Preceptor

Columbus State Community College; North Carolina; On-site; USD 28,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

Columbus State Community College is seeking a part-time EMS Preceptor to provide secondary instruction to EMT and paramedic students in patient care settings and on campus labs. The role involves monitoring, evaluating, and guiding students, with regular feedback to faculty and department chair.

Travel to off-site locations to supervise students may be required. The position requires a High School Diploma or equivalent, and a minimum of three years of patient care as a paramedic, plus Ohio

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three (3) years of patient care experience as a paramedic.
• An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework and experience may qualify a candidate.

Responsibilities

• Monitors students in patient care settings and/or practical skill labs.
• Provides hands-on real-time instruction and feedback to students.
• Rates student performance based on established guidelines.
• Engages students in a participatory instructional style as part of their experiential learning experience.
• Provides guidance and enforces the department’s mission, policies and procedures with regards to their assigned areas.
• Acts as a role model and resource to students in their assigned areas.
• Completes student evaluation as outlined by department chairperson.
• Attends all required meetings to provide feedback on student learning outcome goals.
• Attends all required trainings and workshops.
• Communicates frequently with the faculty and department chair on the needs of students as they fulfill their learning requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality of student and patient records, information, and sensitive conversations encountered.

Skills

Student supervision

Clinical instruction

Feedback delivery

Patience and mentoring

Education

High school diploma

Ohio Paramedic certification

Job description

Compensation Type: Hourly Compensation: $25.00 The Preceptor, EMS provides secondary instruction to the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and paramedic students who are placed in an experiential learning environment in patient care settings, primarily in local emergency departments. This role is responsible for monitoring, evaluating, and correcting students in their learning experience, ensuring students utilize acquired skills in a practical setting. The Preceptor may also assist in skill and scenario lab sessions for EMT and paramedic courses on campus, supporting faculty in facilitating mock patient encounters. This position engages in regular feedback with the EMT and paramedic faculty and department chair, in both formal and informal meetings, and via program documentation practices, to communicate progress in meeting student learning outcomes. The Preceptor is responsible for filling in during peak capacity periods, and this position may play a larger role, as operation needs dictate, in facilitating the working aspects of the EMS operations.

Student Engagement

• Monitors students in patient care settings and/or practical skill labs.
• Provides hands‑on real‑time instruction and feedback to students.
• Rates student performance based on established guidelines.
• Engages students in a participatory instructional style as part of their experiential learning experience.
• Provides guidance and enforces the department’s mission, policies and procedures with regards to their assigned areas.
• Acts as a role model and resource to students in their assigned areas.

Clerical & Administrative

• Completes student evaluation as outlined by department chairperson.
• Attends all required meetings to provide feedback on student learning outcome goals.
• Attends all required trainings and workshops.
• Communicates frequently with the faculty and department chair on the needs of students as they fulfill their learning requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality of student and patient records, information, and sensitive conversations encountered.

Culture of Respect

• Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

Other duties as required.

OTHER DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Maintains current healthcare provider CPR certification.
• Participates in course, faculty, and staff meetings as needed.
• Maintains updated Health Record as required by facilities in which learning experiences occur.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

• State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).
• Current Ohio Paramedic certification.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Three (3) years of patient care experience as a paramedic.
• *An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework and experience may qualify a candidate.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Normal classroom and office working conditions.
• Will be required to travel to off‑site locations to supervise students.
• Off‑site locations are patient care units.

CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any time.

This position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.

Full Time/Part Time: Part time

Union (If Applicable):

Scheduled Hours: 20

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