Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

VCOM -
Louisiana

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10 days ago

Qualifications

Computer operation
BC/BE
Academic institution experience
University teaching experience
Classroom experience
Computer skills
Video conferences (communication methods)
Classroom Teaching

Full Job Description

I. Job Summary:
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs for the Louisiana Campus. Directs the activities of the Clinical
Affairs Division at the VCOM Louisiana Campus.

II. Job Duties:

1. Oversee and assure all activities for the Clinical Affairs Department as it relates to the OMS
3 curriculum and clinical sites for the Louisiana Campus.

a. Assure the development and maintenance of the clinical affiliations for the Louisiana
campus

b. Assure the appropriate number of clinical rotations exist for all of OMS 3 students
in each clinical site

c. Oversee the Directors of Student Medical Education in the hospital sites assigned in
assuring this occurs

d. Meet with DSMEs annually in person and hold quarterly meetings by
videoconference, skype, or other distance means

e. Assure the delivery of the educational program delivery and proctored testing at
individual clinical sites

f. Assure the OMM monthly sessions are held on each site.
2. Oversee the Clinical staff to include the Directors of Clinical Rotations (3rd year) in the

duties of
a. scheduling of student rotations and their work with the site coordinators
b. assuring timely and effective response to student issues
c. providing testing oversight at the assigned sites
d. assuring all affiliation agreements are completed for 3rd year
e. orientation of students to the clinical sites
f. orienting and working with additional clinical support staff support as hired

3. Develop and maintain good relationships with local and regional hospital systems for the
implementation of the clinical education program

4. Assure a sound academic program exists in the clinical sites through the Clinical Assessment
Process that exists.

5. Oversee the clinical chairs, assuring the completion of their duties to include:
a. OMS I & II curriculum development and delivery
b. OMS III development and delivery

i. VCOM TV lectures
ii. Website development and online cases
iii. VCOM education days
iv. Clinical objectives and end of rotation exams

Job Title: Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs

Department: Clinical Affairs Date: July 2026

FLSA: Exempt Work Location: Louisiana Campus

Employee Category: Administrative Faculty Work Schedule: As directed in
contract

Reports to: Campus Dean Percent Employment: 100%

Direct Reports: Clinical Department Chairs, Faculty/Staff

v. Each Clinical Site evaluations, visits, and faculty development for the site
vi. Assure feedback to students having difficulty on rotations
vii. Remediation for failed rotations

c. Engagement, education and oversight of clinical faculty at assigned sites
6. Develop and maintain good relationships with the local, regional, state and national

professional organizations that are associated with the practice of medicine
7. Work with the Director of the Simulation Center in the development and delivery of

Simulation programs within the Center to include OMS 2 and OMS 3 end of year testing, SP
testing in the first two years, simulations in the clinical curriculum, and clinical procedural
skills. Participate in Post-graduate Testing.

a. Participate in small group reviews (SGRs),
b. Participate in clinical procedural skills where appropriate, and
c. Participate in simulations each block..

8. Oversee the expenditures in the Clinical Affairs budget, assisting the Dean in budget
development for the Clinical program

9. Oversee the hiring and orientation of Clinical Chairs as well as new faculty on and off
campus, with final approval of hire from the Dean.

10. Assure on campus clinical faculty are engaged in teaching, research and scholarly activity and
service annually

11. Review and submit an annual faculty activity report on each faculty member in order to help
set departmental goals

12. Participate in or Chair Committees as directed by the Dean or President
a. Promotion Board
b. APT Committee
c. Curriculum Oversight
d. Other committees as assigned

13. Assure the COCA accreditation standards regarding Clinical Affairs are adhered to on your
campus and at the clinical sites assigned

14. Prepare a state of Clinical Affairs semiannually for the Board report
15. Attend the AOA, AODME and AACOM meetings annually, along with your specialty

meeting.
16. Actively participate in the development and planning of all clinical programs for VCOM, to

include meeting with the Associate Dean counterparts on the other campuses, twice yearly
17. Assure all Clinical Chairs and Clinical Course Directors provide complete and consistent

course syllabi to students through the website or other directed means
18. Assure that VCOM remains current with educational trends and perform educational

research when possible. Seek funding for such research if possible.
19. Participate in 2 VCOM International trips each year.
20. Participate in a minimum of 2 VCOM Appalachian trips each year.
21. Perform other duties as assigned.

III. Required Qualifications:

Education: D.O. degree from an accredited osteopathic school or M.D. degree from a LCME
accredited school.
Licensure or certification: Board certified by the AOBME or ABME in the field of practice,
grandfathered in to AOBME or ABME field with no maintenance of certification required or
needed for position. Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience teaching medical students.

Skills required for this position:
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills and Strong team player
Commitment to company values and mission of the institution
Basic computer proficiency

Preferences may be given to applicants who are AOBME of ABMS Board certified, have prior
experience as a Clinical Teaching Faculty or Program Director, or have prior experience as a
Clinical Chair of a medical school department or division.

Successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

IV. Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics

described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully
perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable
individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position requires a rapid
pace, some days with long hours to meet expectations, long distance driving to rural sites, and
the ability to organize, interpret, and utilize a large volume of information.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to ambulate
(may be with use of assisted devices); sit; stand (or accommodate for standing); use hands and
vision for teaching the osteopathic examination and for teaching / providing treatment; use
office equipment such as computers; speak to large and small groups of individuals for teaching;
hear heart sounds, lung sounds and conversation for the purpose of teaching students how to
hear and interpret those sounds and for practice; perform moderate telephone and Polycom
communication / usage; occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; drive
distances up to five hours or to fly on occasion to clinical sites, depending upon the location of
the core teaching hospitals.

Work environment: Office, clinical practice, classroom, laboratory, clinical skills teaching
environments and clinical sites constitute working environments. Outside travel required is 15%
to 20% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal. The pace of the
work requires a rapid pace to synthesize and organize large volumes of material, while includes
those required for clinical practice and clinical teaching and prioritizing duties.

This position is classified as an exempt position under the Executive exemption status
because the primary function of the candidate/employee is managing several positions
and is also an Administrative Officer of the College.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”. This means employment is for an indefinite

period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or

without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this position

description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to

eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.

V. VCOM Core Values: The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM polices. As the
environment is a professional college, VCOM faculty/ staff are expected to dress and behave in
a professional manner at work. VCOM faculty / staff are expected as VCOM employees, to be
a person who obeys all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the
community. VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working
relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical
students, interns, and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment,
with mutual respect.

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