Adjunct Instructor (Masters Pending) for Respiratory Care Program
Baptist Health Sciences University
Job Description
Overview and Responsibilities: Baptist Health Sciences University's Respiratory Care program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). The university seeks to hire an adjunct Instructor (Masters Pending) for the Respiratory Care program at Baptist Health Sciences University. The person in this role will assist with administering the Respiratory Care program rules, regulations, and policies in compliance with current CoARC Standards; assesses clinical competency of Respiratory Care students; cooperates with the program faculty in periodic review/assessment, and revision of clinical course materials as needed; demonstrates knowledge of clinical education content for bachelor’s degree Respiratory Care program; and acts as a liaison between the clinical education sites and the program maintaining open lines of communication with the entity department leaders, communities of interest, and program director. This position is under the administrative direction of the Academic Dean and/or general direction of the Program Chair for the Respiratory Care program.
Minimum Qualifications: Holds, at a minimum ad bachelor’s degree (master’s degree preferred) from an accredited institution in respiratory care or a related discipline appropriate for college teaching; documents two years’ clinical practicum/practice experience in the clinical area as relevant to clinical application of curricular content; credentialed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 3 years or greater; RRT credential; licensed in TN and MS; and holds AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS Certification.
Preferred Qualifications: Holds, a master’s degree from an accredited institution in a related discipline or appropriate discipline for college teaching/administration; experience teaching in higher education; documents three years’ clinical practicum/practice experience in the clinical area as relevant to clinical application of curricular content (3 years of experience or greater working in adult and/or pediatric ICU preferred); credentialed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist for 3 years or greater; RRT credential; licensed in TN and MS; and holds AHA BLS, ACLS, and PALS Certification.
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
