Job Description

Title: KNAT Instructor/Coordinator

Salary Range: $4098-$5500

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Bluegrass Community & Technical College

Campus Location: Bluegrass C&TC - Leestown Campus

Department: Academics, & Student Services

Total Rewards

Bluegrass Community & Technical 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

The KNAT Coordinator serves as the point person for the regional Nurse Aide and Kentucky Medication Aide programs, offering support to long-term care facilities, schools, instructors, and students. The role ensures compliance with federal and state regulations and coordinates all aspects of program delivery, training, and reporting.

Job Duties:

Program Management & Oversight:

• Regional management of MNA/KMA programs, courses, instructors, and testing.
  
• Maintaining training and testing records, overseeing clinical rotations, managing Memorandums of Agreement, and ordering equipment.

Instruction & Faculty Development:

• Teaching and overseeing MNA/KMA courses, including MOI and MOI Train-the-Trainer courses for qualified nurses.
  
• Developing class schedules, recruiting, supervising, and training instructors.
  
• Evaluating instructors and verifying compliance of faculty and staff KCTCS+1.
  

Regulatory Compliance:

• Enforcing and monitoring compliance with federal, state, and KCTCS policies for Medicaid Nurse Aide and Kentucky Medication Aide programs KCTCS.
  

Support & Collaboration:

• Serving as a resource to long-term care facilities, secondary partners, nurse aides, and instructors.
  
• Attending and serving on system meetings, committees, and training
  
• Other duties as assigned
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must hold an unencumbered Kentucky Registered Nurse (RN) license. Requires an Associate Degree in Nursing with a minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience, including at least one (1) year in long-term care.
• Must have completed a course in teaching adults or have prior experience in adult education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in Nurse Aide Training, clinical instruction and healthcare regulatory compliance.

Additional Skills Requested:

• Knowledge of federal/state regulations for NAA/KMA programs and KCTCS policies
• Strong organizational, data management, and compliance oversight skills
• Experience with clinical coordination and MOA management
• Effective communication and collaboration with faculty, partners, and regulators
• Leadership experience in supervising and evaluating instructors
• Ability to analyze outcomes and support continuous program improvement
• Proficiency with data systems (e.g., PeopleSoft) and Microsoft Office
• Commitment to workforce development and student success
  

Employee Rights - Employee Polygraph Protection Act

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