Medical Clinical Assistant Instructor- Part Time/Afternoon

Description

Position Title: Medical Clinical Assistant (MCA) Instructor (part-time/afternoon)

Department: MCA

Reports to: Program Director

Supervises: N/A

Classification: Salaried

Status: Exempt

POSITION OVERVIEW: The instructor creates, manages, and participates in a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to develop to their fullest potential and achieve their learning objectives. The instructor participates collaboratively and professionally with other faculty and staff to promote the general well-being of the department and the college and of the collective and individual interests of its staff and student body. The instructor supports and seeks always to fulfill the guiding concepts for the college embodied in the philosophy, mission, values, and vision adopted by the college.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Provide for the safety of students and co-workers. Always attend to a safety hazard or potential safety hazard immediately. Assume responsibility for the orderliness of the learning environment and in the appropriate and safe use of instructional facilities and equipment.
2. Class preparation: Takes time each day to prepare lesson material. Possess a thorough understanding of the course material and follow the lesson plans. Prepare in advance to see that students have sufficient materials and equipment to complete all classes and lab assignments.
3. Instructional training: Implements instructional training techniques in the classroom. Is effective in generating classroom participation through question asking, student presentations, and group exercises. Correlate the class lesson to the shop/lab lesson.
4. Organize, plan, and prepare students’ lab/shop projects and provide effective “hands-on training.” Ensure materials and/or equipment are ready and available.
5. Student retention: Identifies all "at-risk" students (attendance, academics, and conduct related), and takes a proactive role in assisting "at-risk" students with tutoring, encouragement, and working with the Program Director, Student Services Coordinator, and Student Retention Specialist to keep them in school.
6. Continuing education: Actively pursues and completes in the field, professional certification (s). Seeks to constantly improve teaching skills and techniques through different personal improvement avenues. Keeps pace with industrial changes within his/her field. Maintains competency and currency in the subject matter of courses taught and in teaching skills. Completes 6 CEHs annually.
7. Student competencies: Organizes, manages, and ensures the completion of students’ effective and psychomotor competencies for each course.
8. Attendance: Take roll call twice a schedule, post attendance on the instructor portal every day before midnight.
9. Student documentation: Documented timely and accurately all issues pertaining to the student(s) (i.e., behavior issues, absenteeism, tardiness, unable to perform tasks/skills, lack of participation, or unable to work with others).
10. Classroom management: Maintain an orderly classroom always, and control over students’ behavior always, and do not allow students to disrupt the learning environment.
11. Listen to students and co-workers to resolve conflicts and establish effective communication.
12. Understand, follow, and enforce school rules, policies, and procedures.
13. Keep the curriculum, performance standards, competencies, lesson plans, and tests current with industry needs.
14. Utilize the master competency checklist, a checking and recording system designed for your program. Maintain and pass on the students’ competency folders to subsequent instructors. Make folders available for review at any time.
15. Assist in organizing and/or conducting field trips.
16. Supervise lab/classroom clean-up by students.
17. Turnaround/Feedback on Course Content: Instructors respond within 24 hours, Monday through Friday to student questions such as lecture topics, discussion boards, online assignments, uploaded assignments, and outside work.
18. Grading needs to be completed within three workdays.
19. Office/Virtual Office Hours: Instructor is available to meet with students during office hours on campus and during virtual office hours online. Office hours and Virtual office hours are posted in Canvas and documented in the course syllabus.
20. Effective online communication- Instructors need to communicate professionally always, and when providing feedback on discussion boards to each student, it must be constructive and provoke critical thinking to have an ongoing “thread” of discussions with students in the class. “Great job”, “Awesome Answer”, “Superb”, and “Nice” is not thought-provoking responses.
21. Required to keep the Canvas course updated.
22. Perform other work-related duties that are assigned.

Requirements

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

1. Minimum of a certificate of completion as a Medical Assistant.
2. Must be CCMA, CMA, RMA, or NCMA certified.
3. Four years of experience in the subject field within the last 10 years.
4. Teaching experience at the post-secondary level (preferred).
5. Front and back office experience.
6. Available from 1 PM to 10 PM.
7. Faculty teaching any hybrid distance education courses or in any of the hybrid programs, must demonstrate proficiency in operating computer programs like Word and Excel.
8. Prior teaching experience in distance education instruction is a plus.
9. Must be able to work flexible hours.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:

1. Must possess good presentation skills and the ability to speak in public.
2. Effective verbal and written communication skills, plus analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
3. Proficient in computer skills.
4. Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English fluently.
5. Must be customer service-oriented.
6. Ability and willingness to comply with school policies and procedures.
7. Ability to evaluate objectively, fairly, and consistently.
8. Creativity and initiative.
9. Ability to correctly use and demonstrate all regular equipment and tools within the subject field.

Work Environment

Typical classroom and shop environment.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The above Job Description is not intended to be an all-encompassing list of responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this position. It is intended to be a guideline reflecting the principal activities.