Respiratory Therapy - Program Director

South College invites capable, energetic, outgoing, applicants who are focused on transforming the lives of our customers/students! At South College, you will help implement our strategy of “Where Dreams Find Direction!” We are one of the nation’s fastest growing institutions of higher learning with over 15,000 students covering 10 campuses and Online learning sites, offering a myriad of undergraduate and graduate healthcare programs for our students.

In order to fully meet our Mission to our students, we require a diverse combination of perspectives, backgrounds, life experiences, and ideas from our faculty and staff and will provide them with an equitable and inclusive work environment -where respect and open interchange of ideas are at the heart of that culture.

South College is seeking candidates for a full-time Program Director position for their Respiratory Therapy Program. The Program Director must not only provide effective leadership for the program including ongoing program planning, course scheduling, and assessment, communication with stakeholders and accreditation bodies, and fiscal management (Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care Accreditation standard), but also provide leadership and commitment to innovative and relevant education for students. The position is located at our Dallas campus and will report directly to the Campus Academic Dean under direction of the Campus President.

Responsibilities include:

•  Collaboration and consultation with faculty to promote maximum commitment and results
•  Maintaining high standards of teaching, scholarship, and service
•  Leading efforts for program initiation that includes securing appropriate clinical sites, acquiring programmatic accreditation, completing, and administering the learning site budget allocations, recruiting, hiring, and evaluating faculty
•  Organizing student advising procedures
•  Organizing faculty teaching loads and quarterly class schedules
•  Developing and maintaining collaborations with other colleges/programs for inter-professional educational opportunities
•  Working with the main campus in relation to planning and assessment
•  Representing the program in the community at large
•  Provide instruction for courses each quarter

Candidates must evidence the following:

•  Bachelor of Science in a healthcare related field of study. Masters or Doctorate preferred
•  Possess a valid TX Respiratory Care Practitioner license (active and current)
•  Registered Respiratory Therapist credential (active and current)
•  Familiarity with planning, assessment, and evaluation process
•  Curriculum Development experience
•  A minimum of four (4) years’ experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist with at least two (2) years in clinical respiratory care
•  A minimum of two (2) years’ experience teaching either as an appointed faculty member in a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program or as a clinical instructor/preceptor for students of such programs
•  Complete the CoARC Key Personnel Training Program
•  Additional advanced-level professional credential(s) preferred