Education Program Coordinator - HTL

Company: Sentara Health
Location: Harrisonburg
Posted on: November 10, 2024

Job Description:

City/State
Harrisonburg, VA

Overview

Work Shift
First (Days) (United States of America)

Sentara RMH School of Histotechnology in Harrisonburg, VA is hiring and experienced Education Program Coordinator to work full time days. (M-F 0700-1530)

Job Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree

- ASCP-HTL certification

- 3 years of teaching

Job Responsibilities:

- Classroom and clinical instruction of students to include but not limited to developing and providing classroom, teaching/lecturing, coaching and mentoring, tutoring; and writing student evaluations

- Conduct meetings with clinical and academic affiliates annually

- Provide input into school curriculum, administer student admission, review annual budget, and provide direct assistance with accreditation standard maintenance

- Assist with Self Study for NAACLS

Sentara RMH Medical Center, founded in 1912, is located in Harrisonburg, Va. Sentara RMH is a not-for-profit, community-based regional healthcare facility licensed for 266 beds and fully accredited by DNV.

The Sentara RMH HTL Program is a one year school that includes six months of lecture and student lab followed by six months of rotation through a hospital histology lab. Rotations will be in Sentara RMH Medical Center Histology Lab, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Immunohistochemistry Lab, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Histology Lab, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center Histology Lab, and Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Histology Lab. Block teaching will be utilized in the didactic segment of the program with progression of courses from Fixation, Processing/Embedding, and Microtomy to Staining. The entering students will be required to have a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 30 credits in biology and chemistry (minimum of 12 credits in each of chemistry and biology) prior to beginning the program. A certificate will be awarded at the completion of the school.

Mission Statement

It is the mission of the Sentara RMH School of Histotechnology to graduate beginning histotechnologists with the skills, knowledge, motivation, and insight to excel in the practice of histology laboratory medicine, and to pass national certification examinations. These graduates will be motivated to continue their education, and to become our future educators, leaders, innovators and managers in the histology laboratory. The school will remain on the cutting edge of laboratory education providing the students with the curriculum that is current, safety conscious, and responsive to the dynamic health care environment.

The school's purpose includes an emphasis of 98% on instruction, 2% on research in the form of lectures during the education course, and 0% on public service.

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Job Summary

Responsible for classroom and clinical instruction of students to include but not limited to developing and providing classroom, teaching/lecturing, coaching and mentoring, tutoring; and writing student evaluations Conduct meetings with clinical and academic affiliates annually. Provide input into school curriculum, administer student admission, review annual budget, and provide direct assistance with accreditation Standard maintenance. Assist with Self Study for NAACLS.

Bachelor's degree required. Must have appropriate certification as HTL or MLS/MT. Ability to teach at the post-baccalaureate level. Excellent communication and problem solving skills. Knowledge of NAACLS accreditation Standards for the school. Possess the skills necessary to administer a school and assist the school's director.

Qualifications:

BLD - Bachelor's Level Degree (Required)

Histotechnologist (HTL) - Certification - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Medical Technologist (MT) - Certification - American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)

Teaching

Skills

Active Listening, Communication, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Science, Service Orientation, Speaking

Sentara Healthcare prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

Per Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), some clinical environments require proof of education; these regulations are posted at ecfr.gov for further information. In an effort to expedite this verification requirement, we encourage you to upload your diploma or transcript at time of application.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment. Associated topics: affair, attendance, clinician, district school nurse, elementary school counselor, nurse, office assistant, school clerk, scriptwriter, student services

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