Carrington College is hiring: Respiratory Therapy Program Director in Phoenix

Who Are We: Carrington College prepares graduates for professional success by offering Baccalaureate and Associate of Science Degrees and Certificates of Completion in business, medical and technical career fields. We help students achieve success by providing them with "hands-on" training that uses the technologies and processes that are used in the field, allowing them to build their confidence while they "learn by doing". Our focus is to help change the lives of our students for the better through education. That's more than our purpose; it's our promise to you and our students!

What we're looking for: Someone with tenacity, passion, and leadership skills to join our team as a Respiratory Therapy Program Director.

Summary The position is responsible for oversight of their academic program(s) including activities related to the student experience and student success such as developing and implementing retention strategies, managing active students, students on leave of absences, NS/TO and students on externship. The position is responsible for management and support of faculty assigned to teach in their programs, managing externship quality and number of sites and/or clinical site quality and volume. Academic quality is a direct responsibility for the position. Areas related to academic quality include, but are not limited to, conducting classroom observations and providing feedback to faculty, participating in program review process, assessing, reporting, analyzing student learning outcome data and developing improvement plans associated with SLO data and analysis. The position is responsible for cascading pertinent information to faculty and holding program-specific training to their faculty teams. The position may be required to devote required time to classroom teaching. The remaining percentage of their assignment will be devoted specifically to providing administrative oversight of the program.

What We Offer: Flexible schedules, a variety of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, leadership opportunities, and professional development, and you teach the future professionals of the communities we live in.

Do you have a passion for education and seeing students thrive? Carrington College's Program Director is responsible for management and support of faculty assigned to teach in their programs, managing externship quality and number of sites and/or clinical site quality and volume. Academic quality is a direct responsibility for the position. Areas related to academic quality include, but are not limited to, conducting classroom observations and providing feedback to faculty, participating in program review process, assessing, reporting, analyzing student learning outcome data and developing improvement plans. The position may be required to devote required time to classroom teaching. The remaining percentage of the position will be devoted specifically to providing administrative oversight of the program.

Do you qualify? Qualifications for the position:

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Registered Respiratory Therapy (RRT) credential and current state license
• BLS for the Healthcare Provider
• (1) Minimum of 4 years' experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist with at least 2 years in clinical respiratory care.
• (2) Minimum of 2 years' experience teaching either as an appointed faculty member in a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program or as a clinical instructor/ preceptor for students of such programs.