Working Hours:                              

Flexible Schedule, include daytime, evening, and Saturday hours as required by the needs of the position. Specific work hours to be agreed upon by the supervisor and employee prior to the onset of employment.

Class Schedule:

Mondays and Wednesdays: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Summary: 

The SimChart Instructor reports to the Healthcare Coordinator of the Center for Career Training, Community Education, & Professional Development who will assign location and hours of the Instructor activities. The Career Training SimChart Instructor provides academic instruction and student academic support for assigned academic department. The Career Training SimChart Instructor is responsible for teaching a curriculum to students that focuses on the competencies of hands -on learning experience of the simulated medical office. This Instructor position teaches step- step instructions on how to navigate through the EMR system as well as teaches and demonstrates basic Medical Insurance terminology, Identify ICD-10 codes, CPT codes/HCPCs in the electronic medical record.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain responsibility for instruction and classroom management.
• Teach provided curriculum in classroom.
• Teach theories and fundamentals of administrative duties, patient records management, and electronic medical records using software programs.
• Maintain good communications and working relationships with appropriate staff, appropriate agencies, and class site location staff.
• Maintain good communications and work effectively with all other offices of the college on matters concerning the program.
• Adhere to procedures and policies for the smooth day-to-day operation of the program.
• Participate in professional development activities as required.
• Attend teacher meetings as required.
• Other duties may be assigned.                                               

Qualifications: 

To perform this 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.

Education and/or Experience:                                           

Required

• Bachelor’s degree and/or significant adult education/career training experience.
• Experience as a Medical Office Assistant and EMR (at least two years)

Preferred

• Previous teaching experience in a college and or Adult Education/Career Training Program.
• Bilingual Spanish /English

Other Skills and Abilities:                                                  

Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills required. Experience with adult education population, curriculum development, mandated welfare reform, and dislocated workers are preferred.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Internet skills.  Knowledge of Ellucian Colleague or other administrative software a plus.      

Communication Skills:     

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one on one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.                                                

Reasoning Ability:                                                                                                    

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; sit and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.