Description:

Job Description Summary:

Samuel Merritt University (SMU) has a long history of educating highly skilled and compassionate health professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities. The University has an institution-wide commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strive to build and maintain a welcoming and supportive campus environment and affirm diversity as an educational imperative to achieving excellence. The Basic Sciences Department provides excellent instructors for the basic science courses required in our programs. The Adjunct Assistant Professor in Basic Science is expected to excel at teaching a specific course(s) in their area of expertise. Note: this is a part-time position.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Adjunct Assistant Professor is a part time position. The individual must be able to teach graduate/medical school level courses in their field of expertise and as defined by a specific position posting.

Key responsibilities:

• Contribute to student learning, growth, and advancement.
• Demonstrate academic competence in their area of expertise and work with other faculty, staff, and departments to align curriculum as needed.
• Maintain a growth mindset toward student learning, teaching practice and being flexible to teach different course content for different learner cohorts as needed.
• Demonstrate a high degree of self-efficacy, being held accountable for learner outcomes and advocate for learners to succeed and excel.
• Collaborate effectively with various stakeholder groups within the University to increase student performance.
• Invest in the learners’ well-being, health, and safety, physically, socially, and emotionally.
• Design and facilitate differentiated and personalized learning goals and activities that follow a coherent sequence, are aligned to instructional goals, and engage students in high-level cognitive learning.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Required Education and/or Experience: 

• Applicant must have an advanced degree (M.S, PhD, MD, DPM.) in the area of expertise or a closely related discipline. Clinical doctors may also apply.
• At least two years of experience teaching at an institute of higher education in the specific area of interest; and graduate level experience in such teaching is preferred.

Additional job requirements: 

• Ability to lift and carry up to 20 pounds, carry, push, pull, kneel, and stoop.
• Must be able to move about campus to accomplish tasks.
• Ability to read, write, compose, and edit complex documents.
• Ability to do deskwork/ computer work for prolonged periods of time.
• Must be able to express ideas by means of verbal and written communication.
• Ability to receive and interpret detailed information through verbal and written communication.

Employee Status:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Exemption Status:

United States of America (Exempt)

Time Type:

Part time

Job Shift:

Pay Range:

Based on teaching assignment a reasonable estimate for this position is between $600 - $8000.

Samuel Merritt University currently provides base salary ranges for all positions-on job advertisements-in the United States based on local requirements. Individual compensation will ultimately be determined based on a variety of relevant factors including but-not limited to qualifications, geographic location, and other relevant skills.