Surgical Technologist Preceptor

Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. as a Surgical Technologist Preceptor with The College of Healthcare Professions you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!

The Clinical Rotation Preceptor reports to the Clinical Coordinator. Clinical education, under the supervision of skilled preceptors, provides students with the practical experience they need to develop as advanced practice skills. The most important responsibility of the preceptor is to socialize the student to the role of health care provider through both formal and informal education. The preceptor guides the student’s clinical learning experience, facilitates student autonomy, and acts as a role model.

This position also requires adherence to CHCP’s core values, which are the basic elements of how we go about our work. They are the practices we use (or should be using) every day in everything we do. Our core values are a small set of timeless guiding principles, which we live by and include:

• Preceptor:
  Directs overall goals and objectives for the practicum experience based on student outcome objectives provided by College faculty.
• Assists the student in applying theory to practice.
• Evaluates the student’s identified learning objectives.
• Assists the student to develop and improve performance.
• Utilizes appropriate teaching methods to help the student to meet his/her learning objectives.
• Facilitate an informal, collaborative and mutually respectful environment in which to learn.
• Review the objectives of the course and student’s clinical objectives to determine the type of learning opportunities that will enhance student learning.
• Promptly communicate issues of concern or unsafe practice (student behavior, clinical skills, and/or student progression) regarding the student to clinical faculty.
• Other duties as assigned Benefits

The College of Healthcare Professions, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits
  for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work
  programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources
  , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support
  through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits
  for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

• Utilize classroom and lab instruction, student assessment mechanisms, and classroom management techniques to provide an engaged classroom experience to students.
• Guarantee that student has been presented with material to successfully meet the learning objectives of each course within a student’s program of study. Ensure the instructional materials and equipment are ready for student use, sufficient in quantity, and are properly maintained and in working order.
• Participate in on-going faculty assessment and professional development activities to ensure an active and…