Adjunct Faculty - Surgical Technologist Clinical Instructor

Henry Ford College (MI); Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Henry Ford College seeks a Surgical Technology Clinical Instructor to educate, supervise, and evaluate students in diverse clinical settings across southeast Michigan.

The CI serves as a clinical resource, collaborates with the Clinical Manager and Educational Coordinator, and ensures timely feedback, safety, and professional conduct throughout rotations. Hours are variable Monday through Friday; reliable transportation to travel to sites is required.

Qualifications

• Requires an earned Associate's Degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution.
• Current Certified Surgical Technologist (CST) with a minimum of 3 years' OR work experience in the Operating Room (OR) required.

Responsibilities

• Educate and supervise Surgical Technology students in clinical settings.
• Evaluate student performance and provide timely feedback.
• Serve as clinical resource for students and coordinate with the Clinical Manager and Educational Coordinator.
• Orient students to hospital policies, badging, security, and safety procedures.
• Arrange for preceptors and monitor weekly progress.
• Maintain professional practice and participate in continuing education to stay current.

Education

Associate's Degree or higher

Certified Surgical Technologist (CST)

Job description

The Henry Ford College Surgical Technology Clinical Instructor's (CI) responsibilities focus on education, supervision, and evaluation of students in clinical settings. The CI will be a clinical resource person for the Surgical Technology students and will be responsible for their assignments and clinical evaluations. The CI will collaborate with the Clinical Manager, the Schedule Coordinator and/or the Educational Coordinator for the Operating Room.

Hours are variable Monday through Friday. The CI must have reliable transportation to travel to various clinical sites throughout southeast Michigan.

• Earned Associate's Degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution required.
• Current Certified Surgical Technologist with a minimum of 3 years' work experience in the Operating Room (OR) required.

• Acts as a liaison between the college and the clinical site maintaining the clinical relationship with the operating room staff, provides feedback to the program about current department/hospital policies or changes in practice in the field, and makes suggestions for program modifications or improvement.
• Orients new students to the department, including the hospital's job description for Surgical Technologists, badging and security information, parking, policy and procedure manual, the availability and location of educational resources, and all safety precautions and emergency protocols.
• Alters assignments and or assigns student to appropriate cases as necessary to meet the student’s needs, this includes closely monitoring the student’s caseload and clinical assignments.
• Arranges for the individual preceptor(s) for each student (if applicable).
• Monitors each student's progress weekly.
• Makes himself/herself available for students' questions and learning needs.
• Makes himself/herself available for the clinical site and ST Program’s questions and concerns.
• Exhibits professional behavior and serves as a role model for students.
• Exhibits professional behavior while at clinical sites and when communicating with sites.
• Promotes patient and student safety this includes reporting and documenting all safety concerns as well as properly completing student evaluations with an accurate account of student performance.
• Makes systematic observations and objective judgments about student performance as well gives each student timely feedback about his/her performance, providing suggestions for improvement.
• Educate and encourage preceptor(s) to complete evaluations in a timely manner with the most accurate information about the students’ performance.
• At mid-term and the end of each rotation, prepares a Clinical Evaluation Form, documenting the progress of each student and providing guidance for future performance.
• Maintains certification and participates in continuing education seminars and in professional development opportunities in order to maintain current state-of-the-art knowledge and skills.
• Attends two (2) meetings a year with the Program Director and the other Clinical Instructors to discuss program goals, policies and educational methodologies.
• Perform other duties as assigned within the scope of qualifications and/or training.