Job Description

Job Category:

Clinical Support

Work Shift/Schedule:

Varies

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

AHA Instructor jobs entail creativity and the ability to follow standard AHA ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support)/PALS (Pediatric Advanced Lifer Support)/BLS (Basic Life Support) curriculum. The instructor should have practical experience in performing the skills taught and the ability to communicate the skills to students in a clear and precise manner.

Minimum Job Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Graduate from an accredited program in your designated certification as an E.M.T, Paramedic, R.N., Respiratory Therapist, Physician Assistant, M.D., or D.O American Heart Association ACLS/BLS Instructor in good standing (in one or all courses) and affiliated with a current Training Center.

• Educational Requirements: High School Diploma or GED. Instructor in one or more: BLS, PALS, ACLS.

• Minimum Experience: Instructors will have at least 1 year of experience in teaching.

• Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:

• Preferred Educational Requirements:

• Preferred Experience:

• Other:

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Competent in effective delivery of AHA ACLS information and materials

• Instructors must be able to adapt their teaching to the level of the learner in a compassionate professional manner

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
  

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

• Instructing classes in both didactic and practical simulation environments per AHA guidelines.

• Leading and instructingthe practical portion of classes in a practical simulation environment.

• Provide testing and evaluation per AHA standards for both written and practical testing.

• Fill out all course and post course paperwork per AHA and NGHS Training center standards.
  

Physical Demands

• Weight Lifted: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Weight Carried: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

• Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time

• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Occasionally 0-30%

• Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%

• Pushing/Pulling: Occasionally 0-30%

• Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%

• Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

NGHS: Opportunities start here.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.