Assistant Professor - OT Program

Extended Job Title

Assistant Professor - OT Program

Org Level 1

Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Ctr

Org Level 7

301281 - Doctor of Occupational Therapy Lbk

Position Description

Contributes to the university’s mission through teaching, research and service, some variation by academic unit.

Requisition ID

23873BR

Travel Required

Up to 25%

Pay Grade Maximum

salary commensurate with related education, experience and/or skills

Major/Essential Functions

The Department of Rehabilitation Sciences in the School of Health Professions at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. The primary appointment will be in the entry-level Doctor of Occupational Therapy program at the Lubbock Campus with opportunities to contribute to the on-line post-professional OTD program.

Qualifications:

• Earned post-professional doctoral degree is preferred; candidates with earned entry-level OTD or currently pursuing post-professional doctoral degree will be considered.
  
  
• Licensed occupational therapist, or license eligible, in the state of Texas.
  
  
• Must demonstrate integrity, professional maturity, commitment and accountability according to the five values described in TTUHSC’s Values-Based Culture: One Team, Kind Hearted, Integrity, Visionary, and Beyond Service.
  The ideal candidate will possess the qualities of an excellent educator and practitioner with a wide range of clinical experience in a variety of physical rehabilitation settings.
  
  Responsibilities include teaching and mentoring students as well as contributing to the mission of the School of Health Professions through professional service and scholarship/research. Salary and rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
  
  

Grant Funded?

No

Pay Grade Minimum

salary commensurate with related education, experience and/or skills

Pay Basis

Monthly

Work Location

Lubbock

Campus

HSC - Lubbock

Department

Doctor of Occupational Therapy Lbk

Required Attachments

Cover Letter, Resume / CV

Job Type

Full Time

Pay Statement

Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as, the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan on the Human Resources webpage.

Job Group

Assistant Professor

Shift

Day

EEO Statement

As an EEO/AA employer, the Texas Tech University System and its components will not discriminate in our employment practices based on an applicant’s race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.

Required Qualifications

• Earned post-professional doctoral degree is preferred; candidates with earned entry-level OTD or currently pursuing post-professional doctoral degree will be considered.
  
  
• Licensed occupational therapist, or license eligible, in the state of Texas.
  
  

Academic degree as defined by the academic unit and as appropriate for the position held. Demonstrated record of effectiveness as a teacher, a record of peer reviewed publication and/or peer-reviewed creative activity which has contributed to the discipline or field of study, to the candidate’s intellectual and artistic development, and to the quality of the academic enterprise; a record of professional service appropriate to the discipline; promise of growth in teaching and research or artistic and creative activity

Salary Grade

800

Does this position work in a research laboratory?

No

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