The Department of Clinical Sciences (DoCS) at the NC State University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is seeking a professional faculty track Assistant Teaching Professor of Clinical and Surgical Skills.

The CVM is seeking a qualified candidate to serve as a lead in pre-clinical surgical instruction. The selected candidate for this professional faculty position will have the following responsibilities: 1) Organize and lead cross-functional teams consisting of faculty from surgery, anesthesia, medicine, dentistry, and emergency and critical care in the delivery of integrated curriculum; 2)Deliver instruction across all 4 years of the DVM program to include, but not limited to, foundational psychomotor, clinical procedural, surgical, and dentistry skills, employing the use of low and high fidelity models, simulations, and clinical patients. Instruction to be delivered primarily in a laboratory setting, with some didactic teaching; 3) Assess curricular segments across all 4 years of the DVM program to include, but not limited to, assessment of psychomotor skills, clinical procedural skills, surgical skills and dentistry skills across common domestic species; 4) Assist in the coordination of support staff teams to ensure efficient and effective procurement of necessary supplies to support simulated and clinical activities; 5) Help to maintain controlled substances records in accordance with hospital, state, and federal regulations 6) Serve as the college liaison with external shelter/rescue organizations; 7) Serve as primary point of contact for surgical teaching lab to include IACUC and regulatory oversight.

The individual must have a DVM or equivalent degree and must meet requirements for and maintain a veterinary license (or faculty certificate) in the State of North Carolina.  Additionally, the successful applicant will have the following skills: 1) Demonstrated ability to supervise canine and feline spay/neuter procedures performed by novice surgeons; 2) Demonstrated interest in educational design and clinical training; 3) Excellent clinical skills, with at least 5 years clinical, dental and surgical experience; 4) Excellent communication and conflict resolution skills; awareness of frameworks for effective communication and conflict resolution; 5) Demonstrated ability to work with others in a collegial team atmosphere; 6) Evidence of leadership through committee service work, professional organization work, or coordination of a unit or training program; 7) Computer literacy: working knowledge of common word processing, spreadsheet and document editing skills.  Preferred qualifications include: 1) Experience teaching or supervising DVM students in surgical or clinical skills settings; 2) Advanced degree (MS) or certificate credential in education; 3) Experience with low-stress patient handling methodology; 4) Experience with the application of models and simulations for the purposes of clinical skills training.

About NC State College of Veterinary Medicine

The Department of Clinical Sciences is dedicated to excellence in educating and training veterinarians and comparative biomedical scientists, furthering health care and wellness through discovery and clinical research, providing outstanding and compassionate medical care to a diverse range of animal patients, effectively engaging animal-owning public, government and industry partners, and providing leadership in integrating biomedical sciences to advance One Health. The Department of Clinical Sciences is heavily vested in training DVM students, including teaching clinical and surgical skills throughout all four years. This curricular thread has traditionally been shared by faculty from a number of disciplines. While the collaborative nature of this area of curriculum remains a significant strength, the demands of clinical services and the large laboratory footprint associated with clinical skills education have made it increasingly difficult to coordinate the delivery of this essential, complex thread. As the college moves toward curricular revision through the creation of multi-year threads of content, there is an opportunity to expand clinical skills education into a more cohe...sive, thematic thread. The college is invested in establishing dedicated faculty to build out and coordinate these broader thematic components of the curriculum. The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has established the Academy of Educators (AOE) to develop, support, recognize and reward the broad community of educators who embrace the educational mission within the college. The Academy supports faculty (in addition to other members of the college) in a variety of ways, including: exposure to best teaching practices, communities of practice and financial support opportunities for educational related innovation, research and travel.

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