Job Description

Job Description
At Guilford Technical Community College (GTCC), we are dedicated to transforming lives through education and creating a lasting impact on our community. We invite passionate and innovative educators to join our mission-driven team, where you can enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance and competitive benefits, including a robust pension plan. Our beautiful, well-maintained campuses provide an inspiring environment for both teaching and learning, within an atmosphere of collaboration and excellence. At GTCC, you’ll be part of a supportive, dynamic, and inclusive culture committed to delivering exceptional results, making it a truly amazing place to work and thrive. We are looking for an exceptional leader who shares our institutional mission, vision, and values, to join the instructional team.

The Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Coordinator/Instructor works in close collaboration with the Physical Therapist Assistant Program Director and the Dean of Health Sciences, to ensure a robust and relevant clinical experience for program students, including recruiting new clinical sites and fostering existing clinical relationships, to ensure the program has a sufficient number of clinical sites to meet enrollment. This position will also provide clinical and didactic instruction, customer service, data support, and documentation services in accordance with state and college regulations as well as external accreditation standards. The full-time faculty member is afforded some administrative release time to carry out clinical coordinator duties.
Min Salary
Mid Salary
Duties/Functions
Administrative Duties
Orienting Physical Therapist Assistant clinical faculty on approved evaluation instruments that document student clinical progress and achievement of required competencies as well as other college policies and processes
Organizing and participating in new student orientation regarding clinical expectations
Assisting the Physical Therapist Assistant Program Director in hiring and selecting new Physical Therapist Assistant clinical faculty
Functioning as a liaison between the Physical Therapist Assistant program and employees of the cooperating clinical agencies/sites
Conducting clinical faculty meetings regularly to ensure consistency in instruction
Ensuring accurate and complete documentation of all clinical experience and competencies
Difficult Challenges
Contacts
Education Required
Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy or an Associate’s degree in Physical Therapist Assistant with a Bachelor’s degree in a health-related field.
Holds an active, unencumbered PT license or PTA license in North Carolina
Education Preferred
Master’s degree or higher in Physical Therapy or health-related field.
Completion of the American Physical Therapy Association Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program.
Physical Therapist: American Physical Therapy Association Specialist Certification
Physical Therapist Assistant: American Physical Therapy Association’s PTA Advanced Proficiency Pathways Certification
Experience Required
Three years of full-time post-licensure clinical experience as a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant
Teaching and/or hospital-based instruction experience in Physical Therapy topics in any of the following formats: teaching courses, training sessions, conducting professional development workshops, and/or other continuing education seminars
Demonstrated experience in clinical education through service as a clinical instructor, site coordinator of clinical education, student mentor, faculty member, or other relevant clinical education activities.
Experience Preferred
Greater than three years of full-time post-licensure clinical experience as a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant
Post-secondary teaching experience
Experience working with patients with neurological conditions in acute care, skilled nursing, and/or inpatient rehabilitation
Experience with a community college physical therapist assistant program.
Experience with assessment of student learning outcomes.
Experience with distance learning and/or alternate instructional delivery systems.
KSA Required
KSA Preferred
Department/Job Specific Requirements
1. Eligible to work with students in clinical settings and have access to student images for educational purposes.
2. Have communication skills as a liaison for the program with Physical Therapist Assistant staff in clinical settings and with students.
3. Willing and able to travel to clinical sites.
4. Learn program assessment tools and clinical documentation system (Trajecsys).
5. Schedule may require day or evening responsibilities and travel between campuses as required for performance of job duties.
6. Responsibilities may include overnight travel in and outside of the state, in support of college programs and initiatives.
Physical Demands
Physical Activity: Primarily sitting
Environmental Hazard(s):