Medical Assisting/Basic Nursing Instructor

Chemeketa Community College•Yamhill Valley Campus. McMinnville, OR

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Chemeketa Community College seeks energetic, teaching-focused candidates for a full-time, 172-day Medical Assisting and Basic Nursing Assistant Instructor position based in McMinnville, Oregon. The instructor will provide high-quality, bilingual classroom, laboratory, clinical, and community-based instruction that prepares students for employment in healthcare settings. This position supports program expansion and equitable access to healthcare workforce training throughout Chemeketa’s diverse three-county service district, with significant instructional responsibilities at the Yamhill Valley Campus, Woodburn Center, and other college locations as needed. Bilingual Spanish-English communication skills are required to support student recruitment, instruction, retention, and community engagement. Chemeketa serves students through its central campus in Salem, a network of campuses and centers, and its statewide leadership in online education. Chemeketa is a proud Hispanic-Serving Institution that aspires to be an inclusive environment where we honor and value the unique contributions of our diverse students, employees, and community. We seek to foster cultural competence and pursue equitable solutions that support all students in achieving their educational goals. If you are interested in joining the work of the college to pursue a supportive and inclusive culture, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

Possesses a current, unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse in Oregon
Equivalent of (2) two years of demonstrated experience as a registered nurse
Bilingual English/Spanish
Demonstrated competency in teaching through experience, educational preparation, or continuing education
Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction
Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with others
Demonstrates ability or desire to work with culturally, linguistically, and economically diverse students and communities
Demonstrates ability or desire to work with a variety of technological media

Nice To Haves

Demonstrable experience providing culturally responsive instruction
Bicultural/multicultural skills sufficient to select appropriate behaviors, values and attitudes within different cultures during interactions with others

Responsibilities

Participates in curriculum development; recommends course outline revisions
Recommends textbooks and other instructional materials and equipment; recommends library and reference materials
Contributes suggestions for annual department budget
Keeps up to date on technological changes and developments in subject area
Attends staff meetings and participates in designated committee work; represents the department at pertinent meetings as required
Promotes positive image of college and college programs
Develops and maintains contacts with community and professional organizations
Functions as a life-long learner
Instructs Medical Assisting and Basic Nursing Assistant courses utilizing knowledge of the discipline and teaching practice that facilitates student learning
Meets all scheduled and special classes-day, possible evening and weekends
Teaches classes as assigned, following approved course outlines
Prepares and develops materials for assigned classes
Posts and maintains office hours
Provides students with course syllabi
Maintains records of grades and attendance; reports individual academic grades when required
Maintains college facilities and equipment
Delivers instruction in a variety of modalities to meet program and student needs including face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and/or online
Creates a learning climate of mutual respect and fairness
Encourages creative and critical thinking
Engages participants in an active learning process
Facilitates learning that applies to and enriches lives
Encourages student responsibility for learning
Promotes learning as a lifelong process
Embraces diversity and actively collaborates effectively with a variety of students, staff and the public from diverse cultural, social, economic and educational backgrounds
Participates in recruitment and retention of students at an individual and institutional level in promotion of student success
Embraces, understands and uses appropriate technology tools to accomplish job functions
Provides high quality, effective service to internal and external customers through continuous improvement and adoption of lean office practices