PTA Instructor/Clinical Coordinator

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

The purpose of the role involves serving as both an instructor and a clinical coordinator for clinical courses. As an instructor, the role entails teaching specific PTA courses. Additionally, the Instructor-Clinical Coordinator prepares students to transition from classroom learning to the clinical courses. This includes guiding students toward their career goals through coordinating activities of clinical orientation, scheduling, and establishing relationships with local site partners to foster connections and rapport. Furthermore, the Instructor-Clinical Coordinator collaborates with the College career services staff to expand clinical opportunities and engage potential employers through outreach efforts.

PROMOTE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AND FACULTY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Demonstrate thorough knowledge of the assigned occupational field or discipline and form connections between subject matter with related field(s).
• Participate in professional development, professional organizations, and professional meetings, conferences, or workshops to remain current in occupational field or discipline.
• Plan and organize instruction to maximize student learning using instructional technology, diverse teaching methodology, and approved lesson plans.
• Encourage the development of communication and higher-order thinking skills through use of Bloom’s Taxonomy and learning assignments.
• Use of program goals and course objectives to measure student learning.
• Provide timely feedback of formative and summative assessment.
• Maintain accurate student records (attendance and competency forms) and enter student grades to the learning management system according to established deadlines.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to student learning needs.
• Maintain confidentiality of student information and partner with the appropriate academic leader(s) to resolve student challenges.
• Participate in faculty meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

LEARNER RETENTION

• Implement data-driven student retention improvement strategies to achieve course benchmarks.

Clinical Course Management

• KPI: Achieve a 35% Clinical-to-Hire.
• Partner with the career service teams to match students to clinical experiences that lead to clinical-to-hire.
• Conduct ongoing outreach to potential employers to build clinical opportunities, develop and enhance work relationships, and facilitate student placement.
• Provide clinical orientation to clinical site supervisors and students.
• Determine the quality of learning opportunities and appropriateness of each clinical site.
• Supervise clinical sites to comply with accreditation standards and College policy.
• Monitor student clinical course attendance to ensure all required clinical hours are fulfilled.
• Visit clinical sites during clinical courses in a cadence outlined in the accreditation standards and academic manager.
• Oversee the collection of surveys regarding the clinical courses
• Act as clinical liaison for the College and problem-solve challenges that arise before, during, or after the clinical course.
• Use technology and academic reports to manage the clinical course.
• Submit, timely, all required clinical-related reports and forms to the academic manager and or career services teams.
• Maintain student skills check-off forms.
• Participate in and manage career fairs.
• Adhere to and publicly support College policies and procedures.

Physical Factors:

On Campus and Clinical Education

• Lifting and carrying: The job may require the instructor to lift and carry objects that weigh a certain amount, such as 25 pounds or more, in the laboratory.
• Standing and walking: The job may require the instructor to stand and walk for extended periods, such as four hours or more daily.
• Bending, kneeling, and stooping: The job may require the employee to bend, kneel, and stoop to perform specific tasks, such as reaching under a desk or picking up items from the floor.
• Pushing and pulling: The job may require the instructor to push and pull objects, such as carts or wheelchairs, in the laboratory.
• Work Environment: The job may be performed in various environments, such as an on-campus classroom, laboratory, or remote, at home when teaching online.
• Travel between campuses and clinical sites is required, including long distance travel.

Distance Education Instruction (as applicable for the role)

• Use of various digital platforms and technologies for seamless navigation and effective utilization during online instruction.
• Must maintain a conducive and professional physical environment for virtual teaching, including appropriate lighting, background, and minimal disruptions.

Must exercise technical proficiency to troubleshoot minor technical issues that may arise during online sessions, ensuring uninterrupted teaching delivery.

• Graduate of a CAPTE accredited physical therapist or physical therapist assistant program; possess a minimum of an associate degree (bachelor’s degree preferred)
• Minimum of three (3) years of full-time, post-licensure clinical practice
• Minimum of two (2) years of clinical practice as a Site Coordinator of Clinical Education (SCCE) or as a Clinical Instructor (CI) in physical therapy OR a minimum of two years of experience in teaching, curriculum development and administration in a physical therapy or physical therapy assistant program
• Strong proficiency of Microsoft Office databases (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); experience with CampusVue preferred

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program