Position Title: Lecturer (Radiologic Technology)
Department: Allied Health
Campus Location: Washburn University
Application Deadline: Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: June 17, 2025.
Position Summary: Washburn University's Allied Health Department invites applications for the position of Radiologic Technology Lecturer to begin August 1, 2025. This is a 12-month full-time, non-tenure track appointment as a Lecturer. This position requires budgetary approval. The Allied Health Department offers nationally accredited programs and offerings at multiple levels, including associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees.
Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.
Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.
Essential Functions:
• Fulfill teaching expectations associated with non-tenure-track appointment. Teach 12 hours per fall and spring semester and 6 hours per summer semester (either in-person, hybrid, or online, according to department needs) or equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
• Develop curriculum according to department goals and outcomes as assigned and as dependent upon department needs.
• Maintain current knowledge of the professional discipline and educational methodologies through continuing professional development.
• Fulfill service expectations associated with a non-tenure-track appointment by engaging in service activities in the department, school/university, profession, and community.
• Maintain ARRT registration and State of Kansas radiologic technologist license.
• Advise students and maintain on-campus office hours in accordance with SAS and university policy; Also attend program, department, school, and university meetings.
• Support the radiology program director to assure effective program operations.
• Participate in program and university accreditation and assessment processes.
• Maintain and effectively communicate up-to-date information on student progress in both didactic and clinical settings.
• Develop and maintain knowledge of program policies and procedures.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.
Required Qualifications:
• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field from an academic institution accredited by an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE).
• Minimum of two years’ clinical experience as a registered Radiologic Technologist.
• Must hold and maintain a valid American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration.
o This position does not require a Kansas Radiologic Technologist license at the time of application; however, faculty are expected to obtain and maintain an active Kansas license as a condition of employment.
• Minimum of one year experience as a faculty member (full-time, part-time, or adjunct) or clinical preceptor of a JRCERT-accredited radiologic technology program.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts are required at the time of hire.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in a relevant field
• Experience in curriculum development and/or instructional design
• Experience with program-level assessment
• Experience with academic advising
• Experience with a learning management system (D2L, Canvas, Blackboard).
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please upload the following items as a pdf to the "additional document" field via the electronic application: a statement of teaching philosophy.
Questions regarding this position may be directed to Allied Health Department Chair, Mark Kohls at mark.kohls@washburn.edu or 785-670-3069.
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