Health Information Management

Austin area

ONLINE FACULTY/COORDINATOR

Swing Shift

Remote

A faculty member’s primary responsibilities to students are imparting knowledge, developing career abilities, and instilling professional attitudes within a creative and enthusiastic learning environment. In addition, faculty have administrative and developmental responsibilities, including advising students in order to enhance their educational experience

A competent and experienced faculty is an important key to the realization of The College of Health Care Professions’ mission. Faulty members are selected for their expertise in specific fields, teaching abilities, and the necessary background to meet credentialing, licensing, and accreditation requirements.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Must have one of the following: RHIA, RHIT, CCS or CCP credentials and professional experience directly related to the HITM online courses and consistent with regulatory requirements of The College of Health Care Professions from which the course is being offered.
• Minimum one year online teaching is preferred.
• Successful completion of the CHCP Online Faculty Orientation course
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent critical thinking and decision-making skills
• Excellent teaching skills as evidenced in prior teaching evaluations
• Willingness to work in an accelerated learning environment and to work online with students on a five of seven days per week and to log-on to answer student’s personal questions within a 24-hour period after receipt.
• Responsible for maintaining an Internet Service Provider (ISP) connection.

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Instruct and facilitate meaningful learning of the course competencies in the curriculum and proactively support all facets of the online learning environment.
• Instruct classes as directed by the Online HITM Program Director
• Assist Program Director with existing students and Admissions Department with prospective students, when applicable
• Assist Program Director with Practicum site evaluations and work with Career services
• Work with Program Director to develop, manage, teach and support the HITM continuing education programs.
• Manage online classroom to provide an optimal learning environment
• Advise students with regard to academic progress
• Provide career education through learner-centered instruction that will enable graduates to fulfill the evolving needs of the marketplace.
• Encourage a culture of learning that values mutual responsibility, life-long learning, diversity, and ethics, as well as personal and professional development.
• Complete instructor observations and classroom 30-Day and Quarterly evaluations.

KEY JOB ELEMENTS:

• Provides competency-based education
• Delivers online class instruction of The College of Health Care Professions approved online course
• Enables student exit competencies
• Delivers learner-centered instruction through distance delivery mechanisms
• Encourages student success
• Manages the online class environment
• Contributes to a culture of learning
• Relates industry experience to learning

This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. The list of job elements, responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, or conditions is not exhaustive, but merely illustrative of the current requirements of the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.