Unclassified Employment Opportunities

Position: Instructor/Program Chair—Health Sciences (Medical Office Management, Medical Billing and Coding, and Patient Care Technician)
Department: Health & Natural Sciences
Reports to: Dean of Nursing and Allied Health

Position Summary
This 10-month position oversees all programs in Medical Office Management, Medical Billing and Coding and Patient Care Technician. Appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Education, Training, and Student Success, or the appropriate dean, the Program Chair is a teaching, full-time faculty member in the content area of at least one of the programs over which the Chair supervises. The Program Chair is responsible for the coordination of all degrees awarded in these programs. The Chair provides administrative leadership, facilitation, and direction to all members of the Chair’s program(s) and ensures that those faculty members with expertise and credentials in disciplines other than the Chair’s own will provide curricular oversight of their respective academic areas.

Qualifications

  • Associate or bachelor’s degree in at least one of the fields overseen by the Program Chair; master’s degree preferred.
  • Master’s degree preferred
  • RN Preferred
  • Demonstrated success in training or education.

Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching and Advising

  • Teach 12 hours each fall and spring semester.
  • Assist program students with academic advising, course selection, and career-related advice.

Supervisory/Management

  • Provide immediate supervision and leadership for faculty, adjunct faculty, and staff.
  • Attend standing training meetings to learn and understand Program Chair expectations and requirements.
  • Facilitate and complete required program accreditation and endorsements.
  • Work with faculty to ensure programs meet regulatory and/or accrediting body compliance.
  • Request needed equipment and supplies for instructional programs. Responsible for setting up equipment in instructional setting and oversight of all equipment used.
  • Responsible for ordering program textbooks each semester.
  • Review and recommend changes to student course fees.
  • Conduct program faculty evaluations.
  • Actively participate in interview and selection processes for new full-time and adjunct program faculty.
  • Adhere to operational deadlines published on College Academic Calendar and Administrative Calendar.

Curriculum Development and Management

  • Develop and recommend new courses and programs of study when the need arises.
  • Responsible for reviewing and submitting changes of curriculum and courses related to program.
  • Work with program faculty, other chairs, and deans to schedule program-specific courses and consult with other departments and programs on scheduling of shared and related courses.
  • Responsible for reviewing college catalog and submitting changes or updates for program.
  • Responsible for SACSCOC assessment, including program assessments and learning outcomes and other related SACSCOC requirements. Program viability must be evaluated annually using the Program Health Index (PHI) and the assessment process.

Engagement Activities

  • Participate in registration and recruiting events.
  • Actively participate in two College committees per academic year.
  • Attend the LCTCS annual conference.
  • Manage Program Advisory Board, including scheduling meetings, creating agendas, and selection of board, with a minimum of two meetings per academic year.
  • Track and maintain program-related business and industry partners according to LCTCS guidelines.
  • Other duties as assigned by the Chancellor, Vice Chancellor for Education, Training and Student Success or respective dean.

To apply, send cover letter, resume, unofficial transcripts if applicable, and contact information for three professional references to: resumes@nunez.edu (put Health Sciences Faculty/Program Chair in the subject line)

Review of Applications begins immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

All applications are confidential, and references will not be contacted without the expressed authorization of the applicant.

It is the policy of Nunez Community College not to discriminate based on sex, creed, color, race, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or disability in its educational programs, activities, or employment policies as required by Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments and other Federal and State anti- discrimination laws.

Incomplete applications will not be forwarded for review.

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