[Hiring] Online Faculty - Professional Communications @Best Care

Role Description

ONLINE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION FACULTY – SPRING 2027

Experienced online faculty member needed to teach COM 430, an upper-level professional communications course beginning Jan. 18-May 7, 2027. The asynchronous online course helps students apply the writing process to communication modes regularly used by healthcare professionals. It builds skills in formal correspondence, oral presentation, and visual integration for effectiveness. The ideal candidate:

• Understands the healthcare field
• Manages time and maximizes online teaching technologies effectively
• Integrates use of AI purposefully and ethically
• Loves to teach online students

Given the changes in healthcare, some content development and specialization will be required as a content expert. Experience with Brightspace LMS is a plus!

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in communication or a closely related field required
• Experience with online teaching preferred

Requirements

• Completion of terminal degree deemed appropriate per programmatic needs in the assigned discipline from a regionally accredited institution required
• Minimum of 18 semester hours in content-specific related field
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in area relevant to program assignment required
• One or more years of experience in teaching at the post-secondary level preferred
• Nebraska licensure and national certifications required where appropriate

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Excellent benefits
• Great work environment where all employees are valued

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

• Teaching:
  • Demonstrate effective instructional methodology
  • Command of the subject and use of effective teaching/learning methods
  • Facilitate clear formulation of learning objectives/outcomes
  • Skill in communicating with students and challenging them
  • Effective course implementation through various instructional methods
  • Integrity, open-mindedness, and objectivity in presenting material
  • Ability to relate the subject to other areas of knowledge
  • Collaboration with other faculty in curriculum development
  • Systematic assessment of student learning
  • Provision of constructive feedback in a timely manner
  • Punctuality and reliability in conduct of classes
  • Course revision as needed to increase effectiveness
• Professionalism:
  • Demonstrate interpersonal and team skills
  • Support collegiality by behaving professionally
  • Respond to communications and requests in a timely fashion
  • Treat staff and faculty professionally
  • Support College strategic initiatives
  • Respond appropriately to guidance and constructive criticism
  • Maintain a professional appearance
  • Participate in required meetings and events
  • Fulfill mandatory job requirements

Physical Requirements

• Weight Demands: Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force
• Physical Activity:
  • Occasionally Performed (1%-33%): Balancing, Climbing, Carrying, Crawling, Crouching, Distinguish colors, Kneeling, Lifting, Pulling/Pushing, Reaching, Standing, Stooping/bending, Twisting, Walking
  • Frequently Performed (34%-66%): Hearing, Repetitive Motions, Seeing/Visual, Speaking/talking
  • Constantly Performed (67%-100%): Fingering/Touching, Grasping, Keyboarding/typing, Sitting

Job Hazards

• Not Related: Biological agents, Physical hazards, Equipment/Machinery/Tools
• Rare (1-33%): Chemical agents, Mechanical moving parts/vibrations