Assistant Professor Physician Assistant

Assistant Professor Physician Assistant Job no: 492973 Work type: FT Location: West Des Moines Categories: Faculty At DMU, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the future of Medicine and Health Sciences. As a member of our Physician Assistant Program faculty, you'll join a collaborative, student-centered academic community dedicated to excellence in teaching, innovation, and service. In this role, you will work closely with the Program Director, talented faculty colleagues, supportive staff, and campus partners to shape an exceptional educational experience for PA students. Our faculty contribute through dynamic teaching, purposeful scholarly activity, and meaningful service-advancing both the PA profession and DMU's mission to develop compassionate, highly competent health professionals. What you'll do: Deliver evidence-based instruction to PA students across lectures, labs, small groups, simulations, clinical settings, and online learning environments; develop teaching materials and assessments. Supervise, instruct, and evaluate students in didactic and clinical settings, providing remediation as needed. Contribute to curriculum design, mapping, coordination, and evaluation aligned with program and professional competencies. Engage in service activities including advising, admissions, committee work, accreditation support, and program assessment. Participate in scholarly activity (research, publications, presentations, grant work) and perform additional duties such as administrative tasks, required training, and optional clinical practice time (if applicable). What we are looking for: Physician Assistant (PA) candidates must be graduates of an accredited PA program and currently NCCPA certified. Candidates must possess a minimum of a Master's deg