Faculty - Respiratory Therapy

Title: Faculty - Respiratory Therapy

Employee Classification: Faculty F/T

Department:

Salary Range: Commensurate with Experience

Who we are:

We are not-for-profit: St. Louis Community college (STLCC) is a non-profit institution dedicated to empowering students, expanding minds, and changing lives. Employees are committed to strengthening the St. Louis community with inclusive and transformative education.

We are a respected employer: For 60 years, STLCC has served the St. Louis community, expanding to 4 main campuses, 2 education centers, 2 workforce training centers, and 5 centers of excellence. More than one-half of the households in St. Louis have at least one member who has taken classes at STLCC.

We make an impact in the community: Through credit courses, continuing education, and workforce development programs, STLCC annually serves nearly 69,000 students. More than 80% of career and technical graduates employed in their fields or continue their education at four-year institutions within six months of graduation. STLCC sends more transfer students to Missouri's four-year colleges/universities than anyone else.

What you get:

Benefits package [for full-time employees]: STLCC offers one of the best benefit packages in the St. Louis area. As a STLCC employee you will have access to a 100% match on your contribution to retirement, two health insurance plans options that are no cost to the employee - including an HSA option, low-cost life insurance with a 3x salary benefit, and other low-cost benefits including dental, vision, AD&D, Short-term & Long-term disability insurance.

Opportunity to grow: Over half of our employees have served the college for more than 12 years, exploring different career paths and advancing to higher level positions.

Education & training opportunities: STLCC offers tuition waivers for employees [full-time and part-time] + their dependents. Full-time employees can take advantage of tuition reimbursement for other institutions after just 6 months of service, and an annual professional development allotment.

Work/life balance: Full-time STLCC employees have access to a generous time off package, including holidays, vacation, personal days, medical leave, and other leave options. Our holiday schedule even includes a paid winter holiday at the end of the calendar year.

Commitment to wellness: STLCC HR boasts a dedicated health and wellness specialist who is enthusiastic about creating a culture of wellness throughout the College. With access to college wellness vendors, employees are educated, motivated, and rewarded for healthy behaviors. STLCC employees and anyone living in their household also have access to an employee assistance program (EAP) that can help them with virtually any life need.

The basics of this position:

***THIS IS AN IN-PERSON, ON-SITE POSITION LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS, MO***
St. Louis Community College is currently seeking a full-time faculty to teach in the new Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care Program in the Health Sciences Division.

What you'll do:

• Provides didactic, laboratory, and clinical education to students in respiratory care courses identified by the Program Director based on the faculty's background and interests.
  Actively participates in teaching related activities including updating course profiles, course syllabi, lab activities, assessments, and classroom evaluations.
  Assists with the modification and/or design of curriculum that meets the needs of the community of interest, as well as the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
  Maintains consistent and effective processes for both the initial and ongoing evaluation of all clinical sites, clinical instructors, and clinical preceptors to ensure that clinical resources and student supervision at each site are sufficient to facilitate achievement of program goals.
  Develops, coordinates, and evaluates the clinical instruction of students in the program on a continual basis.
  Holds clinical orientations and provides necessary training and testing to students.
  Provides clinical instructors and preceptors with orientation regarding their roles and responsibilities, the clinical policies
  and procedures of the program, and use of program clinical check-offs for student assessment, with training that promotes consistency among individuals who perform clinical evaluations.
  Assess returning students' proficiencies in the lab prior to allowing return to clinical.
  Creates and distributes the clinical schedules.
  Organizes and maintains all student records required for clinical sites.
  Prepares material related to clinical instruction for accreditation of the program by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care.
  Attends Advisory Committee, program, and division meetings.

Education, experience, and other requirements:

Must be a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and hold a current Missouri Respiratory Care Practitioner license.
Must possess at least a master's degree, or are currently enrolled in a masters degree program from an academic institution accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education (USDE).
* If currently enrolled in a Masters degree program, applicant must complete the degree within 2 years of the start date of employment*
Must have four (4) years experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist, of which at least two (2) years should have been spent in clinical respiratory care.
Must have a minimum to two (2) years' experience teaching respiratory care students in an accredited respiratory care program either as an appointed faculty member or as a clinical preceptor.

Preferred Qualifications: