Description

Are you passionate about the field of Health Information Management (HIM)? Join our Texas State University team to help educate the HIM workforce of the future!


The Department of Health Informatics & Information Management (HIIM) at Texas State University invites applications for one nontenure line faculty position at the Instructional/Clinical Assistant Professor or Instructional/Clinical Associate Professor level. This is a full-time position beginning Spring 2026 with a nine-month academic year appointment and possible summer employment. Title, rank, and salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s experience and qualifications. For information on the TXST Faculty of Instruction appointment policy, please visit https://policies.txst.edu/division-policies/academic-affairs/04-01-26.html. For information on the TXST Clinical Faculty appointment policy, please visit https://policies.txstate.edu/division-policies/academic-affairs/04-01-22.html. All positions are subject to availability of funds.


Job Overview: This new nontenure-line leadership position expands the faculty team overseeing the experiential learning and clinical placement of HIM students across Texas and beyond. Supporting the BSHIM and MHIM programs, the faculty member will enable enrollment and clinical site growth. This position will involve occasional travel to visit students and develop affiliation agreements. The position will involve around 25% classroom or online teaching and 75% coordination of student placements and affiliation agreements.


We welcome experienced educators as well as HIM professionals transitioning to higher education. Entry-level candidates may start as Assistant Professor of Instruction while experienced candidates may qualify for Associate Professor of Instruction or Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor, depending on experience. All who meet the required qualifications are encouraged to apply.

• Coordinate year-round undergraduate and graduate-level clinical and professional placements and experiential learning opportunities.
• Identify, evaluate, and advocate for on-site and online clinical and professional placements through in-person visits and online tools.
• Establish and maintain cordial and effective relationships with experiential learning sites and preceptors.
• Develop and deliver training to new preceptors and experiential learning supervisors.
• Collect and verify affiliation agreements with partnering health care facilities, professional placement partners, and preceptors.
• Advise students progressing toward graduation to ensure readiness for externally supervised experiential learning placements and entry into the professional workforce.
• Engage with students and preceptors to resolve any issues that arise.
• Manage student compliance with practicum requirements and policies (e.g. site requirements, preceptor qualifications). This includes distributing information to students, maintaining records of student compliance and submitting them to clinical sites, maintaining records of student clinical hours, and completing student attestation forms for clinical sites each semester.
• Coordinate with office staff to maintain records and review for completeness, including a database of clinical sites and preceptors.
• Crosstrain colleagues to provide support as needed.
• Compose and proofread correspondence, forms, and reports. Manage faculty compliance with licensure requirements, vaccinations and all other requirements specified in affiliation agreements.
• Participate in marketing and special events. Assist with special projects.
• Teach at least one HIM undergraduate or graduate-level course per year on campus or online. Collaborate with Program Directors to provide academic advising for students.
• Participate in curriculum development with other faculty members.
• Participate in service activities at the department, college, university, and professional levels.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Department Chair.
  
  
  

Required Qualifications 

• A master’s degree in health information management, health informatics, health administration, business, computer science, computer information systems, public health, public administration, adult/continuing education, medicine, law, or a closely related field.
• Minimum 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline.
• Experience with online education and technology.

• Demonstrates current and contemporary competence in HIM practice or management.
• Exhibits the potential for continued professional growth in teaching and instructional activities.
  
  

• Demonstrates current and contemporary competence in HIM practice or management.
• Documents more than five years of full-time effective teaching and learning contributions, including advances in curriculum, pedagogy, course delivery, or similar innovation
• Exhibits the potential for increased leadership in teaching and instructional activities.
  
  

• Demonstrates current and contemporary competence in HIM practice or management.
• Documents experience in education at the university level.
• Documents more than five years of full-time experience beyond entry level in HIM practice or management, and potential for significant professional growth.
• Engages in scholarship through relevant professional presentations, workshops, or publications.
• Exhibits leadership in relevant professional organizations.
  
  

• Demonstrates current and contemporary competence in HIM practice or management.
• Documents more than 5 years of experience in education at the university level.
• Documents more than ten years of full-time experience beyond entry level in HIM practice or management, and potential for significant professional growth.
• Engages in scholarship through relevant professional presentations, workshops, or publications.
• Exhibits leadership in relevant professional organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active RHIA or RHIT credential.
• Growing HIM professional connection networks in the local community, across Texas, and nationally.
• Earned doctorate in a health-related discipline or related field.
• Teaching experience utilizing a variety of instructional strategies, including face-to-face, online, or hybrid delivery, experiential learning, or field-based experiences to engage students.
• Documentation of recent and ongoing professional development.
• Demonstrated collegial leadership and team development.
• Experience in higher education focused on accreditation, program development, assessment, and curriculum design, including work with CAHIIM-accredited programs.

Application Procedures

• Cover letter describing research experience, interests, and career goals.
• Curriculum Vitae (CV).
• Unofficial Transcripts (all in one document).
• Contact information for three references.