Title: Diagnostic Medical Sonography Teaching Faculty/Clinical Coordinator
Agency: Rappahannock Community College
Location: Richmond County - 159
FLSA: Exempt
Hiring Range: The anticipated salary range for the nine-month appointment is $68,000-$72,000, commensurate with experience and credentials.
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Additional Detail
Job Description:
Rappahannock Community College (RCC), founded in 1970, provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCC's annualized enrollment of 3,700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time/adjunct employees across two main campuses and five satellite sites.
Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams?
RCC invites you to apply for our Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) Teaching Faculty/Clinical Coordinator opening. This is an immediate appointment. This faculty member will be responsible for coordinating clinical education with classroom instruction as assigned by the program director, evaluating and ensuring the effectiveness of clinical experiences for the adult cardiac sonography students, as well as providing clinical instruction and documenting the evaluation and progression of clinical performance leading to clinical competence. This is a faculty position that requires teaching in a variety of venues, including classroom and laboratory, as well as asynchronous and synchronous online classrooms and is in charge of clinical experiences. This position requires an on-campus presence at either the Glenns or Warsaw campuses and/or the Tappahannock and Kilmarnock off-site locations. The anticipated hiring range for the nine-month appointment is $68,000-$72,000. Salary will be commensurate with experience and credentials.
The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission and experience working in a varied student population, including adult learners and at-risk students. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, assessment, program and course development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration and open communication. The College strives for a faculty of content experts who are also knowledgeable about best practices, innovative strategies, and instructional technologies that support teaching and learning and who are well connected to the communities we serve.
The general responsibilities of the DMS Faculty/Clinical Coordinator are the skillful and knowledgeable delivery of DMS program content, to include classroom and laboratory teaching, national testing preparatory work and involvement in the placement of students in field experiences. The DMS Faculty/Clinical Coordinator will assist the Program Director in all aspects of the program, including the management, administration, continuous review and analysis, planning, development, and general effectiveness of the program. Other duties will include, but are not limited to, maintaining up to date knowledge in DMS and trends in community college and DMS education, and teaching using a variety of delivery systems including interactive video, web, and other electronic media. The incumbent will advise students, adopt textbooks, draft course syllabi in collaboration with colleagues, set up, and maintain lab/classroom environments. This position reports to the Dean of Health Sciences. RCC is committed to an inclusive and equitable environment where student and faculty success is promoted.
In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth's Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly called a Certificate of Disability) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans may also apply via the AHP if they also provide an AHP Letter. To request an AHP Letter, use this link: https://www.dars.virginia.gov/drs/cpid/PWContact.aspx or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.
Minimum Qualifications:
This position requires an Associate's degree in a related field and appropriate credentials and experience specific to Adult Cardiac Sonography. Also required is a current unencumbered RDCS or CCI certification, or willingness to obtain certification within the first 6 months of employment, and two years of documented clinical experience as a cardiac sonographer. Candidates should possess sufficient technology skills to work productively in an organization that utilizes significant information and instructional technology resources. Demonstrated expertise in oral and written communication with students and peers, including formal report writing is expected. Candidates must have documented experience in supervision, instruction, evaluation, and student guidance.
Additional Considerations:
Bachelor's Degree in related field, additional certification in abdominal, musculoskeletal, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatric or vascular sonography. Experience in teaching in sonography programs and supervision. Knowledge of curriculum development and implementation with teaching experience at the community college level.