"Paramedic Instructor"

Job Description:

Paramedic Instructors provide expert skills and knowledge to deliver instruction to their students, focusing on ensuring students achieve the necessary skills mandated by course curricula and successfully meet course objectives. Instructors may be required to evaluate students' performance by verifying their understanding of the course material, competency of learned skills, and their ability to demonstrate applied knowledge. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Preparing classroom or training areas and pick-up and return of training devices, as needed.
• Performing basic maintenance on training aids and/or equipment as needed.
• Preparing and conducting to College instructional standards classroom, laboratory, seminar, conference, discussion, lecture, demonstration, and practical exercises per class training schedule.
• Supplementing the course curriculum and lesson plans by incorporating lessons learned from specific/relevant training and after-action reviews, doctrine, and current and evolving Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) into the daily instruction.
• Being available for occasional course classes held in the local area.
• Attending trainings as required by the Program Director on the use of training aides, such as high fidelity manikin, ultrasound, and ventilators used to educate students.
• Attending occasional staff meetings throughout the year.

The Harford Community College Paramedic Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, (www.caahep.org) upon recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions, (CoA EMSP).

Employees of Harford Community College, including instructors for online and virtual courses, must be residents of Maryland or the contiguous states of Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia or the District of Columbia. Work is generally performed on the College campus unless otherwise specified.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States, as the College does not offer Visa sponsorship for this position.

Your application to this position will remain active until December 31 of the current year. If you are not selected by that time, you must re-apply to be considered. If you apply on or after November 1 of the current year, your application will remain active until December 31 of the following calendar year.

Required Education:

Tier I Paramedic Instructor requirements include:

• Current ACLS affiliation
• AHA BLS, ACLS, & PALS certifications

Tier II & Tier III Paramedic Instructors

• Nationally Registered Paramedic in good standing
• Minimum 3 years current ALS experience
• Current AHA BLS, ACLS, & PALS certifications
• Minimum of an associate's degree

Required Experience:

Tier I instructors must be a Nationally Registered Paramedic in good standing and have ALS experience.

Tier II instructor requirements include that of Tier I, plus a minimum of three years of demonstrated ALS experience and three or more years of demonstrated Paramedic Instruction experience, delivering primary content, skills instruction, evaluation, and remediation. At least one year of Paramedic Instruction experience must be at the ACLS level.

Tier III instructor requirements include those of Tier I and Tier II, plus the ability to demonstrate specialized training for contract training.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Tier II & Tier III instructors must have demonstrated knowledge of instructional methods.

About Harford Community College

Harford Community College has served as an anchor institution in Harford County since its inception in 1957. We are a mid-sized, comprehensive college committed to serving our community through high caliber educational offerings and cultural events. HCC’s mission of “Grow. Achieve. Inspire. Contribute.” and our vision of continuously striving for satisfaction, completion, and success throughout the College community is demonstrated by our shared organizational values of Agency, Equity and Inclusion, Communication and Collaboration, Respect, and Innovation. Harford Community College is an Achieving the Dream institution, joining a network of higher education institutions and partners to enhance community college student opportunity, access, and success. Our beautiful, 352-acre campus is conveniently located near Baltimore, MD; Philadelphia, PA; Washington, DC; and Wilmington, DE. We offer more than 80 affordable degree and certificate programs to nearly 2,000 full-time and 7,500 part-time students, as well as a wide variety of noncredit continuing education courses to nearly 11,000 students per year.