9 month-Teaching Faculty-Respiratory Therapy

Title: 9 month-Teaching Faculty-Respiratory Therapy

Agency: Northern VA Community College

Location: Fairfax County - 059

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Please see Additional Considerations section for more information.

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

• The ability to effectively teach classroom, lab, and clinical components of Respiratory Therapy Program.
• Ability to use technology to enhance classroom instruction. Ability to use on-line resources and the current LMS.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and oral/written communication skills.
• Teach material from approved curriculum in accordance with assigned schedule
• Be creative, innovative, and possess good problem-solving skills.
• Have good organizational skills and ability to complete assignments on time and accurately with minimal supervision.
• Must be proficient with MS Office, Power Point and using the Internet.
• Teach classroom, lab, and clinical components of Respiratory Therapy Program that include, but are not limited to: pharmacology, hemodynamics, respiratory physiology, respiratory mechanics, and pulmonary functions.
• Work collaboratively with fellow faculty to enrich faculty and student knowledge in the field of Respiratory Care which will foster growth toward future goals and objectives of the program and the college. This may be accomplished through meetings, conferences, and off campus activities after classroom/clinical hours.
• Obtain the appropriate certifications to teach with alternate formats, as required, i.e. hybrid and online.
• Be engaged in academia; including participation in graduation, recruitment events, promotional events, student life and interprofessional activities.
• Perform ongoing assessment of learners using formative and summative evaluation tools.
• Use input from course evaluations in addition to other tools to update courses to meet program and student learning outcomes.
• Seek high-quality best practices in instruction for the education of the Respiratory Therapy learners
• Model behaviors that encourage student success and retention.
• Provide and maintain reliable office hours for student advising, tutoring, remediation, and consultation.
• Mentor and/or orient new classroom and clinical faculty as assigned.
• Be sensitive to and understand the College’s faculty, staff and learners’ diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
• Ability to balance teaching responsibilities with program administration.
• Working knowledge and ability to effectively act as liaison between college and the clinical affiliates.
• Knowledge of the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC), procedures, and regulations.

• Associate degree in the teaching field with demonstrated competencies. Qualifying degree must have been awarded by a regionally accredited institution whose respiratory therapy program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC).
• Active, unexpired Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) awarded by the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) is required as a condition for hire and for continued employment if hired.
• Active, unexpired Commonwealth of Virginia licensure as a respiratory therapist with no restrictions is required as a condition for hire and for continued employment if hired. If current licensure is with another state or is not active, then you must be able obtain or renew licensure with the Commonwealth of Virginia.
• Two (2) years of full-time occupational experience in clinical respiratory care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT). Part-time experience will be converted to its full-time equivalent.
• Two (2) years’ experience teaching either as an appointed faculty member in a CoARC-accredited respiratory care program or as a clinical instructor/ preceptor for students of such programs.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher awarded by a regionally accredited institution.
• Neonatal Pediatric Specialist (NPS), Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist (RPFT) or Adult Critical Care Specialty (ACCS) awarded by the National Board for Respiratory Care.
• Four (4) years or more of experience as a registered respiratory therapist.
• Experience with and preparation for teaching culturally, linguistically, socio-economically, and academically diverse learners at the college-level.
• Certification and/or experience in teaching hybrid or online courses.