Medical Assisting​/Nursing Instructor

Chemeketa Community College seeks energetic, teaching-focused candidates for a full-time, 172-day Medical Assisting and Basic Nursing Assistant Instructor position based in McMinnville, Oregon. The instructor will provide high-quality, bilingual classroom, laboratory, clinical, and community-based instruction that prepares students for employment in healthcare settings. This position supports program expansion and equitable access to healthcare workforce training throughout Chemeketa’s diverse three-county service district, with significant instructional responsibilities at the Yamhill Valley Campus, Woodburn Center, and other college locations as needed.

Bilingual Spanish-English communication skills are required to support student recruitment, instruction, retention, and community engagement. Chemeketa serves students through its central campus in Salem, a network of campuses and centers, and its statewide leadership in online education.

Chemeketa is a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution that aspires to be an inclusive environment where we honor and value the unique contributions of our diverse students, employees, and community. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions that support all students in achieving their educational goals. If you are interested in joining the work of the college to pursue a supportive and inclusive culture, we encourage you to apply.

• Participates in curriculum development; recommends course outline revisions
• Recommends textbooks and other instructional materials and equipment; recommends library and reference materials
• Contributes suggestions for annual department budget
• Keeps up to date on technological changes and developments in subject area
• Attends staff meetings and participates in designated committee work; represents the department at pertinent meetings as required
• Promotes positive image of college and college programs
• Develops and maintains contacts with community and professional organizations
• Functions as a life-long learner

• Instructs Medical Assisting and Basic Nursing Assistant courses utilizing knowledge of the discipline and teaching practice that facilitates student learning
• Meets all scheduled and special classes-day, possible evening and weekends
• Teaches classes as assigned, following approved course outlines
• Prepares and develops materials for assigned classes
• Posts and maintains office hours
• Provides students with course syllabi
• Maintains records of grades and attendance; reports individual academic grades when required
• Maintains college facilities and equipment
• Delivers instruction in a variety of modalities to meet program and student needs including face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and/or online

• Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness
• Encourages creative and critical thinking
• Engages participants in an active learning process
• Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives
• Encourages student responsibility for learning
• Promotes learning as a lifelong process

• Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds
• Participates in recruitment and retention of students at an individual and institutional level in promotion of student success
• Embraces, understands and uses appropriate technology tools to accomplish job functions
• Provides high quality, effective service to internal and external customers through continuous improvement and adoption of lean office practices

Your application will be scored based on the minimum qualifications, core competencies, and preferred qualifications.

Possesses a current, unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse in Oregon

Equivalent of (2) two years of demonstrated experience as a registered nurse

Bilingual English/Spanish

• Demonstrated competency in teaching through experience, educational preparation, or continuing education
• Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction
• Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with others
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students and communities
• Demonstrates ability or desire to work with a variety of technological media