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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