Assistant/Associate/ Professor - Tenure Track

The Physician Assistant Program faculty at University of the Pacific is responsible for providing all aspects of didactic education for the Program. Faculty members are integral in all activities of the program.

While teaching is the primary focus of faculty at the University, scholarship and service requirements equate to a minimum of 30% of the workload for tenure-track faculty. The Physician Assistant Program is committed to strengthening the profession through the “development of, and support for, collaborative research and practice-based/applied research.” Tenure-track faculty must meet minimum requirements for promotion and tenure in alignment with the university’s timeline requirements.

Institutional financial support for advanced training or degree is available.

• Advising and mentoring students, course coordination, classroom teaching, participation in course assignments and student assessment, developing student objectives, participating in lab sessions, performing clinical site visits, and assisting with clinical site evaluation.

• Establishing an ongoing personal program of scholarly activity.

• Participation in department meetings, college and university committees, and state and/or national organizations.

• Participation in the ARC-PA continuing accreditation process.

• Participation in the admissions process.

• Clinical: Opportunities exist for release time to perform clinical work in the PAs area of expertise.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

Graduate from an ARC-PA-accredited PA program   
Master’s degree in PA studies or other discipline.

Current NCCPA certification, state licensure in California (or eligible for state license).
Minimum of two (2) years of clinical experience as a Physician Assistant.
Minimum of one (1) year of academic experience in Physician Assistant Education

Preferred Qualifications:

DMSc, PhD, DHSc, or equivalent preferred.
Five (5) or more years of experience in Physician Assistant Education.
Proficiency in Medical Spanish.
Involvement or desire to be involved in professional organizations within the field of specialty.
Involvement or desire to participate in professional education beyond the school, on local, state, regional, national, and international levels.

University of the Pacific recognizes that diversity, equity, and inclusion is foundational to the success of our valued students and employees. We prioritize policy and decision-making that demonstrates awareness of, and responsiveness to, the ways socio-cultural forces related to race, gender, ability, sexuality, socio-economic status, etc. impede or propel students, faculty, and staff.

Salary Range: $140-160K upon consideration of education, experience, and rank.