Medical Assisting Program Director

Who Are We: Carrington College prepares graduates for professional success by offering Baccalaureate and Associate of Science Degrees and Certificates of Completion in business, medical and technical career fields. We help students achieve success by providing them with "hands-on" training that uses the technologies and processes that are used in the field, allowing them to build their confidence while they "learn by doing". Our focus is to help change the lives of our students for the better through education. That's more than our purpose; it's our promise to you and our students!

What we're looking for: Someone with tenacity, passion, and leadership skills to join our team as a Medical Assisting Program Director at our Sacramento campus.

Summary: The position is responsible for oversight of their academic program(s) including activities related to the student experience and student success such as developing and implementing retention strategies, managing active students, students on leave of absences, NS/TO and students on externship. The position is responsible for management and support of faculty assigned to teach in their programs, managing externship quality and number of sites and/or clinical site quality and volume. Academic quality is a direct responsibility for the position. Areas related to academic quality include, but are not limited to, conducting classroom observations and providing feedback to faculty, participating in program review process, assessing, reporting, analyzing student learning outcome data and developing improvement plans associated with SLO data and analysis. The position is responsible for cascading pertinent information to faculty and holding program-specific training to their faculty teams. The position may be required to devote required time to classroom teaching. The remaining percentage of their assignment will be devoted specifically to providing administrative oversight of the program.

What We Offer: The targeted starting pay range for this position is between $66,560 - $70,000 per year. Our benefits program for full-time colleagues includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as flexible spending and health savings accounts. You will accrue two to three weeks of paid vacation in your first five years with eleven paid holidays. We offer state-compliant sick leave, disability insurance, and company-paid life insurance. We offer a 401k profit-sharing plan with a discretionary match and tuition assistance to employees and their family members beginning their first day of employment.

Do you have a passion for education and seeing students thrive? Carrington College's Program Director is responsible for management and support of faculty assigned to teach in their programs, managing externship quality and number of sites and/or clinical site quality and volume. Academic quality is a direct responsibility for the position. Areas related to academic quality include, but are not limited to, conducting classroom observations and providing feedback to faculty, participating in program review process, assessing, reporting, analyzing student learning outcome data and developing improvement plans. The position may be required to devote required time to classroom teaching. The remaining percentage of the position will be devoted specifically to providing administrative oversight of the program.

Do you qualify? Qualifications for the position:

To perform the 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.

Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree
• Required Certifications:
  RMA, CMA, CCMA, NCMA and CMAC, BLS for the Healthcare Provider
• 3 years of employment in a healthcare facility, including a minimum of 160 hours in an ambulatory healthcare setting performing or observing administrative and clinical procedures as performed by medical assistants
• 1 year teaching experience in postsecondary and/or vocational/technical education
• Have instruction in educational theory and techniques (Instruction in educational theory and techniques may include college courses, seminars or in service sessions on topics such as learning theory, curriculum design, test construction, teaching methodology, or assessment techniques.)
• Supervisory experience (preferred)