Online Visiting Professor Outpatient Coding

DeVry Educational Development Corp.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

DeVry University seeks industry professionals to teach undergraduate and graduate courses, delivering practitioner-focused education across fields in eight-week sessions. Instructors develop syllabi, organize materials, and use online discussions to enhance learning, blending face-to-face and digital components for an engaging environment.

Instructors facilitate student learning, provide feedback, and embrace responsible AI practices, including guidance on AI use and academic integrity, with

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a healthcare-related field from a regionally accredited institution.
• Outpatient coding experience is required, along with current industry experience in a healthcare setting.
• Current industry-related certifications (CCS).
• Faculty must have a minimum of five years of recent in-field outpatient coding experience.
• Experience with electronic health/medical records and IT systems within healthcare.
• Knowledge of health insurance, reimbursement, privacy and ethics.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development in instructional technology, digital literacy, and responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Develops and provides students with an approved DeVry University syllabus that follows a campus template, including terminal course objectives.
• Organizes, prepares, and regularly revises course materials.
• Uses online technologies and course-related software to prepare and make content accessible.
• Models effective oral and written communications to engage students and improve learning.
• Sets clear course expectations with published objectives, dates, and evaluation weightings.
• Ensures exam content aligns with course objectives and provides timely feedback on grading.
• Demonstrates responsible AI usage in the classroom and addresses AI use in student work.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Education

Master’s degree in healthcare-related field

CCS certification

Job description

Opportunity:

DeVry University focuses on developing long-term relationships with superior instructors who have high professional standards, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a commitment to providing the finest practitioner-focused education. We are seeking primarily industry professionals to teach and share their knowledge and experience with undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of fields.

• Courses meet once or twice a week for eight weeks.
• Face-to-face interaction is blended with technology (such as online discussions and online assignments) for an enhanced learning environment.
• Faculty are responsible for facilitating student learning by teaching courses and programs in accordance with DeVry University requirements.
• Faculty develop course syllabi and lesson plans and apply teaching techniques to best achieve course and programmatic objectives.
• All DeVry instructors will participate in a comprehensive faculty training program and ongoing faculty development activities to ensure the highest quality instruction.
• DeVry University does not guarantee any specific number of work hours or assignments, which may vary based on the University’s needs and discretion.
• As you explore this opportunity, we invite you to view this brief video highlighting how our faculty engage in meaningful student support.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and provides students with an approved DeVry University syllabus that follows a template established by the local campus, and which includes the terminal course objectives.
• Organizes, prepares, and regularly revises and updates all course materials.
• Uses appropriate technological options for online technologies and course-related software, including Websites, e-mail, and online discussions for preparing the course and making it accessible to students.
• Models effective oral and written communications that engage the students, provide clarity, and improve student learning.
• Sets clear expectations for the course by publishing course terminal objectives, assignment/examinations dates, and weight the distribution of various evaluation categories.
• Ensures that the content and level of material included on exams correspond to the course terminal objectives.
• Demonstrates consistency and fairness in the preparation and grading of exams and provides timely feedback to students.
• Embraces and integrates the responsible use of AI technologies in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize, evaluate, and address appropriate and inappropriate student use of AI tools in academic work.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Master’s degree is in a healthcare-related field, degree from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent.
• Outpatient coding experience is required, along with current industry experience in a healthcare setting.
• Current industry-related certifications (CCS).
• Faculty must have a minimum of 5 years of working knowledge of healthcare operations related to the following areas:
  • Faculty must have a minimum of five years of recent in-field outpatient coding experience.
  • Electronic health/medical records.
  • IT systems and functions within healthcare.
  • Health insurance and reimbursement.
  • Health privacy and ethics.
  • Reimbursement methodologies and billing functions.
  • This role requires the ability to work flexible hours including evenings.
• Faculty must have a commitment to ongoing professional development in instructional technology, digital literacy, and responsible AI practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional subject matter expertise in the areas of:
• Coding compliance
• Previous teaching experience.

Pay:

Visiting Professor pay is based on level, credit hours taught per 8-week session, and location.

• Pay may vary in most states from $1500-$2700 per 8-week session.

• Pay in the states of AZ, CA, IN and PA is paid at an hourly rate of either $22.00/hour or $23.50/hour.