Veterinary Clinical Instructor

Title: Veterinary Clinical Instructor

Agency: Tidewater Community College

Location: Virginia Beach - 810

FLSA: Nonexempt

Hiring Range: $24.56 per hour, part time

Full Time or Part Time: Part Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Tidewater Community College has served South Hampton Roads - both students and employers - for 50 years. It has grown from 1 campus into a regional educational and economic force. TCC is the largest provider of higher education and workforce services in Hampton Roads, enrolling nearly 28,000 students in 2019-20. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, Tidewater Community College (TCC) services South Hampton Roads with 4 campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach, 7 regional centers and 2 important cultural institutions. The college had 3,203 graduates in 2019-2020, 40 percent of whom pursued degrees that would let them transfer to 4-year institutions. Of South Hampton Roads residents enrolled in higher education 36% enrolled at TCC. TCC's institutional accreditation is affirmed through 2027 by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.

Position Summary:

• Assists with duties related to the program as directed. Duties include program reports and orders, communicating with clinical mentors, programmatic assessment, assisting with admissions, and teaching laboratories at on-site and off-site facilities.

Functional Responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between the clinical affiliate, clinical mentors, and the TCC program officials. Inform the clinical skills instructor of students who are experiencing clinical problems and require a formal clinical performance evaluation
• Clinical site visits on a rotational basis to evaluate student performance
• Clinical site visits on a rotational basis to assist clinical mentors with competencies, instruction, and assessment
• Teach clinical skills at on and off-site laboratories in the following areas: anesthesia, anesthetic monitoring, venipuncture, IV catheter placement, dental prophylaxis, dental radiography, radiology, surgical nursing, and clinical pathology
• Attend clinical instructor, advisory, and ad hoc meetings
• Communicate pertinent program information and policies to clinical affiliate clinical mentors and staff
• Attend veterinary science department meetings

Minimum Qualifications:

• Experience in small animal medicine
• Must hold an active, and in good standing, Virginia license to practice as a veterinary technician
• Knowledge of Veterinary Sciences at the Licensed Veterinary Technician level.
• Knowledge of materials & equipment in Veterinary clinics.
• Good communication skills to include ability to follow written and verbal directions.
• Ability to instruct, supervise, and assist veterinary students.
• Knowledge of Safety Data Sheets (SDS).
• Ability to identify and mitigate safe and unsafe laboratory practices.
• Ability to multitask.
• Ability to work as a team.
• Skilled in the use of Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.

Additional Considerations:

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