EMS Adjunct Instructor

Title EMS Adjunct Instructor Agency Rappahannock Community College Location Gloucester - 073 FLSA Exempt Hiring Range Commensurate with education and experience. Full Time or Part Time Part Time Additional Detail

Job Description

Rappahannock Community College (RCC) founded in 1970 provides high-quality educational and training opportunities throughout a 12-county service region, an hour east of Richmond on the beautiful western shore of the Chesapeake Bay with access to fresh local seafood and water activities. RCC delivers accessible and affordable educational opportunities, including for-credit transfer and career technical programs, robust distance education coursework, quality dual enrollment courses, and award-winning workforce training and credentialing programs. RCCs annualized enrollment of 3700 credit students in 2024-2025 and almost 800 workforce and community development students are supported by almost 140 full-time employees and over 200 part-time adjunct employees across two main campuses and four satellite sites.

Are you someone who wants to help students achieve their educational and professional dreams? RCC seeks applicants for EMS Adjunct Instructor positions.

The general responsibilities of the EMS Adjunct Instructor include the skillful and knowledgeable delivery of EMS program content, including classroom and laboratory teaching, national testing preparatory work, and involvement in the placement of students in field experiences. This position reports to the EMS Program Head and to the Dean of Health Sciences. Adjunct faculty may teach a maximum of the equivalent of 10 workload credits in fall and spring semesters and eight workload credits in the summer term. Teaching assignments are negotiated with the Dean of Health Sciences to include campus hours of instruction and teaching load. Day, evening, and weekend teaching options may be available to accommodate the facultys schedule.

RCC is committed to an inclusive and equitable environment where student and faculty success is promoted. The College desires candidates with a commitment to the community college mission and experience working in a varied student population, including adult learners and at-risk students. The successful candidate will be committed to academic excellence, continuous improvement through professional development, assessment, program, and course development, and creating a collegial environment of civility, collaboration, and open communication. The College strives for a faculty of content experts who are also knowledgeable about best practices, innovative strategies, and instructional technologies that support teaching and learning and who are well connected to the communities we serve.

Minimum Qualifications

EMT Instruction:

• Virginia and/or National Registry Advanced Emergency Medical Technician designation or higher with an unencumbered license to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Significant experience as a provider in a high call volume agency or equivalent experience in other agencies
• Teaching experience in approved EMS programs
• Demonstrated competency in BLS and/or ALS knowledge, psychomotor skills, and affective domain evaluation

AEMT Instruction:

• Paramedic Instruction:
• Virginia and/or National Registry Paramedic designation with an unencumbered license to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• American Heart Association CPR for Health Care Providers certification
• Significant experience as an ALS provider in a high call volume agency or the equivalent experience in other agencies
• Teaching experience in an approved EMS programs
• Demonstrated competency in ALS knowledge, psychomotor skills, and affective domain evaluation

Additional Considerations

• Associate or bachelors degree in EMS or equivalent fields
• VEMSES and/or NEMSES instructor designation or eligibility
• Instructor in certification courses such as ACLS, ITLS, PHTLS, PEPP, PALS, AMLS, etc. with experience teaching in programs
• Teaching experience at the community college level preferred