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The Program Director is under the Dean of Health Professions. The EMS Program Director is responsible for all aspects of the EMS Program’s Didactic and Clinical sections, including developing, monitoring and maintaining an adequate number of faculty. Oversight of the clinical education documentation, teaching preceptor classes to clinical staff, ensuring communication between the Program and clinical sites. Scheduling, instruction and evaluation of students. Annual reports to: CoAEMSP accreditation, The Dean of Health Professions, Program Advisory Board, and Program faculty. Directing the development of classroom curriculum and online education for sections in the EMS programs. Oversight of the teaching/administrating courses assigned by Program Director that may include Paramedic level, EMT, or EMR.
Essential Duties:
Accreditation:
- Meeting and maintaining the Commission on Accreditation Emergency Medical Technology standards related to all aspects to retain accreditation.
- Assisting and providing the EMS faculty with information needed to maintain accreditation
- Staying current with accrediting body standards
- Implementing and monitoring accrediting body standards as indicated
Management:
- Maintaining accreditation through following the interpretation of the current CoAEMSP standards.
- Scheduling, instruction and evaluation of students enrolled in clinical rotations at each of the clinical sites working with the Clinical Coordinator at NWACC
- Training, utilization, and assessment of clinical sites, clinical instructors and preceptors
- Managing clinical records: Tracking the Clinical Coordinator to maintain current database of clinical education sites, current information on clinical site and clinical instructors, number of sites available and utilized annually. Be familiar with computer programing such as FISDAP to track student progress and scheduling.
- Assist the Clinical Coordinator in: Reviewing/revising/maintaining and updating Clinic Manual to include current clinical education policies and procedures, student course content covered prior to clinical rotation, grading and supervision expectations, use of grading forms, Program goals and mission, continuing education/training material.
- Communicating and supervising students in clinical education rotations to include educating students on clinical education policies, assessment and supervision expectations for each clinical, student assessment and CI assessment procedures.
- Reviewing Preceptor performed student evaluations and determining clinical education grade
- Collecting and organizing pertinent information from clinical education sites, students, and CI’s and sharing with faculty during curricular review and/or in Program meeting and Advisory Board meetings.
- Reviewing/revising/updating/implementing student Professional Development Plan
- Developing student recruitment and Program marketing
- Participating in student advising and remediation as appropriate for prospective & current physical therapist assistant students
- Representing Northwest Arkansas Community College, the Program and the profession to the college, to outside organization and to the community in a positive, professional manner
- Managing the administration of competency examinations
- Managing the student selection process
- Attending departmental, divisional, college, and Advisory Board meetings.
- Assisting the Dean and other Program Directors in reviewing the Student Policy & Procedure Manual, Program Policy & Procedure Manual, Admission Procedures & Application Process for the Program
- Serving on the Advisory Board
- Attending and providing student assessment for student conferences
- Traveling to clinical sites for site visits
- Attending and assisting Program with student orientation to Program
- Advising incoming students and assisting with registration as needed
- Administrating and Developing special projects
- Performs other duties as required.
Teaching Responsibilities:
- The standard teaching load for full-time faculty teaching credit courses is 15 load hours per semester during the nine-month employment period. Faculty on 12-month appointments teach 12 load hours in the summer for a total of 42 load hours annually. 12-month faculty may substitute other duties as assigned by their supervisor for the 12 load hours during the summer semester.
- Furthermore, several faculty positions include a combination of teaching and administrative or service duties. On occasion, faculty may receive a reduced instructional load to complete other duties related to the function of the college. Each semester's instructional load will be assigned by the faculty member's supervisor, which will be determined by the nature of the position, the needs of the department, and workload guidelines established by college policy. (Policy 5009)
- Assigns faculty load to full time and adjunct faculty
Rate of pay: determined by faculty scale placement (education and years of experience)
Required Qualifications:
- Licensed in Arkansas and Certified through National Registry of EMT as Paramedic
- Arkansas Licensed as a State EMS Instructor at the paramedic level.
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in EMS related field or Education.
- Five years’ experience in a 9-1-1 ambulance and/or Emergency Department
- 5 years’ experience with didactic &/or clinical teaching experience in a paramedic program (academic, clinical, continuing education, in-service do not count).
- Experience in student evaluation.
- Experience in outcomes assessment.
- Credentialed as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Instructor
- Credentialed as Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor
- Credentialed as Advanced Pediatric Life Support (PALS) Instructor
- Credentialed as Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) Instructor
- Credentialed as Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) Instructor
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree
- 10 Years Paramedic Experience in a 9-1-1 ambulance and/or Emergency Department
- 8 Years Education Experience Higher Education in a Paramedic Program
- 5 Years’ experience in developing and managing hybrid courses in EMS
- Teaching Experience at NWACC in EMS Program
- Proficiency with FISDAP system
- Served on, or familiarity with, the NW Arkansas Regional Protocol committee
- Served on, or familiarity with, the NW Arkansas Trauma System TRAC
- Fire Instructor I
- Firefighter I and II
Other job-related education and/or experience may be substituted for all or part of these basic requirements, except for certification or licensure requirements, upon approval of the qualifications review committee.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Should be able to work effectively with employees and all levels of leadership within the institution.
- Must be proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Visio) and HRIS systems.
- The successful candidate must be a self-starter who takes accountability for performance while requiring minimal supervision.
- Must be able to handle highly confidential material efficiently and effectively.
- Must possess strong time management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.
- Ability to build relationships with individuals and teams across the institution and campus.
- Ability to analyze information and recommend appropriate action.
- Knowledge of planning, research, and analysis techniques and procedures.
- Knowledge of department, operations, policies, and procedures.
- Strong communication, organization, interpersonal, problem-solving, and counseling skills.
- Current knowledge and skill in the use of information and computer technology (word processing, e-mail, database, power point) or proven ability to learn these skills.
- Knowledge of legislative, regulatory, legal and practice issues that affect clinical education, students, and the profession.
Physical Demands:
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- This position may require standing, sitting, and teaching in a classroom or clinical setting for extended periods.
- The candidate must be able to lift and move equipment used in dental procedures.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, talk or hear; regularly required to reach with hands and arms, taste or smell; occasionally required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Environmental Conditions:
The following work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
NWACC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.