Healthcare Skills Training Instructor

POSITION :   Healthcare Skills Training Instructor

FLSA :   Exempt

Status : Full-Time

REPORTS TO : Senior Healthcare Skills Instructor

Position Summary :   JVS’ Healthcare Skills Training programs are designed to support adults who are seeking entry level positions in retail / hospital pharmacy and sterile processing facilities.   The curriculum incorporates employer feedback and is designed to assist students in passing the national certification exam. Populations served include refugees and immigrants, dislocated workers, individuals transitioning from public assistance, other low-income individuals with barriers to employment.

Under the direction of the Senior Healthcare Skills Instructor, this position develops and modifies contextualized curriculum and daily lesson plans for academic and / or job skill training programs, delivers training to participants, evaluates progress and skill attainment of individual participants on a scheduled basis, tracks outcomes, incorporates the JVS core skills into delivery of the program’s curriculum, and creates documents for submission to various stakeholders. Healthcare Skills Instructor is an active participant with funders or evaluators, employers, and is an active member of the skills training team and contributes programmatic outcomes.

Essential Job Functions :

Content Design and Delivery, Collaboration and Teamwork :

• Teach several Pharmacy Technician training classes that are already established
• Administer frequent cumulative tests, quizzes, and exams, and modify teaching strategies utilizing certification requirements to focus on areas of deficiency
• Deliver Central Sterile Processing training content
• Responsibilities for both training programs include :
• Meeting program goals and outcomes : (i.e. : establishing, tracking, and reporting on participant certification exam success, academic success, and student satisfaction
• Incorporating core competencies such as : study skills, organizational skills, time management, test taking, computer skills, soft skills, and critical thinking into all lessons
• Supporting students with enhancing their professional communication skills (written and verbal)
• Support and promote the mission and philosophy of JVS both internally and outside the agency
• Establish professional and collaborative relationships and with key stakeholders (participants, employers, partner organizations, funders)
• Take ownership of the instructor role and model professional behaviors in and outside the classroom
• Create a classroom environment where all students feel heard, can express ideas, learn and problem solve in creative ways

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JVS CULTURE :

JVS is strongly committed to diversity and a workplace environment that respects, appreciates and values employee differences and similarities.  By providing and supporting a work culture that fosters and builds upon diversity and its strengths, JVS will better serve our local communities and continue to provide quality services.

About JVS Boston :

Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) is a non-profit, non-sectarian agency that is one of the largest providers of workforce development services in Greater Boston. Our mission is to : Empower individuals from diverse communities to overcome barriers to employment and begin building careers. Establish partnerships with employers to hire and train productive workforces.