Occupational Therapy Adjunct Professor

Job Description

Occupational Therapy Adjunct Faculty

Dominican University New York’s Occupational Therapy Program is seeking adjunct faculty members to join us in teaching courses across our curriculum in either our well-established nontraditional weekend format or our new one-weekday-per-week format (primarily on Wednesdays). These positions will work closely with the full-time OT faculty members for the same courses. The curriculum is primarily structured to address clients and occupational performance according to the human lifespan.

Requirements:

• Occupational therapist with initial NBCOT OTR certification
• Minimum of three years of recent clinical experience and expertise with children, adolescents, and/or adults with a variety of issues impacting occupational performance across contexts
• Minimum of an earned Master’s degree
• Knowledge of current evidence-based practice, the current Occupational Therapy Practice Framework: Domain and Process, and occupation-based conceptual models of practice and frames of reference
• Current New York OT license or eligibility
• Be available outside of classroom teaching hours to communicate and meet with students and the full-time faculty
  
  

Additional preferred qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience in using Blackboard LMS or other LMS
• Knowledge and experience in the use of Office 365
• Knowledge and experience in post-secondary teaching
• Those who make themselves available for the weekday course sessions will be given hiring priority.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills a plus, Fluency in Spanish is preferred, but not required.
  
  

Dominican University New York, located in Orangeburg, New York, is 17 miles north of New York City, with approximately 1,400 students and 400 faculty and staff.   There is a wide range of academic programs for students to choose from with more than 30 undergraduate and graduate programs in business, education, liberal arts, nursing, occupational therapy, organizational leadership and communication, and physical therapy. The independent, four-year, co-ed university was founded in 1952 by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt in the Catholic tradition. It is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York and fully accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Dominican University New York has been named a College of Distinction, is designated a Hispanic Serving Institution, and is recognized as Military Friendly.

Dominican University New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to excellence through equity and inclusion, and, in this spirit, particularly welcomes applications from members of historically underrepresented groups. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire.

AA/EOE

Salary: $3,600 or $7,750 per course depending upon the total number of credits.