PT EMS Instructor

Job Description

Job Description

About Our College

Galveston College is a comprehensive community college located on Galveston Island, just 40 miles south of Houston, Texas.

Our College provides the citizens of Galveston Island and the surrounding region with academic, workforce development, continuing education, and community service programs.

We serve an ethnically diverse population of approximately 2,400 students each semester in credit programs and nearly 5,000 individuals annually in continuing education programs.

On the Island we enjoy coastal living with easy access to big city

Essential Functions :

Aiding department instructors in setting up needed equipment before laboratory periods and providing supportive help to the instructor (such as mixing solution, preparing and pouring media, and procuring additional equipment) during those periods.

Lab equipment, etc should be cleaned up after each lab period unless otherwise notified.

Provide the departmental instructors with help in returning all departmental equipment used (including microscope slides, transparencies, microscope, models, etc.

to their appropriate storage areas.

• To adequately keep all laboratory desks, shelves, floor, and sinks free of unused equipment and debris at all times.
• To wash and dry reusable glassware and place in appropriate cabinets or shelves.
• Autoclave necessary materials.
• Provide watering and maintenance of plants in the laboratories and greenhouse as instructed by the coordinator.
• Provide adequate maintenance of animals during those periods or animal usage (fish, frogs, protozoans, etc.) as instructed by coordinator.
• Grading of clear cut multiple choice laboratory worksheets during those times the above have been completed.
• Under no circumstances are the lab assistance to have friends or visitors in the lab or preparation room while on the job.
• While, on duty, lab assistants should not be gone from the lab area for more than a few minutes at a time, in case an instructor needs immediate assistance.

If the lab assistant has to go to the restroom, etc, or on an errand for the an instructor, please leave a note in the preparation room as to where you are, so instructors do not have to look all over the building for you.

• In case of illness, etc., please notify lab coordinator or instructor by phone, etc. So other arrangements can be made by instructors for the lab preparations.
• This sheet lists most of the duties prescribed for this job. There may be other duties a lab assistant would be asked to do, even though they are not explicitly listed here

Required Qualifications

• State of Texas certification or licensure as a Paramedic;
• Strong communication and organizational skills;
• Must be prepared to work with students with a diverse range of back grounds, abilities and ages;
• Must be dedicated to excellence in teaching and committed to high academic and professional standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate’s degree;
• 5 years EMS field experience;
• Previous teaching experience;
• State of Texas EMS Instructor Certification;
• Current American Heart Association BLS and ACLS instructor certification;
• National Registry of EMTs certification as a paramedic.

How to Apply (each of these four items must be completed)

• Complete and submit the Galveston College Application (Word doc below)
• Submit a resume
• Submit a cover letter
• Submit unofficial transcripts
7 days ago