Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Clinical Coordinator and Instructor

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Clinical Coordinator and Instructor

Overview

Department : Academic Affairs

Job Category : Education

Job Type : Part-time

Salary : $30 per hour

Zipcode : 71730

Posted : 06 / 05 / 2024

Minimum Education : 2 Year Degree

Degree Title : Licensed EMS instructor

Minimum Experience : 2 Year (Paramedic / EMS)

Required Travel : 25%

Job Status : Accepting Applications

Start Publishing : 06 / 04 / 2024

Stop Publishing : 07 / 30 / 2024

Requirements

Minimum Education : 2 Year Degree

Degree Title : Associate degree in EMS

Minimum Experience : 2 Year (Paramedic / EMS)

Description

Job Summary :

• This Instructor / Coordinator is responsible for the instruction and management of clinical / practicum experiences and assigned classes. This position will also maintain professionalism within their specialized field, including currency and required certifications. Other major responsibilities include, but are not limited to, participating in department and college-wide meetings.
• Supervisor : Dean of Health Science
• Department : Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program
• Job type : part-time; fall, spring, and summer semesters; 20 hours a week

This position requires day, evening, and weekend hours.

Supervisory Responsibilities :

Duties and Responsibilities :

• Essential function

Coordinates clinical education assignments of students to clinical and field internship sites and schedules all Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)-Basic, Advanced- EMT, Community Paramedic, and Paramedic clinical and field internships.

• Evaluates clinical sites depending on program need and completes all clinical affiliation agreements and paperwork as required.
• Ensure orientation to the program's requirements of the personnel who supervise or instruct students at clinical and capstone field internship sites.
• Collaborates with clinical sites regarding orientation and training of field preceptors to EMS learning outcomes and requirements.
• Complete, organize, and maintain documentation of the evaluation of students' clinical performance progression. Oversee the monitoring of students' progression in clinical, field experience, and capstone field internship experiences.
• Complete master and course syllabi for assigned courses.
• Teach didactic Paramedic coursework as needed. Assist with EMT classes as needed.
• Provide instruction through in-person and distance education formats.
• Assists EMS program director and may coordinate skills lab and scheduling as requested.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills and ability to integrate new technology in instruction and skill lab settings.
• Interface and work with program and institution faculty and staff.
• Interface and work with community and clinical partners.
• Assist and work with EMS and SouthArk faculty as needed or directed.
• Retain and remediate students, as appropriate, for student completion of EMS academic programs.
• Ability to work with diverse populations through the lens of diversity, inclusion, equity, justice, and cultural humility.
• Ensures program compliance with Arkansas Department of Health, Section of EMS & Trauma Systems Rules & Regulations, and the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician certification in National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician testing.
• Assists Program Director with continued compliance with all Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and The Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP) Regulations.
• All other tasks as requested by the program director and division dean.
• Non-essential functions

Recruitment students for EMS programs.

• Advise non-program students regarding program requirements.
• Provide EMS academic support for community partners.
• Travel

Local and regional travel to community and clinical partner facilities.

• Local and reginal travel to off-campus educational / learning experiences.
• Drive EMS Program ambulance during educational experiences.

Agreement

Applicants must complete the South Arkansas College application form available at www.southark.edu / app. Resumes, transcripts, and reference list may accompany, but will not replace the application. Submit all application documents to Email HR

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications are subject to the Arkansas FOIA. South Arkansas College is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer. South Arkansas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, handicap, or veteran status in the provision of educational or employment opportunities or benefits.

The college is in compliance with titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), and all other federal and state laws related to equal opportunity practices.

Chosen Candidate will be required to submit to a criminal background check and have acceptable background results, provide any certificates of training (if the candidates possess any) or Licenses, Official Transcripts (for positions requiring undergraduate or graduate education), must have a clean driving record and must complete all new hire paperwork prior to starting work.

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities :

• Knowledge

Current EMT and Paramedic theoretical and practical professional information.

• Current ethical and professional standards for field of EMS.
• Skills

Basic computer skills needed to use a learning management system and Microsoft Suite products.

• Be able to perform EMT and Paramedic patient assessment, monitoring, and intervention management techniques.
• Manipulate, operate, and maintain typical equipment used in EMS.
• Communicate verbally and in written methods with an interdisciplinary healthcare team, administrators, patient, and care partners.
• Abilities

Perform multiple tasks within a classroom, laboratory, clinical practicum site, ambulance, and other typical emergency medicine spaces within one work shift as well as over a long-term period of time.

• Executive functioning skills needed to identify, analyze, and complete complex learning and EMS related situations.
• Teach others with various learning styles and instructional needs.

Required Education and Experience :

• Associate Degree in EMS from an accredited institution of higher education recognized by the

Department of Education. Must be a paramedic. Must be a licensed EMS instructor.

• Minimum two years experience in emergency medical services as a paramedic.
• Current, active, and unencumbered state license and national registration as a paramedic.
• Possess knowledge of the curriculum and about the program's evaluation of student learning and performance.

Preferred Education and Experience :

• Bachelor Degree in EMS from an accredited institution of higher education recognized by the

Department of Education.. Must be a paramedic. Must be a licensed EMS instructor.

• Three years experience in emergency medical services as a paramedic.
• Current, active, and unencumbered state license and national registration as a paramedic.
• Possess knowledge of the curriculum and about the program's evaluation of student learning and performance.

Physical Requirements :

• Stand and sit for long periods of time.
• Move, squat, reach, bend, push, pull, lift

Mental Requirements :

• Executive cognitive functions to plan, organize, teach, and evaluate students both in didactic and clinical situations.
• Emotional regulation to manage self and multiple situations within a short period of time and maintain self to complete tasks and duties over an extended period of time.

Work Environment :

• Classroom, skills laboratory, ambulance (stationary and moving), simulation laboratory
• On and off campus buildings, inside and outside spaces, clinical affiliation agencies, public community areas, emergency vehicles
• Physical spaces, inside and outside, with numerous and complex activities and situations, as well as with numerous individuals.

Salary : $30