Instructor - Medical Administration jobs in Mesa, AZ

Are you ready to share your expertise with Medical Assistant Students?
If you are great at teaching, training, and mentoring - this opportunity will provide ample opportunity to share your talent!

Do you meet the minimum qualifications? If so, we are offering a $1,000 Sign-On Bonus!

LEAD FACULTY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitate Advisory Board Meetings to ensure externship concerns, student progress, student outcomes, and community satisfaction are communicated to the Assistant Dean of Faculty and Campus Director.
• Prepare programmatic meeting agenda, facilitate the meeting, and write a minute report on the items discussed.
• Review curriculum/textbooks and make recommendations to the Corporate Education Department during program revision cycles.
• Assist Career Services in ensuring regular contact with sites and documenting oversight and evaluation of student's clinical experiences.
• Assist with the orientation of new hires and mentoring the team.
• Assist with the inventory and ordering of supplies and equipment.
• May be required to track graduate certification pass rates.
• Participate in the annual updating of the Program Effectiveness Plan (PEP).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Design and deliver individual lesson plans in one or more subjects, using various teaching techniques that appeal to different learning styles.
• Plan instruction to achieve specific objectives based on student needs and established curriculum.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• Evaluate and grade students’ class work, assignments, and papers within 72 hours.
• Discuss academic or behavioral issues with students as they arise and alert the Assistant Dean of Faculty and Student Services Coordinator.
• Maintain regularly scheduled face-to-face office hours to advise and assist students.
• Supervise students' externships.
• Regularly review and suggest changes through the established process course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Participate in faculty meetings, advisory board meetings, in-service opportunities, graduations, workshops, and other campus and professional development opportunities.
• Complete required documentation for individual student files, attendance and incident reports, early alerts, and other necessary records.
• Arrange and coordinate guest speakers, community service field trips, and visits to clinics and medical offices.
• May participate in the supervision of students’ externship experience.
• Enforce safety and security standards for students, staff, and visitors.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the subject matter
• Planning and execution of appropriate learning experiences
• Assess knowledge of students and plan remediation
• Role model professionalism and a commitment to the profession
• Create and foster an engaging learning environment
• Administer effective assessments
• Functional knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, video-conferencing tools, and computer/internet applications
• Associate Degree from an accredited program recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
• Graduation from an accredited Medical Assistant program recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or a graduate of an otherwise recognized training entity (e.g., hospital-based program) in Medical Assisting or training from an institution located outside of the United States and its territories in Medical Assisting or a minimum of three(3) years of job-related training and experience for instructors who are not graduates from an accredited program in the field in which they teach.
• Three (3) years of full-time occupational (i.e., practical) experience in a healthcare facility, including a minimum of 40 hours in an ambulatory healthcare setting.
• Classroom teaching experience.

REQUIRED LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, OR REGISTRATIONS:

• Must have a current, unencumbered registration or certification through a nationally recognized and accredited certifying agency (CMA or RMA).
• If applicable, in addition to the above criteria, must have a current license, certification, or another credential as required by local, state, and federal laws to work in the field.