Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Education Coordinator

Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Education Coordinator

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Job Title:

Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Education Coordinator

Posting Number: 2653

Job Schedule:

Full Time

Job Shift: Day, Evening

OCR Code / Classification: 2 - Instructor - Faculty

Work Location:

Main Campus

FACULTY WITH SPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Clinical Education Coordinator

The Clinical Educator Coordinator is a physical therapist and faculty member with an understanding of contemporary physical therapist practice, quality clinical education, the clinical community, and the health care delivery system. The Clinical Education Coordinator is responsible for all courses that include a clinical component, and other courses assigned within the coordinator’s expertise. The Clinical Education Coordinator develops, conducts, coordinates, and evaluates the clinical education program.

The clinical education coordinator will be responsible for assigning, monitoring, and evaluating students during clinical affiliations. In addition, this individual will have all the duties and responsibilities of a full-time instructor.

• Master of Physical Therapy degree (Degrees and hours must be from a college accredited by a United States Department of Education accepted accrediting agency such as SACSCOC).
• Have at least three (3) years of full-time post‑licensure experience that includes a minimum of two years (or equivalent) of full‑time experience as a site coordinator of clinical education or clinical instructor in physical therapy; or, the individual must have a minimum of two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and administration in a PTA program.
• Hold an active, unencumbered PT license in any United States jurisdiction and is compliant with the Physical Therapy Practice Act in North Carolina.

Preferred Qualifications: N/A

• Assist in recruiting part‑time faculty and make recommendations to the program coordinator and/or the Associate Dean.
• Assist in the mentorship and training of part‑time faculty and assist in implementing instructional activities that are appropriate and meaningful.
• Assume responsibility for clinic management as recommended and approved by the program coordinator and the department chair.
• Assume responsibility for teaching assignments as recommended by the Associate Dean and approved by the Vice President.
• Serve as the designated Physical Therapy Assistant Clinical Education Coordinator for courses that include a clinical education component.
• Facilitate the learning process by designing and implementing instructional activities that are appropriate and meaningful.
• Coordinate didactic, lab, and/or clinical learning experiences.
• Adhere to the departmental course guidelines and ensure that content covers SACS‑approved competencies.
• Assist the program coordinator in obtaining appropriate clinical facilities.
• Assign students to clinical sites and/or lab.
• Use a process to determine if the academic regulations, policies, and procedures related to clinical education are upheld by faculty, students, and clinical education faculty (CCCEs and CIs) and take appropriate corrective actions, when necessary.
• Request supplies and materials for labs, supervise labs, and prepare lab activities and assignments as needed.
• Fulfill the duties of clinical or lab instructor in supervision of students as applicable.
• Conduct in a professional manner all class hours as assigned by the course schedule and academic calendar.
• Assume responsibility for maintaining all required college records including attendance and grade reports, roll books, etc.
• Communicate necessary information about the clinical education program to faculty, clinical education sites, clinical education faculty, and students and facilitate communication about clinical education between these groups, as needed.
• Evaluate student performance using methods appropriate to the course providing appropriate remediation as needed.
• The Physical Therapy Assistant Clinical Education Coordinator, using information provided by the clinical…