Cardiovascular Sonography Director of Clinical Education

Overview

Cardiovascular Sonography Director of Clinical Education - $2,500 Sign-On Bonus at Concorde Career Colleges. Salary range reported between $95,000 to $100,000 (potentially higher for the right candidate), depending on education and experience.

• Able to initiate, administer, assess, and document clinical education programs.
• Secure new clinical affiliation agreements (contracts) as required by the program.
• Maintain affiliation agreements and ensure timely renewals of expiring contracts.
• Develop, monitor, and refine the clinical education component of the curriculum.
• Coordinate clinical education with didactic education as assigned by the program director and schedule students in appropriate clinical rotations.
• Evaluate and ensure the appropriateness/effectiveness of all clinical education affiliates.
• Ensure proper and complete documentation of all visits to clinical sites.
• Visit clinical affiliates at regular intervals to ensure students meet clinical objectives and that all requirements for clinical education are met by every student.
• Review and maintain students’ records related to immunizations, background checks and drug testing to assure compliance with Concorde and individual affiliate requirements prior to placing students at clinical sites.
• Serve as Instructor of Record or assist with instruction in didactic/laboratory courses as assigned and within accreditor guidelines.
• Provide support and supervision to ensure programmatic and institutional completion, licensure, and placement outcomes are met.
• Orient and train clinical instructors and/or preceptors at clinical sites.
• Maintain supervisory responsibility of all students attending a clinical site.
• Advise, coach, and mentor students as appropriate and necessary.
• Be available in person, by phone or other methods of communication to solve problems as they arise at any time a student is in clinic.
• Ensure that clinical documentation is complete, accurate and maintained securely as directed by the Program Director.
• Assist with all requirements of programmatic and institutional accreditors including advisory committee meetings, scheduled and unannounced visits, annual reports, self-studies, and responses.
• Assist with performance feedback, including formal classroom observations, for instructional faculty as appropriate and be open to coaching from the Program Director or Academic Dean.
• Strong focus on community involvement. Participation in local/national societies if requested.
• Attend all program graduation ceremonies.
• Must work independently and coordinate work with colleagues and peers.
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Director.
• Supervisory responsibility:
  The Cardiovascular Director of Clinical Education is responsible for the supervision of the students in his/her classroom and the students at the clinical sites/laboratory, scheduling and supervising clinical instructors, and assuming Program Director duties in their absence.

• Minimum of an Associate of Cardiovascular Sonography or related field
• Four years full time professional experience as a cardiac sonographer
• Must be ARDMS RDCS with Adult Echocardiography (AE) OR CCI Registered Cardiac Sonographer (RCS)
• Documented coursework in instructional methodologies, evaluation and assessment and demonstrated proficiency in curriculum development
• Preferred experience with educating students in a clinical setting
• Strong communication, organization, interpersonal, problem-solving, and counseling skills
• Current knowledge and skill in the use of information and computer technology (word processing, email, database) or proven ability to learn these skills
• Ability to travel as needed

• Tuition Waiver:
  Tuition waiver after 6 months for you and your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
• Paid Time Off:
  Competitive paid time off programs (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
• Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of contributions after 90 days
• Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents
• Competitive Insurance:
  Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Pet Insurance:
  Coverage through ASPCA
• Health Plan Enrollment:
  Eligibility starts first of the month following one full month of employment

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