. Construction is underway for a full transformation of Paley Hall, which will be the College’s new home beginning in Fall 2025. The building’s forward-thinking design will provide a 20,836 square foot Integrative Simulation Center to support a model of training for interprofessional teams across the college’s health-focused disciplines from nursing to epidemiology, social work, and the rehabilitative sciences.  Leading-edge technology will support a range of simulated care settings spanning community to acute health care environments, thus enabling training across the continuum of care and life span. These include standard simulation in hospital, emergency room, inpatient, and outpatient settings, as well as unique community settings, including a row home, grocery store, restaurant, park and emergency services ambulance simulator.  This novel educational approach will better train students as leaders in an array of health fields. 

THE COLLEGE. Our CEPH-accredited College of Public Health embraces public health in all its disciplinary forms, fostering impactful teaching, scholarship, and interdisciplinary collaborations within and outside the college. The College consists of academic units in the public health disciplines, health professions, including nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and athletic training, and the School of Social Work, enrolling approximately 4,200 students. We value differences among our faculty and believe that we can better serve and understand our communities through the diversity of our faculty.

The College seeks to empower emerging leaders, advance excellence in interprofessional teaching and applied practice, drive innovation in research, develop sustainable community partnerships, and engage our CPH community worldwide. Our graduates excel in clinical practice across the care continuum.  Our work has particular strengths in cancer, obesity, HIV, substance abuse, mental health conditions, mobility research, cognition and language, developmental disabilities, organ transplantation, and aging. College research is funded by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, major private foundations, and state and federal agencies. The College is staffed by a robust complement of seasoned professionals within our Offices of Communications and Marketing, Information Technology, Research Administration, and Academic Affairs. Temple’s Center for the Advancement of Teaching provides outstanding programs and one-on-one mentoring to instructors to promote and support excellent teaching.

THE UNIVERSITY. Temple University is an urban, research-intensive Carnegie R1 university located in historic and culturally rich Philadelphia, the nation’s 6th largest city. The city was ranked third by The New York Times as a world tourist destination. The National Science Foundation ranks Temple among the top 100 universities in the country for research expenditures. Temple is the 6th largest provider of professional education in the nation and includes Schools of Medicine, Pharmacy, Podiatry, Law, and Dentistry, as well as research centers. It is also home to Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation’s first National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers.

Applicants should email: a cover letter detailing their interest; curriculum vitae; a statement of leadership and teaching philosophy; and the names and contact information of 5 references to Nicole Ruffin at [email protected]. Application review begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled, with a projected faculty start date in Summer 2025. 

Temple University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. People of color, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.