Surgical Technology Program Director

Position Overview:

The Program Director is responsible for the program including academic content, faculty performance, student satisfactory academic progress and continued development and effectiveness of the program.

Essential Functions:

The following essential functions apply both to a traditional and distance education learning environment:

Administrative

• Selects and makes hiring recommendations of instructional staff

• Provides regular supervision and evaluation of instructional staff

• Assists in the acquisition of clinical training sites

• Maintains continuous liaison with all clinical sites to insure site compliance with programs learning objectives

• Assists with maintaining continuous accreditation of the program with all relevant accrediting bodies and governmental entities

• Maintains current knowledge of the professional discipline and educational methodologies through continuing professional development

• Serves as a member on the Centers Oversight Committee, Admissions Committee, Curriculum Committee, Faculty Committee and the Programs Advisory Board and Program Committee

Clinical Experience

• Supervise programs Clinical Coordinator to assure the appropriateness and effectiveness of students clinical experience

• Responsible for supervision of clinical faculty and experience when required

• Serve as programs Clinical Coordinator when required

Admissions

• Assists in the recruitment of students

• Evaluates applicants application packet

• Interviews applicants

• Satisfactory Academic Progress

• Routinely reviews student attendance and participation in both the didactic and clinical components

• Provides academic counseling to students

• Develops academic remediation plans for students failing to maintain satisfactory academic progress and who may be at risk of academic probation and/or termination

Curricula

• Reviews and revises curricula, syllabi , lesson plans and secondary teaching material

• Exercises continuous assessment and revisions, if necessary, to the academic assessment system both didactic and clinical

• Teaches courses in the program

Assessments

• Insures timely execution of all assessment tools related to students didactic & clinical performance

• Evaluates instructional staff teaching activities

• Evaluates all primary and secondary teaching materials used in courses

• Evaluates all library holdings and makes recommendations for new electronic and/or hard copy holdings

Requirements:

BPSS:

• Two (2) years of occupational experience required. Can count towards ABHES occupational experience if completed in the past five (5) years

ABHES:

• Three (3) of last five (5) years of operating room experience in a scrub role OR
• Three (3) years teaching experience prior to employment OR
• Two (2) years of occupational experience in the last five (5) years AND one (1) year teaching experience

Educational Requirements:

• Accredited Surgical Technology Program Certificate required;

• Bachelors Degree required