What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Assisting - Full-Time Faculty Instructor position at SOUTH COLLEGE?
Description
South College invites capable, energetic, outgoing, applicants who are focused on transforming the lives of our customers/students! At South College, you will help implement our strategy of “Where Dreams Find Direction!” We are one of the nation’s fastest growing institutions of higher learning with over 13,000 students covering 9 campuses and Online learning sites, offering a myriad of undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs for our students.
In order to fully meet our Mission to our students, we require a diverse combination of perspectives, backgrounds, life experiences, and ideas from our faculty and staff and will provide them with an equitable and inclusive work environment -where respect and open interchange of ideas are at the heart of that culture.
South College invites applications for the position of Full-time Faculty Member for Medical Assisting at the South College Knoxville Campus. The Full-time Faculty Member will provide instruction for courses needed in Medical Assisting Lab, Insurance and Coding, Medical Office Administration, Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, and Medical Law and Ethics. Sections are available in the day, evening, and on weekends.
Responsibilities:
- Function as a part of South College faculty group by participating in faculty meetings, advisory board meetings, projects, recruiting, graduation ceremonies, and committee work.
- Prepare and implement teaching and evaluation strategies for engagement of students in the profession of Medical Assisting.
- Support student success through mentoring, tutoring, and advising.
- Maintain currency in education and clinical knowledge and application through continuing education activities.
- Contribute to the Medical Assisting Department and South College evaluation processes to measure outcomes.
- Apply multiple teaching and learning strategies that promote the affective, cognitive, and psychomotor domains of learning.
- Use a wide range of learning resources, tools and technologies to improve access and student success in higher education.
- Provide a variety of instruction modalities in person, online, and/or hybrid courses.
- Attending a minimum of 2 in-services activities hosted by South College and minimum of 2 professional development activities each year.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree is required.
- Have instructed in educational theory and techniques.
- Have a minimum of one-year teaching experience in postsecondary and/or vocational/technical education.
- Experience with computer software applications such as Microsoft Office and Canvas.
- Be credentialed in good standing in medical assisting, by an organization whose credentialing exam is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
- Have a minimum of three years of employment in a healthcare facility, including a minimum of 160 hours in an ambulatory healthcare setting performing or observing administrative and clinical procedures as performed by medical assistants.
- Provider-level CPR or willingness/ability to obtain prior to beginning of start date.
- Ability to work hours that vary in the day and/or evening per week and reasonable supplemental hours as workload dictates. These hours include administrative, teaching, and/or off-campus required duties.
