Clinical Instructors: Radiography

Clinical Instructors:
Radiography

Virginia Western Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education operating under the Virginia Community College System, a statewide system of community colleges. The College operates under the policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Virginia Western Community College Local Advisory Board. Virginia Western is located on a 70-acre campus in southwest Roanoke, VA. The service region of the College includes Roanoke, Salem, Roanoke County, Craig County, Franklin County, and southern Botetourt County.

The College was established in 1966 and has grown from an initial enrollment of 1,352 to its current annual enrollment of over 9,000 students in credit courses and more than 1,400 enrollments in fast-track workforce and continuing education courses.

Virginia Western, located in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Roanoke Valley, is accepting applications for part-time Radiography clinical instructors in the School of Health Professions. Responsibilities for clinical instructors include: instruction at local hospital/medical center facilities for at least 8 students per day for two or three days a week (no night or weekends), 7:30a.m.

-3:30p.m., evaluation of student's performance during radiographic procedures, evaluation of student's knowledge of image production and critique, instruct equipment manipulation, coordinate student schedules, provide tutoring session as needed, collect instructional data, and serve as liaison between the college's radiography program and the radiographic imaging department.

Clinical instructors are expected to maintain currency in their discipline and in trends in community college education. A drug test and additional healthcare-related background checks are required of selected applicants. Requirements of our clinical partners are considered an essential function of this position and selected applicants must comply with clinical partner expectations.

Special Assignments
- May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's/Required Qualifications
- Must possess at a minimum an Associate's Degree in Applied Science in Radiography, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification or equivalent (i.e., unrestricted state license for the state in which the clinical setting is located) with continuing educational compliance, current State License from the Virginia Board of Medicine, and have two years of clinical experience in the professional discipline. Clinical Instructors must also be proficient in supervision, instruction, and evaluation.

All Clinical Instructor positions require excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills, as well as the ability to work with students of varying abilities from diverse backgrounds.

Additional Considerations
- Bachelor's degree with two years of clinical experience. Previous experience as a clinical instructor preferred, but not required.

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