Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging Instructor/Clinical Coordinator

Job Summary

Oversee clinical partnerships, clinical site procurement, and student placements; maintain instructional practices aligned with nuclear medicine and molecular imaging standards; support student success through advising and mentoring; and collaborate with clinical affiliates to ensure high-quality clinical learning experiences.

Required Qualifications

• Teach assigned Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) courses in alignment with course syllabi and college policy while coordinating the program’s clinical education component.
• Maintain current instructional materials, teaching methodologies, and discipline-specific technologies aligned with nuclear medicine and molecular imaging practice standards.
• Support student progression, retention, registration, and completion.
• Support continuous improvement of instructional effectiveness and student learning outcomes.
• Collaborate with clinical affiliates to ensure high-quality clinical learning experiences.
• Engage in clinical site procurement and maintain clinical placement capacity sufficient to support the program’s approved cohort size.
• Establish and maintain relationships with clinical affiliates and clinical supervisors.
• Assist with coordination and maintenance of clinical affiliation documentation in collaboration with institutional partners.
• Develop and maintain student clinical rotation schedules and assignments.
• Conduct clinical site visits to evaluate student progress and appropriateness of clinical learning environments.
• Evaluate clinical site effectiveness to ensure alignment with program learning outcomes and accreditation expectations.
• Collaborate with clinical instructors/preceptors to support competency development and performance evaluation.
• Maintain systems for tracking student clinical competencies, procedural experiences, attendance, and evaluations.
• Monitor student compliance with clinical onboarding requirements and professional standards.
• Ensure clinical supervision aligns with nuclear medicine practice expectations and radiation safety requirements.
• Support development of new clinical partnerships to maintain program sustainability and workforce alignment.
• Support compliance with institutional, state, regional, and JRCNMT accreditation standards.
• Aid in collection, analysis, and reporting of program effectiveness and student outcomes data.
• Participate in program review, curriculum development, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in program advisory committee meetings.
• Participate in discipline, division, and college committees and meetings.
• Participate in commencement ceremonies and recognition events.
• Contribute to library resource selection supporting program instruction.
• Establish annual professional development objectives with the Associate Dean or Program Director.
• Maintain professional competence through continuing education, conferences, networking, and clinical engagement.
• Participate in community outreach and workforce partnership activities supporting the program.
• Support monitoring of laboratory equipment functionality and maintenance needs.
• Ensure radiation protection and laboratory safety procedures are followed and equipment appropriately secured.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures and clinical workflows.
• Knowledge of radiopharmaceutical handling and radiation safety principles.
• Knowledge of competency-based clinical education models.
• Knowledge of JRCNMT accreditation expectations.
• Strong organizational, communication, mentoring, and collaboration skills.
• Ability to coordinate clinical placement capacity across multiple healthcare partners.
• Ability to evaluate student competency progression in clinical environments.
• Ability to maintain documentation supporting accreditation readiness and clinical education compliance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with clinical instructors, preceptors, and imaging department leadership.
• Ability to support instructional delivery across classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical environments.
• Ability to maintain safe instructional laboratory environments consistent with institutional and regulatory requirements.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
• Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Positions in this class typically include talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching, climbing and balancing, plus pushing, pulling and lifting.
• Relatively free from unpleasant environmental conditions or hazards.
• Office environment.
• Occasional physical effort required.