Health Care - EMT Adjunct Faculty (Pool)

About Mount Wachusett Community College:

Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is a highly regarded educational institution located in Gardner, Massachusetts and accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). Established in 1963, MWCC serves the educational needs of the communities of North Central Massachusetts with innovative undergraduate education, early college programs, workforce development, personal enrichment, and community service. With a strong emphasis on academic excellence, MWCC provides a supportive environment for individuals to pursue their educational goals, enhance professional skills, and seek personal growth. As a beacon of opportunity, Mount Wachusett Community College empowers individuals from all walks of life, fostering their development and transformation.

We hope you will consider applying for one of our open positions, and discover all that Mount Wachusett Community College and the North Central Massachusetts region have to offer.

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Mount Wachusett Community College embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion as core values and makes it our mission to proactively focus on improving racial equity in our college community. We value equity-minded individuals with commitment to serve student learners from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we strongly encourage applicants who share our commitment and who understand the benefits of culturally relevant practices needed in an educational environment.

Job Description:

General Statement of Duties:

Potential Adjunct Faculty

Applications for this position will be held in applicant pools, whenever a position opens in any given discipline, the pool of applicants will be consulted when searching for candidates to fill any position. Applicants will not be notified of their status unless they are contacted to come in for an interview, which might occur soon after applying or as much as a year later.

Adjunct Faculty Postings are for potential part-time, non-benefited, positions during the 2025-2026 academic years.

This Health Care EMT adjunct faculty member will teach assigned didactic and clinical courses, particularly within the Health Care curriculum (HCC). The adjunct faculty should be committed to using active learning strategies and student engagement. The adjunct faculty member will possess excellent communication skills, academic credentials, technological proficiency, and the expertise to provide students in the program with the health care skills needed for future academic and career opportunities. The adjunct faculty member may teach at the Gardner and Leominster campuses, as well as online, during the day, evening, or on weekends based on program needs. The adjunct faculty may also teach HCC course sections for dual enrollment and/or early college students either on the Gardner Campus or on site at designated high school locations in the North Central Area.

Responsibilities:

• Instruction in both traditional and non-traditional learning methodologies, including but not limited to the use of learning platform technologies such as BlackBoard, active learning strategies, and instructional preparation.
• Assessment of student performance, including submission of final grades in a timely fashion;
• An obligation on the part of the unit member to be available to students by appointment when mutually convenient;
• Teaches Health Care courses (HCC) at all instructional locations as assigned by the Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences;
• In collaboration with other EMT instructors and/or paramedic faculty, may create college laboratory learning experiences, which may include high and low-fidelity simulation, for student demonstration and evaluation of clinical skills and student learning outcomes;
• Maintain MA EMT certification and MA EMS Instructor/Coordinator certification, providing faculty file updates to School of NHS and Human Resource Department annually;
• Actively participates in college governance and committees per MCCC contract; and
• Additional duties as required by the college.

POSSIBLE COURSES: HCC 111 & HCC 112

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Instructor/Coordinator for MA OEMS;
• Evidence of competence in the area of instruction;
• Maintain expertise appropriate to teaching responsibilities.

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with a major in course content area;
• 2 years teaching experience in a community college.

Equivalency Statement

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as stated above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Additional Information:

Salary:

Adjunct Instructor

3 Credit: $4,536-$5,478 (DCE Rate Change Effective Spring Semester 2026)

4 Credit: $6,048-$7,304

4 Credit + Lab: $6,774-$8,180

Mount Wachusett Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy or related conditions, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes or sexual orientation in its programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits Sex-Based Harassment. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, or retaliation shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action Officer and/or Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

Application Instructions:

Candidates for employment should be aware that although the COVID 19 Vaccination Requirement Policy is no longer in effect, all Community College students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to be up to date with vaccination against COVID-19. For additional information related to the status of the COVID19 Vaccination Requirement Policy, please visit: https://mwcc.edu/covid/

The following documents are required:

1. Resume

2. Cover Letter

Position open until Filled

Candidates may be subject to employment screening to include both a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) request and a Sexual Offender Registry Information (SORI).