Program Director - Nuclear Medicine Technology

** Primary

Location:

** 9700 Wade Boulevard, Frisco, Texas, 75035

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.
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* Job Summary:

** Manage the nuclear medicine program in conjunction with the dean of health sciences. Maintain standards and principles in accordance with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and any applicable programmatic accreditation. Facilitate program administration, curriculum design, instruction, student evaluation, program assessment, academic advising, staffing, budget preparation and management, supervision of faculty and staff, recruitment, and program marketing.
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* Required Qualifications:

**** Essential Duties and Responsibilities
*** Participate with the academic dean in strategic and academic cycle planning at the college, division, program, advisory committee and course levels, including development and maintenance of experiential and clinical affiliation agreements and clinical and experiential partnerships to augment the academic program.
* Responsible for the structure and daily operation of the program, including organization, administration, periodic review and evaluation, continued development, general effectiveness of program curricula and the supervision and coordination of program staff and faculty.
* Serve as the Radiation Safety Officer for the Nuclear Medicine Technology Program. Duties include developing, implementing, and maintaining the radiation safety program to ensure compliance with Texas state regulations and any other relevant guidelines, overseeing the proper use, storage, and disposal of radioactive materials and radiation-producing devices, demonstrating laboratory procedures, and working with low-dose radioactive sources and ensure the program meets the specific requirements of the non-human use license, including research, educational, and industrial applications.
* Ensure the effectiveness of all clinical affiliates/clinical education centers and provide leadership to coordinators within the department to ensure a quality learning environment and experience for the students.
* Manage, coordinate, and orient all faculty members, preceptors, and other instructional support staff in the academic and clinical phases of the program.
* Teach one class per academic year in accordance with the course syllabus and college policy as assigned and allowed by professional regulatory agencies.
* Actively seek ways to improve instruction and maintain curriculum relevance by collaborating with faculty and other content experts, using current andragogical innovations and assessment methodologies, in accordance with programmatic, institutional, and other accrediting or regulatory agencies.
* Supervise day-to-day management and evaluation of the program, full-time and associate faculty and staff, program facilities, and resources to provide safe and effective program delivery and coordination of division activities and projects.
* Participate with the academic dean in the on-going, systematic evaluation of the division, program, curriculum, learning resources, and student learning outcomes.
* Maintain and preserve accurate and complete program/student records, including curriculum and resource evaluation and development, systematic evaluation, course evaluation, student evaluation, student admission, advisement, progression, graduation, certification, and licensing processes for the program, and accreditation documents to ensure initial and ongoing programmatic accreditation.
* Participate with the academic dean in the fiscal planning and management of the program and its resources.
* Maintain regulatory compliance associated with the program's field of practice and education, including implementation of college policy and division and program procedures, compliance with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board standards, and compliance with appropriate regulatory and educational accreditation standards, including the production of accreditation self-study…