Jobs at City of Kansas City, MO (Now Hiring) — 2 open

Job Type:

Faculty

Job Description:

The Adjunct Professor will work to support osteopathic medical students’ successful progression through pre-clinical training, develop public health internships/capstones, and provide expert consultation to students interested in additional public health training.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead COM Launch Team
• Serve on MPH capstone committees (those already in progress + limited additional committees)
• Identify internship (APEx) clerkship opportunities for current MPH students and document relationships for future use
• Provide advising to students considering advancing to the MPH program
• Provide advising to students considering the Public Health Certificate program
• Work on curriculum development and delivery in a limited fashion as time permits

Other and Supportive Functions:

• Other administrative tasks (i.e., tracking progress towards goals, coordinating meetings with students, updating/maintaining student records)

Qualifications:

• DO/MD degree from an accredited medical school, Master’s degree in public health
• Ability to work independently with minimal guidance
• Experience with electronic documentation of student records
• Demonstrated sensitivity to a wide range of disciplines, interests and constituencies represented at KCU and a deep commitment to population health and equity as part of its public mission
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, and to work effectively and harmoniously with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Sensitivity in working with an ethnically, socio-economically and socially diverse workforce.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical dexterity sufficient to use hands, arms, and shoulders repetitively to operate a keyboard and other office equipment, use a telephone, access file cabinets and other items stored at various levels, including overhead
• Ability to speak and hear well enough to communicate clearly and understandably with sufficient volume to ensure an accurate exchange of information in normal conversational distance, over the telephone, and in a group setting
• Ability to continuously operate a personal computer for extended periods of time (4 or more hours)
• Mental acuity sufficient to collect and interpret data, evaluate, reason, define problems, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, make valid judgments and decisions

The essential physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

KCU is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunity workplace. Equal opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information (GINA), physical or mental disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, ancestry, military and/or veteran status, and/or any other status protected by applicable Federal, state or local law.

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