9-Month Teaching Faculty (Medical Laboratory)

Job Description

General Description :

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) invites applications for qualified individuals to join our faculty to support the mission and vision of the largest institution of higher education in Virginia.

The open faculty position is available beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year. The primary responsibility of a faculty member at NOVA is to provide quality instruction.

NOVA faculty are expected to excel in teaching strategies and classroom management that fully engage students in a classroom, laboratory, or online platform, and engage students in individual conferences and related activities.

NOVA faculty help students develop their interests and abilities to their fullest capacity to build stronger citizens within the community.

All faculty must be available to teach day, evening, and weekend classes at any of the College’s campuses or off-site locations.

Duties and Tasks :

Full-time teaching faculty members are responsible for teaching courses offered in traditional, hybrid, and distance learning formats.

Full-time 9-month teaching faculty positions carry a normal teaching load of 12-15 credit hours and 15-20 contact hours per semester.

Faculty members also serve as faculty advisors, serve on division / campus / college committees, participate in curriculum development, and maintain currency in their discipline.

Essential Functions :

• NOVA faculty are expected to meet assigned classes regularly; submit required records and reports in a timely manner; teach the courses using established texts;
• conduct requisite student conferences; hold required office hours; attend to assigned divisional and college duties; contribute to the development of the program of instruction;
• adhere to the statement on professional ethics in accordance with college policies, procedures, and regulations; answer emails in a responsible fashion;

maintain current competence in the particular discipline or field of specialization; and advise students.

Employees must reside in Virginia, Maryland, or the District of Columbia. Special Assignments

May be required to perform other duties as assigned. May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

KSA's / Required Qualifications KSAs :

• Knowledge of current medical laboratory practices in all clinical laboratory disciplines, both in theory and skills assessment.
• Ability to use instructional technologies.
• Excellent interpersonal, analytical, and oral / written communication skills.
• Ability to teach a combination of day, evening, weekend, and online classes with the ability to be flexible to work at any of the College’s locations.
• Ability to develop courses in the field that will expand departmental offerings and that work within traditional and non-traditional formats, such as hybrid and / or distance delivery courses using various instructional media.

Required Qualifications :

Bachelor’s degree in teaching field (Medical Laboratory Science / Technology) or associate’s degree in the teaching field with demonstrated competency in teaching field.

Qualifying degree must be awarded by a regionally accredited institution.

Three (3) years of full-time experience in a full-service CAP or JC accredited clinical laboratory as an MLS or MLT generalist or technologist in a specialized area of clinical laboratory.

Part-time experience will be converted to its full-time equivalency.

MLS (ASCP) cm certification or MLT (ASCP) cm certification.

Additional Considerations Additional Considerations :

• Experience working in Microbiology Laboratory Services.
• Experience in curriculum development, hybrid course teaching and using Canvas learning platform.
• Higher education teaching experience preferably in a community college setting in an occupational or technical program.
12 days ago