Section Head of Clinical Training for College of Health Sciences

The candidate of this position will be responsible to effectively work with multiple interfaces including college of health sciences (departments heads, associate dean for academic affairs, and dean); colleges under the QU-Health cluster (QU-health director of clinical education and heads of clinical training for the College of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and College of Dentistry); and clinical training site (mainly, but not limited to HMC). Responsibilities at College of Health Sciences • Works closely with departments’ clinical coordinators and oversee clinical training activities at the department of human nutrition and department of biomedical sciences and field training activities at the department of public health. • Direct the strategic planning for clinical training at college of health sciences. • Works with the Dean and associated committees to develop a strategic academic plan to support the continued enhancement of the clinical training and learning environment at CHS • Continuously evaluate the clinical training/field experience in the departments of CHS against each program’s objectives and other relevant benchmarks • Establish a collaborative work between the three departments at CHS as needed to meet respective mandates. • Identify, implement and assess various methods and technologies aimed at enhancing clinical skills leaning outcomes. • Work on the continuous improvement of the clinical training/field experience quality at CHS. • Organizes seminars and workshops on teaching and learning enhancement in collaboration with the members of the Continuous Professional Development department at CHS. • Serves as the Chair of the clinical training committee at CHS. • Respond to student inquires via phone and/or email. • Maintain data integrity in student and hospital database ensuring schedules, rotations, contact information (students, hospitals, affiliates) are updated on regular basis. • Responsible for tracking completion of student course surveys in a timely manner. • Maintains accurate records regarding clinical placements on the database system. • Other duties as assigned by the Dean. Responsibilities at QU-Health cluster • Represent CHS at QU-Health cluster. • Act as liaison between the college and QU health cluster clinical committee. • Seek possible collaboration and integrate clinical training resources at colleges of the QU-health cluster; College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy. • Serve in strategic planning for clinical training in QU-health cluster in collaboration with heads of clinical training at College of Pharmacy and College of Medicine and under direct supervision from QU-health associate dean for clinical education. • Seek research opportunities related to clinical education in colleges under QU-health cluster. • Serve in developing policies and procedures with the health cluster pertaining to clinical training as needed, to complement existing policies and procedures at the level of the college and University.