Position Overview:

The Program Director is responsible for the program including academic content, faculty performance, student satisfactory academic progress and continued development and effectiveness of the program.

Essential Functions: 

The following essential functions apply both to a traditional and distance education learning environment:

Administrative 

•  Selects and makes hiring recommendations of instructional staff
• Provides regular supervision and evaluation of instructional staff
• Assists in the acquisition of clinical training sites
• Maintains continuous liaison with all clinical sites to insure site compliance with programs learning objectives
• Assists with maintaining continuous accreditation of the program with all relevant accrediting bodies and governmental entities 
• Maintains current knowledge of the professional discipline and educational methodologies through continuing professional development
• Serves as a member on the Centers Oversight Committee, Admissions Committee, Curriculum Committee, Faculty Committee and the Programs Advisory Board and Program Committee

Clinical Experience

•  Supervise programs Clinical Coordinator to assure the appropriateness and effectiveness of students clinical experience
• Responsible for supervision of clinical faculty and experience when required
• Serve as programs Clinical Coordinator when required

Admissions

• Assists in the recruitment of students
• Evaluates applicants application packet
• Interviews applicants
• Satisfactory Academic Progress
• Routinely reviews student attendance and participation in both the didactic and clinical components
• Provides academic counseling to students
• Develops academic remediation plans for students failing to maintain satisfactory academic progress and who may be at risk of academic probation and/or termination

Curricula 

• Reviews and revises curricula, syllabi , lesson plans and secondary teaching material
• Exercises continuous assessment and revisions, if necessary, to the academic assessment system both didactic and clinical
• Teaches courses in the program

Assessments

• Insures timely execution of all assessment tools related to students didactic & clinical performance
• Evaluates instructional staff teaching activities
• Evaluates all primary and secondary teaching materials used in courses
• Evaluates all library holdings and makes recommendations for new electronic and/or hard copy holdings

Requirements: 

BPSS:

•  Two (2) years of occupational experience required. Can count towards ABHES occupational experience if completed in the past five (5) years

ABHES:

• Three (3) of last five (5) years of operating room experience in a scrub role OR
• Three (3) years teaching experience prior to employment OR
• Two (2) years of occupational experience in the last five (5) years AND one (1) year teaching experience

Educational Requirements:

• Accredited Surgical Technology Program Certificate required;
• Bachelors Degree required