Instructor - Respiratory Therapy (Part-Time)

Instructor - Respiratory Therapy (Part-Time)

Salary

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Location

Gresham Campus, OR

Job Type

Part-time Faculty and Tutor

Job Number

2025-00096

Division

Instruction

Department

Health Professions

Opening Date

04/30/2026

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Job Summary and Responsibilities/Duties

Job Summary

Provides quality instruction that will contribute to the learning experiences necessary for each student to meet the objectives of the course and to be successful in both their education and career development experiences.

Essential Duties

• Instructs students in the hospital setting at the bedside.
• Provides student contact before or after class or through telephone or email exchanges or office hours where facilities and schedules permit.
• Follows course syllabi as provided.
• Assists with the maintenance and revision of curriculum to maintain currency.
• Understands, develops, and provides a learning environment that supports diversity and incorporates sensitivity to diversity within the College community.
• Meets with each assigned student at least once each week for a minimum of two hours.
• Maintains evaluation and grading records for assigned students; enters grades and provides all necessary documentation for incompletes within established College timelines.
• Ensures and emphasizes safe working and classroom conditions and practices.

Additional Duties

• May participate in professional development activities.
• May attend in-service sessions and division meetings.

Minimum and Desired Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate's degree in respiratory therapy
• Registered Respiratory Therapist
• Two (2) years of experience in critical care

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or higher in related field
• Knowledge of pediatric advanced life support (PALS)
• Knowledge of advanced cardiac life support
• Certification as a neonatal resuscitation practitioner (NRP)

Additional Qualifications and/or Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of and ability to perform basic life support

Working Conditions and Important Information

Working Conditions

Work is performed in the hospital at the bedside.

Salary Placement

Initial salary placement for Instructional Load Credit (ILC) Instructors will be based on applicable education and/or years of relevant full-time equivalent experience at the sole discretion of the College, per the guidelines in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws. Initial salary placement for all other newly hired instructors will be at Level 1.

Please include all relevant education and full and part-time experience (including unpaid and volunteer experience) in your application that you want the College to review towards potential placement. Hired employees will not have an opportunity to update past education and/or experience or appeal initial placement after the time of hire.

Part-time Instructors may teach classes within a variety of programs, including credit-based, Community Education, and ABE, GED, and ESL programs. There is no guaranteed minimum teaching load or hours worked.

Credit-based classes: Part-time Instructors for credit-based classes are paid per instructional load credit (ILC) according to the salary schedule below. Salary level will be based on educational level and total accumulated ILCs as part-time instructors at the College;initial placement will not exceed Level 2.

LevelAccumulated ILCs$ Per Term Per ILC10 - 44.9$944.15245 - 89.9$986.65390 - 134.9$1031.054135 - 179.9$1077.455180 - 224.9$1125.946225 - 269.9$1176.67270 - 314.9$1229.568315 - 359.9$1284.99360 - 404.9$1342.7210405 - 449.9$1403.1311450 - 494.9$1532.2512495 or more$1601.20

Community Education: Part-time Instructors for Community Education classes and represented by the Part-Time Faculty and Tutor Association (PFTA) are paid based on accumulated work hours according to the salary schedule below;all new employees will start at level 1.

Level*Accumulated Work HoursLecture/DemonstrationLecture/Discussion10 - 1000$41.94$50.8421001 - 2000$43.86$53.1332001 or more$45.81$55.51

ABE, GED, and ESL programs: Part-time Instructors for ABE, GED, and ESL programs classes are paid based on accumulated work hours according to the salary schedule below; all new employees will start at level 1.

Level*Accumulated Work HoursABE, GED, ESL Instructors10 - 1000$85.8721001 - 2000$90.7232001 - 3000$94.7743001 - 4000$99.0554001 - 5000$103.4865001 - 6000$108.1376001 - 7000$112.9987001 - 8000$118.0898001 - 9000$123.4109001 - 10000$128.951110001 - 11000$134.751211001 or more$140.811312001 or more$147.15

Sick Leave

New hires will receive eight (8) hours of sick leave upon hire. An ILC instructor will receive one hour per term of paid sick leave per ILC, which includes Special Loading. An hourly instructor or tutor will receive one hour of paid sick leave per 11 hours of employment. Unused sick leave will accumulate up to a maximum of 80 hours and be available for use in subsequent academic terms.

Tuition Waiver Plan

Each employee will be eligible for a full tuition waiver, which is equivalent to 24 credits, for each term in which the employee is working for the College. Such waiver may be used for tuition for credit courses or the fee in lieu of tuition for noncredit courses (commonly called Fee B). Such tuition waivers are not cumulative. However, an employee may use a tuition waiver in the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned. Employees and their spouses/domestic partners will pay only course-specific fees. Tuition waiver(s) may be assigned by the employee to his/her immediate family (to one or amongst the family) to be used in the term in which the waiver is earned by the employee or the term immediately following the term in which the waiver was earned.

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Do you have an associate's degree in respiratory therapy?

• Yes
• No

02

Are you a registered Respiratory Therapist?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have two (2) years of experience in critical care?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer Mt. Hood Community College

Address 26000 SE Stark St.

Gresham, Oregon, 97030

Website https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/mhcc