Respiratory Therapy - Director of Clinical Education

Description

South College invites capable, energetic, outgoing, applicants who are focused on transforming the lives of our customers/students! At South College, you will help implement our strategy of “Where Dreams Find Direction!” We are one of the nation’s fastest growing institutions of higher learning with over 13,000 students covering 9 campuses and Online learning sites, offering a myriad of undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs for our students.

In order to fully meet our Mission to our students, we require a diverse combination of perspectives, backgrounds, life experiences, and ideas from our faculty and staff and will provide them with an equitable and inclusive work environment -where respect and open interchange of ideas are at the heart of that culture.

South College is seeking candidates for a full-time Director of Clinical Education (DCE) position for the developing Respiratory Therapy Program. The Respiratory Therapy Director of Clinical Education (DCE) must be responsible for all aspects of the clinical experiences, including organization, administration, continuous review, and revision, planning for and development of locations for evolving practice skills, and general effectiveness of clinical experience.

Clinical Rotation Responsibilities

• Reports directly to Program Director
• Establishes goals and objectives for programs’ clinical rotations
• Maintains completed student health records for clinical sites and abides by HIPAA and FERPA guidelines
• Organizes clinical rotations and assigns students
• Ensure students are oriented to the policies and procedures of assigned clinical sites
• Fosters communication with clinical faculty and staff through meetings, phone calls, and emails
• Coordinates evaluations of students at clinical sites and ensures feedback is provided in a timely manner
• Prepare action plans and complete remediation to address student clinical deficiencies
• Maintains student records for completed competencies and evaluations associated with each clinical rotation
• Maintains clinical affiliation agreements with clinical sites

Faculty Responsibilities

• Effectively teaches assigned courses
• Collaboratively reviews curriculum with the Program Director and faculty to ensure content is current and coincides with the NBRC TMC and CSE Matrix
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Program Director and/or Dean

Requirements

• Earned at least a baccalaureate degree from an academic institution accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
• Hold a valid Registered Respiratory Therapy (RRT) credential and current state license
• Have a minimum of four (4) years’ experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist with at least two (2) years in clinical respiratory care;
• Have a minimum of two (2) years’ experience teaching either as an appointed faculty member in a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program or as a clinical instructor/ preceptor for students of such programs