Rocky Vista University in Englewood, CO has an opening for an
Assistant Dean of Clinical Education for Clinical Career Advisement (Full-Time)
Deadline: Applications accepted until position filled; priority given to applicants received by Friday, 11/6/2026
To be considered for this position applicants should submit a resume/cover letter and salary requirements on our Careers page at www.rvu.edu.
SALARY:
$200,000 to $230,000 per year DOE. The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to skill, knowledge, experience, education, and credentials.
BENEFITS:
RVU offers a full benefits package that includes Health, Dental and Vision insurance, along with 2 weeks (minimum) accrued paid vacation days per year, 12 accrued sick days per year, personal days, 13 ½ paid holidays and 401(K) match up to 7% based on employee’s contribution. Join us in an environment where in-office work is the primary focus, complemented by hybrid work flexibility for eligible positions.
Commitment to Inclusive Excellence: We are Rocky Vista University (RVU), a diverse, equitable, and inclusive healthcare education university that recognizes, values, and respects the commonalities and differences reflected in our students, staff, faculty, and alumni. We strive to be compassionate healthcare educators and practitioners who embrace and champion inclusive excellence.
RVU is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Primary Purpose
The Assistant Dean of Clinical Education for Career Advising is a principal administrator and leader of the COM career advising program for OMS III–IV students. The position develops, manages, evaluates, and continuously improves career and residency advising; oversees residency application and Match-related processes; and provides strategic leadership for specialty selection, application readiness, interviewing, rank-list preparation, SOAP, and final placement. The primary performance metric is the COM graduate medical education (GME) Match and placement rate. The Assistant Dean uses verified outcomes to identify opportunities for improvement and collaborates with Pre-Clinical Education, Student Affairs, academic/progression leadership, the Registrar, Institutional Research, and other partners to support students and applicable COCA requirements. Match and placement remain shared institutional outcomes influenced by student performance and choices, clinical opportunities, academic progression, advising, and residency-program decisions.
Direct reports may include: Clinical Career Advising Director(s), Career Advising Clerkship Directors, Physician and non-physician career advisors, and designated career advising personnel, as assigned.
Essential Job Functions
- Develop & Lead COM career advising for OMS III–IV students from specialty selection through Match, SOAP, and placement.
- Oversee strategy to optimize the COM GME Match and placement rate, the position’s primary performance metric.
- Oversee ERAS, ResidencyCAS, NRMP/R3, SOAP, and other applicable residency application and Match processes.
- Develop and improve a longitudinal career advising curriculum with key academic and specialty partners.
- Lead the advising team and specialty advisor network, including training, standards, documentation, and quality.
- Analyze verified application, interview, Match, SOAP, and placement data to guide measurable program improvement.
- Coordinate eligibility and anticipated-graduation verification with academic leadership and the Registrar.
- Oversee MSPEs, letters, specialty advising, and applicable COCA/GME placement-reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with RVU leaders and external stakeholders; manage assigned resources, personnel, policies, and committees.
- Develop & maintain Student-facing Clinical Career Advising platform and applicable career advising curricula.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Senior Associate Dean or his/her designee.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Demonstrate knowledge and experience in undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education pathways, residency application processes, and career advising.
- Demonstrate detailed knowledge of residency application and Match systems, including ERAS, NRMP/R3, SOAP, specialty-specific application processes, and institutional placement reporting.
- Demonstrate ability to analyze Match, placement, application, and advising data; identify trends and students at risk; and translate findings into measurable program-improvement strategies.
- Possess excellent communication, counseling, collaboration, negotiation, and conflict-management skills, with the ability to support individualized student decision-making while maintaining institutional standards.
- Demonstrate proficiency and professionalism in advising, teaching, presentations, video conferencing, faculty development, and communication with students, faculty, staff, and residency-program stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
- Shall possess an DO. or MD degree earned from an AOA or LCME accredited college of osteopathic or allopathic medicine
- Unrestricted license at some time in their career, free from disciplinary actions or sanctions while licensed
Preferred Qualifications
- Two (2) years of experience in medical achool or graduate medical education program, including experience with medical student career advising, residency selection, or GME.
- Three(3) years of experience academic leadership experience as a department chair, assistant or associate dean, Director of Medical Education, Designated Institutional Official, residency program director, career advising leader, or equivalent
- Demonstrations of professional involvement and leadership
- Demonstrations of scholarly activity, research, service to public or profession.
- Retains an active license to practice medicine
- Demonstrates professional involvement and leadership in medical organizations.
Final applicant will be required to pass background check and drug screening.
Qualified applicants will be contacted. There may be an additional video interview for you to complete. Please watch your email including spam and promotions folder.
Rocky Vista University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary. The following are essential abilities and physical requirements for all positions at the University.
- Ability to orally communicate effectively with others;
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing, using the English language;
- Ability to work cooperatively with colleagues and supervisory staffs at all levels;
- May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties;
- May be required to accomplish job duties using various types of equipment/supplies to include, but not limited to, pens, pencils, calculators, computer keyboards, telephone, etc.;
- May be required to transport oneself to other campus offices, conference rooms, and on occasion, to off-campus sites to attend meetings, conferences, workshops, seminars, etc.
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