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Instructor of Surgical Technology
2 months ago
Instructor of Surgical Technology
Arkansas State University- Newport
The Instructor of Surgical Technology (ST) reports to the Director of ST and is responsible for teaching ST courses as appropriate to the two-year college level including classroom and laboratory instruction. This role supports the College’s mission of providing and ensuring quality educational programs for ASUN’s various constituencies.
This position is a 12-month faculty position and will be housed on either the Newport or Marked Tree campus. Travel to other ASUN campuses and clinic facilities will be required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
·Provides instruction, supervision, and timely assessments of the student’s progress in meeting program requirements.
·Develops course curriculum, course handouts, lectures, labs, and presentations, including reviewing and participating in textbook selection process where appropriate.
·Conducts effective instructional sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects during lab and in the classroom as needed and while keeping the established teacher to student ratio.
·Observes and evaluates students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
·Administers oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
·Visits Clinic Sites to ensure student success.
·Supports the Director of ST in accreditation efforts and ensures compliance under ARC/STSA and CAAHEP.
·Keeps a flexible weekly schedule that best facilitates student learning and access, while adhering to the Faculty Handbook rules on Work Week Expectations.
·Posts and keeps office hours to facilitate interaction with students, the college community, and the public.
·Attends the Surgical Technology Advisory Board Meetings; offered onsite on a yearly basis or more often as needed.
·Assists the Director and other program faculty in maintaining laboratory and training facilities and coordinates appropriate safety guidelines, training, and equipment.
·Keeps storage rooms tidy and communicates any supplies needed to the Director.
·Provides individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction as appropriate.
·Maintains accessibility to students via email, phone, or personal conferences. Maintains course/student records such as student grades, attendance, and training activity details in accordance with FERPA regulations and submit records by established deadlines.
·Participates in conferences, seminars, and training sessions to keep abreast of developments in the field of study and integrate relevant information into training programs.
·Maintains licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
·Attends commencement or other ceremonies appropriate to the faculty member's discipline or program. Attends departmental, divisional, and college-wide meetings where appropriate or as required by supervisor. Performs other academic duties as assigned by supervisor.
·Assists Director in coordinating special events related to the ST program.
·Serves on college-wide committees, special project teams, state and local committees, and community service and civic committees as needed, and acts as a professional and positive representative of the College.
·Promotes and supports concurrent partnerships with area high schools (and career technical center).
·Performs other duties as assigned.
MINUMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Be a graduate of an education program in surgical technology accredited by a nationally recognized programmatic accreditation agency; 2) Possess a credential in the field of surgical technology through a national certification program that is accredited by the National Commission on Certifying Agencies (NCCA); and 3) have a minimum total of two years of experience, either in the operating room scrub role
or as an instructor in surgical technology, or a combination of both, within the past five
years.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Strong communication and computer skills are required
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent, and to prepare and interpret bar graphs.
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of known variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram formats.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED
Under general direction of the Director of ST, working from policies and general directives. Refers specific cases to supervisor when clarification or interpretation of the organization's policy when needed.
PLANNING
Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work.
DECISION MAKING
Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of minor importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance, either of which would affect the work operations of the organization and the organization's customers.
ANALYTICAL ABILITY / PROBLEM SOLVING
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
USE OF MACHINES, EQUIPMENT AND/OR COMPUTERS
Regular use office equipment (desktop/laptop computer and software).
CONTACT WITH OTHERS
Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as within a team structure. Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted. Regular contact with other college employees at all levels within the organization and constituents outside of the college.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Licensed Certified Surgical Technologist
SOFTWARE SKILLS REQUIRED
Intermediate: Word Processing, PowerPoint, Advanced: Excel
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGY
Demonstrated proficiency using data analysis tools and databases
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk and hear; regularly required to stand and frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, mouse, calculator and similar machines.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
There are no harmful environmental conditions that are present for this position.
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