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Career Education Corporation, is searching for an Health Information Management Program Chair to be located at Sanford-Brown College in Hillside, Illinois.
The Health Information Management Program Chair assumes responsibility for the entire curricula; scheduling and staffing classes; hiring, training, mentoring and evaluating program instructors; recommending the purchasing of supplies and equipment; assisting with the coordination of externship sites, including student placement and performance assessments; developing community contacts and chairing advisory board meetings; teaching program courses as needed according to specified learning outcomes; academic advising and career related counseling for students; monitoring student retention ad identifying and assist at-risk students; maintaining competency and currency in medical assisting and healthcare research, trends, issues, and practices, including effective teaching strategies and assessment methods, and providing support for program and institutional initiatives. Specifically:
Oversee the design, development revision, and assessment of Health Information Management curricula, including course objectives, instructional methods, learning outcomes, projects, and assessment measures. Specifically:
Actively engage in retention activities including documented communication with both students and administration regarding attendance and progress.
Assist students with course registration and academic advice, ad mentor instructors on effective academic counseling techniques.
Address student concerns in a timely manner.
Hire, train, mentor, and evaluate instructors; and maintain the continuity and relevance of the program curriculum by meeting regularly with the instructors.
Recommend program equipment, supplies, library materials, textbooks, and other items for purchase and use; monitor the safety and quality of instructional materials.
Assist the Clinical Coordinator with the establishment of coordination of externship sites; monitor student placement and perform at externship sites.
Provide annual documentation of continuing professional growth in educational theory or techniques and in one's field; instruction in educational theory or techniques may include such things as college courses, seminars or in-service on topics such as learning theory, curriculum design, test construction, teaching methodology, or assessment techniques.
Attend regularly scheduled program meetings, academic in-service workshops, and college-wide faculty meetings.
Chair Health Information Management advisory board meetings at least twice a year, and develop community contacts that can assist with job placement, externship site set-up, community involvement, and/or student orientation.
Manage special projects as formally assigned by the Director of Education (including, but not limited to new student orientation programs and open houses, assistance with accreditation preparation, campus events, and supervision of staff).
Adhere to and publicly support academic policies and procedures, including but not limited to the faculty handbook
Candidate Required Skills:
-Documented expertise in medical assisting and healthcare principles and practices and expertise in interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills as demonstrated by data sheet, diplomas, degrees, transcripts, certifications, CVs/Resumes, and in personal interview
Candidate Required Skills:
Minimum of 3 years of experience working in Health Information Management or a related healthcare field.
Masters Degree required, Doctorate preferred.
It is preferred that the Program Chair be credentialed in Health Information Management by a nationally accredited credentialing organization.
Candidates with additional education, certification, and/or experience are preferred.
Application Process:
Please E-mail your resume with ref. code HIPjobs-5561 to T. Taylor -
ttaylor2@careered.com
Or you can apply at our website, with ref. code
HIPjobs-5561 at -
www.careered.com
About Stanford-Brown College:
Sanford-Brown offers innovative career-focused programs to help motivated students advance in their personal and professional goals. Our program areas include the fields of Medical Assisting, Medical Billing and Coding, Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Surgical Technology, Nursing and other Health-related fields. In addition, Sanford-Brown also offers programs in Business Administration, Paralegal Studies, and more.
Please visit us - www.sanfordbrown.edu/Hillside.aspx
About Career Education Corporation:
We are a dynamic educational services company committed to quality, career-focused learning and led by passionate professionals who inspire individual worth and lifelong achievement. Since our founding in 1994, we have progressed rapidly toward our goal of becoming one of the world’s leading providers of quality educational services.
The colleges, schools and universities that are part of the Career Education Corporation (CEC) family offer high-quality education to a diverse student population across the world in a variety of career-oriented disciplines.
Please visit us - www.careered.com
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