Director of Medical Assisting

Description

Position Summary:

The Director of Medical Assisting is responsible for the implementation of the approved Medical Assisting program at a local campus, maintaining quality and regulatory standards, including oversight of faculty, medical assisting program policies, and curriculum development and implementation. The Director of Medical Assisting serves as representative of the program to regulatory and accreditation bodies, and to other internal and external constituencies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicate with Dean of Academic Affairs concerning operational, regulatory, and accreditation issues as appropriate while maintaining the highest standards of regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with students, faculty, and staff to create an environment that supports learning and professional growth.
• Provide extensive academic support services to program participants within the program guidelines and collaboratively with other programs.
• Enforce existing College and program policy.
• Complete required reports, curriculum alignments, attending meetings, etc.
• Attend training as necessary to maintain knowledge and ensure compliance.
• Lead professional growth in-service education for the faculty.
• Participate in activities at the College, in the community, and at professional levels.
• Participate in professional development (i.e., continuing education, professional activities, conference presentations, scholarly publications, etc.).
• Liaison with community agencies, schools, special programs, and interest groups affecting student services offered to HCI students.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with local high schools, colleges, universities, and state, local and federal agencies.
• Collaborate with the Director of Admissions with product knowledge and training of representatives as requested.
• Interpret and oversee compliance with pertinent federal, state, and local laws, rules and accreditation regulations pertaining to the program.
• Comply with all governmental regulations and standards of accreditation.
• Assist Career Services with HCI College standards on persistence and placement institutional accreditation guidelines.
• Prepare program reports for all regulatory and accreditation bodies.
• Comply with all governmental regulations and standards of accreditation.
• Ensure classrooms, labs, and other common academic areas meet any required accreditation and programmatic requirements.
• Understand institutional accreditation as it applies to the managed program.
• Represent the program to the local advisory committee.
• Establish and maintain a local advisory committee.
• Maintain communication with industry professionals and advisory committee members.
• Monitor faculty members in accordance with HCI College guidelines.
• Hire, orient, supervise, and evaluate classroom and clinical/externship faculty as needed to support the program(s).
• Conduct Faculty Classroom Observations at least once per term.
• Ensure that Annual faculty development plans are completed for each faculty member.
• Coordinate faculty scheduling within the program.
• Assist faculty as needed in the preparation of lesson plans, learning activities and evaluation of the learner’s knowledge.
• Supervise and evaluate program faculty per accreditation requirements.
• Conduct or provide professional development workshops for faculty and staff designed to improve the campus climate for program participants
• Assist in the resolution of student and faculty issues.
• Facilitate regular programmatic faculty meetings, represent the program to the local advisory of the meetings.
• Ensure the accomplishment of learning outcomes established for the program.
• Student advisement through regular meetings.
• Works with Dean of Academic Affairs to resolve student complaints/appeals as well as
• performing student Academic Advisements.
• Advise students on academic and career goals, and counsel them individually and in groups on ways to overcome barriers to successfully continuing their education.
•  Evaluate student progress and competency based on program philosophy and objectives.
• Develop and evaluate sites for clinical education, externship and preceptorship as applicable.
• Recording grades and submitting reports.
• Create and organize class schedules and distribute calendars to faculty and students.
• Schedule and conduct new student orientation.
• Assists with the planning of and attends graduation ceremonies.
• Prepare, submit, and manage the program budget and expenditures to the Dean of Academic Affairs.
• Research and request equipment and supplies essential t