Director, Student Health Services

Job Description

Job Description

Wilkes University invites applications for the full-time, 10-month position of Director of Student Health Services. The Director is responsible for overseeing the delivery of healthcare to a student population of approximately 2,000 undergraduates, including 900 residential students and 600 student-athletes. Primary responsibilities include providing direct patient care, assessing and treating illness or injury, and coordinating external referrals when necessary.

The role also includes oversight of departmental operations, with budgeting experience preferred. Proficiency in electronic medical records is required. In addition, the Director plays a key role in promoting campus-wide health education and wellness initiatives.

The successful candidate will be a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner with at least five years of experience in primary care; experience in an emergency department setting is preferred. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening. PA Act 153 requires that persons working in positions with regular and unsupervised contact with minors complete additional clearances, including FBI fingerprinting and PA criminal and child abuse clearances.