Description/Job Summary

Responsibilities include both instruction and/or clinical coordination. Duties involve organizing and providing educational experiences leading to student credentialing and gainful employment as a Surgical Technologist; establishing program admission criteria; recruiting students; instruction in the clinical curriculum; and application and maintenance of accreditation status.

Responsibilities/Duties

Teaching:

• Based on the Master Syllabus, design and teach assigned class session(s), leveraging digital content and multi media resources in the classroom.

• Assess student engagement/understanding during each class session.

• Collect, grade, and report assignments and homework.

• Assess and monitor student progress and understanding throughout the course.

• Remediate students' lack of prerequisite knowledge.

• Select course materials as they reflect the Master Syllabus.

• Place the syllabus, readings, and homework assignments on Canvas.

• Set up, maintain, and update course syllabi and course materials.

• Create new digital instruction materials with increased pedagogy.

• Exhibit a spirit of inquiry concerning teaching and learning, student development, and evaluation methods.

• Use evidence-based resources to improve and support teaching.

• Share teaching expertise with colleagues and others.

• Demonstrate integrity as a scholar.

• Provide required office hours.

• Effectively communicate with students via e mail, phone, or online discussion boards.

• Provide academic advice and guidance to students.

• Submit grades via the faculty portal.

• Manage incompletes and make ups.

• Teaching assignments could be face-to-face (day or evening), hybrid, or online and may change as needed.

Clinical Coordination:

• The clinical coordinator is responsible for all aspects of the clinical experience for the students enrolled in the program, including organization, administration, continuous review and revision, planning for and development of locations (with appropriate supervision) for evolving practice skills, and the general effectiveness of the clinical experience.

• The candidate will coordinate student field experiences off campus and develop research experiences.

• The candidate will organize and provide educational experiences leading to student credentialing and gainful employment as a Surgical Technologist.

Individualized Instruction:

• Identify individual learning styles and unique needs of culturally diverse students, traditional vs. non traditional, and those at-risk (e.g., educationally disadvantaged, learning and/or physically challenged, social and economic issues).

• Advise learners in ways to help them meet their educational goals.

• Create a learning environment that facilitates self-reflection and personal goal-setting.

• Foster the development of learners in these areas: cognitive, psychomotor, affective, and creative.

• Adapt teaching styles and interpersonal interactions to facilitate learning behaviors.

• Assist learners in engaging in thoughtful and constructive self and peer evaluation.

• Encourage professional and personal development of learners.

Assessment:

• Provide input for the development of department standards and policies.

• Use a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate learning.

• Incorporate current research in assessment and evaluation practices.

• Use existing evaluation tools for assessing educational outcomes.

• Evaluate available resources for learner assessment and evaluation practices.

• Actively participate in all monitoring and evaluation (M&E).

• Analyze all M&E data.

• Advise learners regarding assessment and evaluation.

• Provide timely, thoughtful, and constructive feedback to learners.

Curriculum Design and Development:

• Actively participate in the curriculum design to reflect institutional philosophy and mission, current trends and best practices, community and societal needs, educational principles, theory and research, and use of technology.

• Demonstrate knowledge of curriculum development, including identifying program outcomes, developing competency standards, writing course objectives, and selecting appropriate learning activities, clinical experiences, and evaluation strategies.

• Assist in curriculum revision based on evaluation of program outcomes, learner needs, societal and health care trends, and stakeholder feedback.

• Update courses to reflect the philosophical and theoretical framework of the curriculum.

• Design courses to reflect the philosophical and theoretical framework of the curriculum.

• Create and maintain community partnerships that support educational goals.

• Evaluate educational goal attainment through community partnerships.

• Implement program assessment models.

• Analyze results of program evaluation and initiate curricular change when needed.

• Critique the program evaluation methods and plan.

Professional Development:

• Maintain membership in professional organizations.

• Participate actively in professional organizations through committee work and/or leadership roles.

• Demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning.

• Participate in professional development that increases effectiveness in the role.

• Use feedback from self, peers, learners, and administrative evaluation to improve role effectiveness.

• Acquire knowledge of legal and ethical issues relevant to higher education.

• Mentor and support faculty colleagues.

• Model cultural sensitivity when advocating for change.

• Create a culture for positive change and growth.

• Develop leadership skills in others to shape and implement growth, change, and positivity.

• Perform related duties as required.

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting in a normal position for extended periods. Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.

• Finger dexterity is required to manipulate objects and medical and simulation equipment with fingers, whole hand(s), and arms.

• Communication skills using the spoken word.

• Ability to see within normal parameters.

• Ability to hear within normal range.

• Ability to move about.

Required Qualifications

• Be a graduate of an education program in surgical technology accredited by a nationally recognized programmatic accreditation agency.

• Bachelor's degree in healthcare or related field.

• Minimum of two (2) years of proven current surgical technology experience, either in the operating room scrub role or as an instructor in surgical technology, or a combination of both, within the past five (5) years.

• Possess a credential in the field of surgical technology through a national certification program this is accredited by the National Commission on Certifying Agencies (NCCA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in healthcare or related field preferred.

• Previous teaching experience is highly desirable.

• Experience with curriculum development using instructional technology and the Canvas Learning Management System is preferred.