Emergency Medical Services Faculty

• Fulfill assigned instructional responsibilities and maintain posted office and on-campus hours sufficient to meet contracted duties, student needs, and program responsibilities.
• Ensure each class session contains essential curricular components, incorporates appropriate adult-learning strategies, and reflects current EMS evidence, standards, protocols, and practice.
• Teach EMS courses in classroom, laboratory, simulation, online/hybrid, clinical, field, and off-campus settings assigned, while maintaining appropriate accessibility to students.
• Evaluate student cognitive, psychomotor, and affective performance and provide appropriate, timely feedback, remediation, and documentation.
• Maintain regular, appropriate, and professional communication with students, College personnel, clinical and field affiliates, preceptors, advisory committee members, employers, and other community partners.
• Incorporate appropriate instructional technology, simulation, learning-management systems, testing platforms, and EMS educational resources to enhance student learning.
• Ensure the cleanliness, readiness, safety, and proper operation of EMS instructional areas, simulation equipment, ambulances/training vehicles, medical equipment, and supplies; promptly report deficiencies or malfunctions.
• Participate in the evaluation, selection, acquisition, inventory, and maintenance of instructional materials, audiovisual resources, simulation equipment, medical supplies, and other program needs.
• Develop and distribute course syllabi, schedules, lesson materials, and student expectations in accordance with established College and program templates, policies, and deadlines.
• Maintain accurate and complete instructional records, including attendance, grades, skills documentation, clinical/field documentation, evaluations, rosters, reports, and other required program records.
• Support compliance with North Carolina Office of EMS requirements, CoAEMSP/ CAAHEP accreditation standards, program policies, minimum competency requirements, and documentation expectations.
• Participate in student recruitment, orientation, advising, retention efforts, and development or revision of EMS courses and programs.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with EMS agencies, hospitals, clinical affiliates, medical direction, advisory committee members, employers, and other community partners to ensure training meets workforce and community needs.
• Remain current in EMS clinical practice, education, certification requirements, protocols, instructional methods, and professional standards through continuing education and professional development.
• Participate in program evaluation, curriculum review, exam and assessment review, student outcome analysis, advisory committee activities, accreditation activities, and continuous quality improvement.
• Actively contribute to college committees, campus activities, and discipline, departmental, divisional, and institutional meetings as assigned.
• Support all functions of the College and comply with college academic, personnel, safety, student, and administrative policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned and other related duties incident to the work described herein.

Required Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Emergency Medical Science, Emergency Medical Services, or related field from a regionally accredited institution.
• Current North Carolina Paramedic credential.
• Current NC OEMS Level I Paramedic Instructor credential (or ability to obtain within one year).
• 5+ years’ EMS field experience as a Paramedic.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively and collegially with others.
• Skilled in the use of computers and commitment to the effective use of instructional technology.
• Knowledge of current EMS education practices, clinical standards, and regulatory expectations.
• Ability to provide exceptional service to students and internal and external partners.
• Familiarity with and appreciation for the mission of a comprehensive community college.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to manage multiple programs, courses, sites, and activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years 911 EMS field experience.
• Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Emergency Medical Science, education, healthcare, public safety, or a related field. Will consider applicants with extensive EMS field training and EMS educational experience.
• Experience teaching EMT , AEMT , and/or Paramedic courses in a community college setting.
• Experience with CoAEMSP/ CAAHEP -accredited Paramedic education and/or AEMT accreditation processes.
• Current AHA instructor credentials and/or NAEMT instructor credentials.
• Experience with simulation, clinical education, field internship oversight, test validation, student competency tracking, and program assessment.

Salary Range

Salary Range Based on experience. Salary range - $48,036-$72,060.

Special Instructions to Applicants

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * What is your highest level of education?
  • GED
  • High School Diploma
  • Associates Degree
  • Bachelors Degree
  • Masters Degree
  • PHD