COMMUNITY FACULTY LIAISON

Posting Number:

SRGV9143

Number of Vacancies:

1

Location:

Harlingen, Texas Department:

Faculty Affairs

SOM FLSA

Exempt Scope of Job:

To serve as a key representative of the School of Medicine, strengthening relationships between the school of medicine and its community physician faculty. The position develops and maintains a structured community faculty engagement program that ensures community physician faculty are recognized, supported and engaged as essential members of the School of Medicine advancing the school's academic mission.

Description of Duties:

Serves as a liaison between community physician faculty and the School of Medicine, facilitating communication, collaboration, engagement with the Graduate Medical Education/Designated Institution Official, Office of Educational Affairs, Office of Faculty Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, Dean's Office, and ISU/Department Chairs. Develops and implements an organized outreach plan for community faculty, including regular visits, follow-up communications, feedback collection, and escalation of issues or opportunities to appropriate school leadership. Fosters a culture where community faculty feel recognized, respected, and included as an important component of the School of Medicine. Keeps community faculty informed about new developments, priorities, programs, educational initiatives, and opportunities within the medical school. In collaboration with Departments, coordinates and supports community faculty lifecycle activities, including onboarding, appointment, renewal, orientation, specialized training, and maintenance of accurate engagement and compliance records. Regularly reports on the status of community faculty appointments, assigned teaching activities (clerkships, electives, resident education, and mentorship), faculty development participation, outreach and site visits, areas of interest, feedback and concerns, recognition activities, and community faculty engagement metrics. Collects and reports community faculty activity at least annually to support appointment renewal decisions, faculty sufficiency monitoring, accreditation readiness, and strategic planning. Collaborates with Department Chairs, Educational Affairs, Student Affairs, GME and other stakeholders to identify clinical education needs, faculty strengths, specialty-specific opportunities, and potential areas for growth. Ensures community faculty meet institutional policies and accreditation standards, applicable to the assigned school. Coordinates with GME and Educational Affairs to identify community faculty who may be able to support residency programs, serve as teaching faculty, assist with educational initiatives, or contribute to future GME development. Identifies community faculty who may be well suited to serve -as mentor for students or residents, participate in clerkships, support GME programs, or contribute to medical school initiatives. Develops and coordinates recognition initiatives that showcase community faculty contributions in teaching, mentorship, clinical service, leadership, and commitment to learners. Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received:

General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:

Direct supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:

Bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, business administration, higher education administration, public health, or a related field from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:

Master's degree health administration, public health, business administration, marketing, education or related field from an accredited university.

Licenses/Certifications:

None.

Required Experience:

Four (4) years of related experience in academic medicine, graduate medical education, faculty affairs, physician relations, healthcare administration, or medical education.

Preferred Experience:

Experience working in a medical school, teaching hospital or physician network. Experience working with community physicians and volunteer faculty.

Equipment:

Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions:

Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Work is performed primarily in a general office environment. Some travel and weekend work is required. UTRGV is a distributed institution, which may require presence at multiple locations throughout the Rio Grande Valley.

Other:

Exceptional planning and organizational skills. Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to represent the School of Medicine professionally, diplomatically, and positively. Understanding of medical school structure, including clinical education, faculty affairs, GME, faculty roles, departments, and the Dean's Office. Ability to work effectively with community physicians, medical students, residents, faculty, staff, department chairs, and senior leadership. High emotional intelligence, sound judgment, tact, discretion, and professionalism. Strong organizational skills to track faculty involvement, visits, interests, concerns, and potential areas for engagement. Ability to communicate medical school priorities clearly and to listen carefully to the needs and perspectives of community faculty. Reliability, follow-through, confidentiality, and commitment to service. Commitment to strengthening the academic partnership between the School of Medicine and its community faculty.

Physical Capabilities:

N/A Employment Category:

Full-Time Minimum Salary:

Commensurate with

Experience Posted Salary:

Commensurate with

Experience Position Available Date:

10/05/2026

Grant Funded Position:

No If Yes, Provide Grant Expiration Date:

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest. Special Instructions to

Applicants:

Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: Date of Birth Social Security Number Gender Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956)665-8880 and/or careers@utrgv.edu .

Additional Information:

UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need. All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered. Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the VP of Human Resources. To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52479 je-a731e49f83984f02a2c8d2b12c866693