"Instructor/Clinical Coordinator, Medical Sonography"

At Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC), we are dedicated to transforming lives through education and creating a lasting impact on our community. We invite passionate and innovative educators to join our mission-driven team, where you can enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance and competitive benefits, including a robust pension plan. Our beautiful, well-maintained campuses provide an inspiring environment for both teaching and learning, within an atmosphere of collaboration and excellence. At GTCC, you’ll be part of a supportive, dynamic, and inclusive culture committed to delivering exceptional results, making it a truly amazing place to work and thrive.

The Medical Sonography Clinical Coordinator/Instructor works in close collaboration with the Medical Sonography Program Director and the Dean of Health Sciences, to ensure a robust and relevant clinical experience for program students, including recruiting new clinical sites and fostering existing clinical relationships, to insure the program has a sufficient number of clinical sites to meet enrollment. This position will also provide clinical and didactic instruction, customer service, data support, and documentation services in accordance with state and college regulations as well as external accreditation standards. The full-time faculty member is afforded some administrative release time to carry out clinical coordinator duties.

Duties/Functions

• The Instructor as Clinical Coordinator of the Medical Sonography Program shall possess an understanding of and commitment to the nature and role of the Community College, particularly its “open door” policy. He/she shall have demonstrated personal and professional competence for the responsibilities assigned. The Medical Sonography Clinical Coordinator Instructor will have an understanding of the concept of a learning-centered, open admissions institution, community college philosophy, diversity issues, and instructional technology. The Medical Sonography Clinical Coordinator Instructor must be able to: Respect Diversity, Adapt to changing procedures, protocols, or assignments, Create and maintain a learner centered environment, Communicate effectively, Ability to effectively implement and apply technology solutions, Strategically think and manage change, Initiate, develop, and maintain relationships internal and external to the College.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Medical Sonography or a related field of study from an institutionally accredited college/university
• Possess a current Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS) credential

Education Preferred

• Master’s degree in Medical Sonography, or a related field of study from an institutionally accredited college/university

Experience Required

• Three (3) years experience in Medical Sonography clinical practice environment.
• One (1) year experience instructing Sonography students enrolled in an accredited program.

Experience Preferred

• Experience in a community college setting.
• Greater than three (3) years of experience in a Medical Sonography clinical practice.
• Greater than one (1) year experience instructing Sonography students in an accredited program.
• Experience with assessment of student learning outcomes.
• Experience with distance learning and/or alternate instructional delivery systems.

Department/Job Specific Requirements

• Eligible to work with students in clinical settings and have access to student images for educational purposes.
• Have communication skills as a liaison for the program with Medical Sonography staff in clinical settings and with students.
• Willing and able to travel to clinical sites.
• Learn program assessment tools and clinical documentation system (Trajecsys).
• Schedule may require day or evening responsibilities and travel between campuses as required for performance of job duties.
• Responsibilities may include overnight travel in and outside of the state, in support of college programs and initiatives.
• The following (compliance) training is required and must be completed within the first 30 days of hire with annual refresher training thereafter (additional training may be added as needed): Reporting Requirements, Anti-Discrimination/Harassment & Title IX, Safety/Shooter on Campus, Personal Information Protection Training (PIP), Ethics and Social Responsibility, eLearning Level One in Canvas before the first day of the first semester teaching, eLearning Level Two in Canvas for instructors who teach online or hybrid delivery methods before the first day of the first semester teaching in that format.