Job Description

Title: Instructor/Program Coordinator - Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program

Salary Range: Commensurate with education and experience

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Somerset Community College

Campus Location: Laurel Campus and Russell Center

Department: Health Sciences

Total Rewards

Somerset Community College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity, including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Somerset Community College invites applications for a full-time Instructor/Program Coordinator - Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program. Because the program operates in a hybrid format and students attend courses at both the Laurel Campus and the Russell Center, the Program Coordinator will be expected to travel between locations as needed.

Job Duties:

The successful candidate will provide instruction to students in both theory and practice of the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program. Activities include: planning and carrying out instruction, instructional activities, and preparing learning materials for special studies; preparing lesson plans, instructional activities and maintaining records and reports on student learning; participating in professional development activities to improve teaching skills and expertise, student advising, student clinical placement, and other assigned duties; responsible for curriculum committee duties at the state level and for program organization, administration, assessment, continuous quality improvement, direction of program faculty and staff, and general effectiveness of the program; and participate in budget preparation process.

• Serve as principal instructor for Diagnostic Medical Sonography Program courses;

• Design curriculum to be delivered in both in-person and virtual formats;

• Assess students for both didactic and laboratory content;

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with accreditation standards;

• Serve as an academic advisor;

• Serve on the program's admissions committee, assessment committee, and advisory committee;

• Participate in student engagement activities that promote excellent student outcomes;

• Participate in professional association activities at the local, state, and/or national level;

• Participate in education leadership activities;

• Participate in professional development activities;

• Participate in internal service activities (serve on college and systemwide committees and participate in meetings);

• Participate in external service (activities performed in the community);

• Complete annual performance reviews for assigned faculty;

• Perform other program duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college;

• Must possess the appropriate credential(s): RDMS or ARRT(S) credentialed (Abdomen/Obstetrics Gynecology);

• Must have documented experience in supervision, instruction, evaluation, student guidance and in educational theories and techniques;

• Must have a minimum of two years of clinical experience as a registered sonographer in the professional sonography field.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree from an accredited university or college.

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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.