Do Great Things! Durham Technical Community College is hiring a Coordinator / Instructor in the Nurse Aide Program. The clinical coordinator/ instructor of Nurse Aide programs is primarily responsible for the planning, delivery and evaluation of classroom, laboratory and clinical instruction and for providing those related services and support activities required for optimal student learning and effective educational programming. As a member of the Nurse Aide program faculty, the coordinator / instructor is also accountable for assisting and supporting the program director, department dean, and/or chief instructional officer.Instruction:
- Teach Nurse Aide courses 12 ? 15 contact hours, as assigned, for the full duration of the scheduled instruction.
- Provide quality instruction at all times, teaching classes for the entire class period and properly covering course materials and competencies as specified in course outlines;
- Provide academic advisement for students taking courses in the program as determined and assigned by the program director and /or department dean;
- Teach assigned courses with special attention to the college?s mission, its commitment to the open door philosophy, and student success;
- Contribute to the development and implementation of competency-based education and utilize available educational resources for the improvement of instruction and the creation of teaching materials;
- Be responsible for ordering and maintaining lab equipment and supplies used in training and for the general maintenance of the nurse aide laboratory;
- Assist the program director in the identification, preview and acquisition of needed educational resources, including textbook selection, library and reference materials, instructional software and other instructional provisions;
- Participate in student eligibility evaluation, as assigned; assist in the recruitment of students and placement of graduates;
- Assist the program director in planning implementing, coordinating and evaluating program?s institutional effectiveness objectives as requested;
Program Coordination:
- Implement and enforce college academic policies and procedures together with administrative rules and regulations and other controls intended to maintain order and highest standards of instruction;
- Participate in program, departmental, divisional and institutional meetings and other announced activities;
- Maintain complete office, student records, and instructor records as needed; processing reports, forms and all other requested paperwork in a timely, efficient manner, checking for the accuracy and completeness of all data;
- Maintain office and on-campus hours sufficient to fulfill all contracted duties and department, division and college;
- Participate in training and other opportunities for continued professional development, including attendance at off campus activities, as feasible and generally staying abreast of developments in the field of instruction;
- Assist in the interview and selection process of new faculty.
- Serve as liaison between the clinical faculty, the program director and the affiliate agencies in regards to scheduling and coordinating of clinical rotations. Coordinate all clinical assignments and clinical requirements for students;
- Assist the program director in providing orientation of adjunct faculty and preceptors in the delivery of appropriate classroom andclinical instruction.
- Assist the program director in providing regular meetings of the clinical faculty and agency personnel, discussing common clinical problems and improving the delivery of the clinical experiences;
- Assist the program director in evaluating the instructional staff and make recommendations toward the improvement of instruction;
- Participate in advising and registration activities each semester. Serve as an educational advisor to assigned students as required and as otherwise requested or needed by individual students.
- Be able to utilize advising technologies including, but not limited to; Colleague, WebAdvisor, and Student Self Service.
- Maintain proper communication and supportive relations at all times with all other unit and branches of the division and the college, providing assistance to them in carrying out their respective functions.
- Coordinate and complete all necessary requirements for the Nurse Aide testing lab including Credentia;
- Assume other necessary responsibilities and perform additional tasks as assigned by the program director, department dean, division vice president, and/or president in meeting the needs of the program, department, division and college.
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