Title: PTA Clinical Coordinator/Faculty - 10 month

Employee Classification: Faculty

Institution: Roane State Community College

Department: Health Sciences

Campus Location: Roane State Community College

Job Summary

The Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (ACCE) performs the duties and responsibilities identified in RSCC Policy Number: PA-24-01, Faculty Job Description. The Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (ACCE) supervises educational services in the clinical setting to achieve equity of student clinical experience according to the program's established standards.

Job Duties

• Plan, develop, conduct, coordinate and facilitate the clinical education components of the PTA program.

• Assess and summarize the effectiveness of the clinical education program using survey and other data with the assistance of the Program Director as needed.

• Advise clinical supervisors in performing competency-based clinical evaluations.

• Assist clinical supervisors in maintaining professional competence and improving skills related to student instruction and clinical education.

• Assist program director in the assessment of program effectiveness and student preparation.

• Assist program director in the revision of policies and procedures.

• Communicate with clinical faculty as needed to meet the needs of the student, facility, and program.

• Assist in the orientation of new faculty members and clinical supervisors.

• Visit clinical affiliates as needed to meet student/program needs.

• Initiate new site affiliation agreements and maintain clinical site availability to meet the needs of the program.

• Ensure that clinical affiliation agreements are current as required by the accrediting agency.

• Pursue continuing education in professional practice and instructional delivery as needed to maintain professional competency.

• Integrate clinical education with didactic and laboratory instruction as part of the curriculum to meet the needs of the student and accreditation goals.

• Meet with clinical staff and students during scheduled site visits to facilitate and document students' clinical progress.

• Coordinate mastery level testing of students’ clinical performance.

• Maintain student record related to clinical.

• Coordinate appropriate clinical site placement of students.

• Monitor current trends in health care, reimbursement, and legal practices and revise clinical education programming in response to these trends.

• Maintain records of communications with the clinical education site.

• Establish and implement procedures to respond to student performance deficiencies and concerns. • Assess and develop the preparedness of each student for the clinical education experience.

• Teach assigned curricular content.

• Maintain active participation in professional organization.

Minimum Qualifications

• A minimum of an associate’s degree in physical Therapist Assisting and hold active license as a physical therapist assistant or physical therapist.
• A minimum of three years of post-licensure full-time clinical experience in a physical therapy setting (or equivalent)
• A minimum of two years of experience as a center coordinator of clinical education (CCCE) and/or clinical instructor (CI), or experience in teaching or administrating in a physical therapy educational program
• Teaching experience (academic, clinical, continuing education, or in-service education) IDENTIFICATION AND PROOF OF WORK ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in physical therapy.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent written, verbal and organizational skills.