Description
Coordinate the clinical education and instruction of students in the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program.
We are hiring a Diagnostic Medical Sonography Clinical Director ready to make a significant difference in the healthcare field- from clinic to classroom! This career will provide an opportunity to shape the future of Diagnostic Medical Sonography and inspire the next generation of sonographers.
What do our students learn in PMI's Diagnostic Medical Sonography Associate Degree Program?
The DMS associate degree program will prepare competent entry-level sonographers in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains for the abdominal-extended and obstetrics and gynecology sonography concentrations. From learning how the equipment works to optimizing images, interpreting scans, and recognizing abnormal findings, students will learn all sides of sonography.
In this role, the DMS Clinical Director will:
- Guide student success
- Foster a safe learning environment
- Enhance the clinical experience for students
- Maintain academic standards
- Support student and clinic site growth
- Ensure quality education and clinical training
- Coordinate education efforts
- Educate the next generation in sonography methods and techniques
"Are you nodding your head up and down, thinking that this would be great?" If so, apply today!
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Secure new clinical sites and contractual agreements.
- Review student success rates by class and implement a plan to reduce student withdrawals. Meet with students to encourage them to stay in the program. Maintain an 80% student success rate for all classes taught in the program.
- Monitor competency evaluations and clinical records with students. Monitor students' radiation exposure. Conduct orientation for students at each clinical education site.
- Maintain student grades by established policies. Prepare final grades at the end of each semester to update student records and transcripts.
- Evaluate students' performance regarding course objectives and make necessary provisions to meet learning needs.
- Visit clinical sites to review and evaluate students' clinical performance and progress. Coordinate with site instructors to ensure effective clinical education.
- Coordinate the clinical and didactic education for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography program. Coordinate and revise the clinical education plan. Recommend changes to the Program Director.
- Coordinate with clinical staff to establish a regular site for students. Coordinate the scheduling of students within the department. Develop clinical objectives and evaluations.
- May assist the Program Director with student applicants for admission into the program.
- Prepare lesson plans and instruct students in Diagnostic Medical Sonography methods and techniques.
- Perform the duties of a Diagnostic Medical Sonography instructor.
- The list of essential functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- An associate's degree from an academic institution accredited by an agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) is required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Three (3) years of full-time professional experience as a general sonographer, cardiac sonographer, pediatric cardiac sonographer, and/or vascular technologist.
- Proficiency in teaching methodology, supervision, instruction, evaluation, and guidance.
- Active registration/credential from a nationally recognized sonography-credentialing agency (RDMS).
- Possess the appropriate credential(s) specific to one or more of the concentration(s) offered (AB, OB/GYN).
- Current license, certification, or other credential required by local, state, and federal laws to work in the field.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other computer skills.
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