Sterile Processing Instructors (Part-Time)

Title: Sterile Processing Instructors (Part-Time)

Agency: Virginia Western Community College

Location: Roanoke (City) - 770

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: Commensurate based on qualifications

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

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Job Description:

Virginia Western Community College is a two-year public institution of higher education operating under the Virginia Community College System, a statewide system of community colleges. The College operates under the policies established by the State Board for Community Colleges and the Virginia Western Community College Local Advisory Board.

Virginia Western is located on a 70-acre campus in southwest Roanoke, VA, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The service region of the College includes Roanoke, Salem, Roanoke County, Craig County, Franklin County, and southern Botetourt County. The College was established in 1966 and has grown from an initial enrollment of 1,352 to its current annual enrollment of over 9,000 students in credit courses and more than 1,400 enrollments in fast-track workforce and continuing education courses.

The Workforce Solutions department of the college is currently accepting applications for part-time day and/or evening, Sterile Processing Instructors.

Responsibilities include teaching students in a lab setting, grading, and managing online Canvas modules. Instructors ensures students gain the knowledge and skills required to pass the Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician Certification exam. Instructors will be expected to deliver established course curriculum and lab set-up, lab safety, student monitoring, transfer of knowledge in support of certification preparation, and tracking equipment usage and inventory. In addition, instructors will assess students for content mastery and skills proficiency and maintain student attendance and grades in accordance with established policies.

Review of applications will begin when a need arises and will continue until needed positions are filled. Classes will be held in Roanoke on Virginia Western’s main campus, with possible remote work as needed. Adjunct faculty positions are appointed on an as needed, course-by-course, basis.

• Certificate in healthcare field or at least 5 years of experience working in healthcare field.
• Expert-level skills and abilities necessary to pass the Certified Registered Central Sterile Technician exam.
• Knowledge of local and regional health care facilities and systems.
• Detailed oriented and able to meet set deadlines.
• Expert skills, knowledge, experience, and education in the healthcare field.
• All Adjunct Faculty positions require excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to write syllabi and exams; ability to develop learning strategies, curriculum and assessments; as well as the ability to work with adult learners of varying abilities from diverse backgrounds.

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in healthcare or a related field and five years of work experience in a healthcare setting performing sterile processing or surgical technology duties preferred.
• Proven ability to provide instruction in accelerated formats geared towards certification exam preparation preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of high level of student credential and institutional outcomes with the ability to deliver instruction in the classroom and in lab environments preferred.
• Experience in teaching adult learners and working in Canvas or a similar Learning Management System preferred.