Instructor and Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education - PTA

Job description

Employment Type: Full time Shift: Day Shift Description: GENERAL SUMMARY: The purpose of this position is to assist the College in fulfilling its mission by facilitating student acquisition of the required knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary for success in the physical therapy profession. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Manages Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Education Program to be in full compliance with all standards established by state/national accreditation agencies. Develops, monitors, and refines the clinical education component of the curriculum, facilitating quality learning experiences for students during clinical education, evaluating students' performance, in cooperation with other faculty, to determine their ability to integrate didactic and clinical learning experiences and to progress within the curriculum, educating students, clinical and academic faculty about clinical education, selecting clinical learning environments that demonstrate characteristics of sound patient/client management, ethical and professional behavior, and currency with physical therapy practice, maximizing available resources for the clinical education program, providing documented records a...