Position Summary

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

DUTIES:

• Assist or be responsible for the development and ongoing implementation, evaluation, and revision of the Programmatic Assessment Plan.
• Assist or be responsible for construction, administration, assessment, and revision of student learning activities and evaluation in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings.
• Assume responsibility for budget management of the program and adherence to fiscal policies and procedures.
• Coordinate activities with affiliated clinical agencies, including student rotations, affiliation agreements evaluation, and maintaining effective interpersonal relationships with agency personnel.
• Assume responsibility for faculty (full-time, part-time, and adjunct), including recruitment, recommendation, assignments, contracts, teaching aids, supervision, evaluation, and provision for orientation and professional development.
• Prepare semester class schedules, coordinate with general education faculty, and plan, approve and coordinate equitable faculty schedules and submit to the Dean of Health Sciences for approval.
• Recommend yearly budgetary expenditures, ensuring adequate program resources.
• Prepare reports each semester, annually, and as needed to adhere to institutional and accrediting agency requirements.
• Participate in local, regional, state, and national activities necessary to maintain awareness of current issues affecting the education of students and their practice.
• Plan and participate in program faculty meetings and coordinate program activities with college administration and other academic support areas.
• Carry out teaching responsibilities and other activities expected of health sciences faculty.
• Collection and analysis of data required by the accrediting body with evidence of ongoing program improvements.
• Responsible for the development of the self-study report for the accrediting body.
• Assume responsibility for student advisement, record, selection, registration, progression and graduation requirements, programs, printed material, and other related activities.
• Design, maintain and update the program website annually.
• Serve as an active member of department, area, and college, and serve on committees as assigned.
• Submit yearly documentation of continuing education activities sufficient to ensure current knowledge in the area of expertise and to meet state and/or national licensure/certification requirements.
• Oversee SACSCOC compliance and specialty accreditation compliance for all programs/services in the assigned division/department.
• Complete all Unit Strategic Plan and Student Learning Outcome processes and evaluate division outcomes.
• Maintain inventory and equipment assigned to the division.
• Assign classrooms, labs, or other areas used by staff and faculty.
• Ensure that all learning environments (e.g., classroom, shop, and/or lab facilities) are maintained in a safe and orderly manner.
• Recruit students and develop strategies to assist them to persist to graduation.
• Comply with all policies of the Alabama Community College System and the College.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associate degree from an institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Department of Education required.
• Current medical assisting certification in one of the following NCCA-accredited credentials in Medical Assisting required: 1) CMA (AAMA), 2) RMA (AMT), 3) NCMA (NCCT), 4) CCMA (NHA), or 5) CMAC (AMCA).
• Medical or allied health education or training required.
• Two (2) years of experience related to the profession of medical assisting required.

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a healthcare or related field.
• A minimum of three (3) years of full-time clinical practice experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years of teaching experience in a medical assistant program, including curriculum planning, evaluation, revision, classroom instruction, and student assessment.
• Two (2) years of administrative/supervisory experience.
• Competency in the use of current educational technologies.
• Experience with online teaching methodologies and formats.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to the community college mission.
• Experience with diverse populations.
• Successful problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to deal effectively with students, other employees, and the public.

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