Job Description

The physician medical director is responsible for medical oversight of the education program including clinical and patient care aspects of the program.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Review and approval of the educational content of the program to include didactic, laboratory, clinical experience, field experience, and capstone field internship to ensure it meets current standards of medical practice.
• Review and approval of the required minimum numbers for each of the required patient contacts and procedures listed in these standards.
• Review and approval of the instruments and processes used to evaluate students in didactic, laboratory, clinical, field experience, and capstone field internship.
• Review of the progress of each student throughout the program and assist in the determination of appropriate corrective measures.
• Ensuring the competence of each graduate of the program in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains.
• Engaging in cooperative involvement with the program director.
• Ensuring the effectiveness and quality of any Medical Director responsibilities delegated to an Associate or Assistant Medical Director
• Interacts in a variety of settings, such as lecture, laboratory, clinical, capstone field internship. Interaction may be synchronous electronic methods.
• Serve as patient advocate by demanding the highest quality education for students.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TO PERFORM WORK:

• Be a physician currently licensed and authorized to practice in Maryland, and board certified or the equivalent.
• Have adequate training or experience in the delivery of out-of-hospital emergency care, including the proper care and transport of patients, medical direction, and quality improvement in out -of-hospital care.
• Have requisite knowledge and skills to advise the program leadership about the clinical/academic aspects of the program.
• Be knowledgeable about the education of the Emergency Medical Services Professions, including professional, legislative and regulatory issues regarding the education of the Emergency Medical Services Professions.
• Be knowledgeable in teaching the subjects assigned, when applicable.
• Familiarity with the design and operation of EMS systems, particularly the system or systems in which the student will be working.
• Active participation in the emergency management of acutely ill and injured patients.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Board certification in emergency medicine.
• Fellowship training in EMS.
• Education or experience in EMS quality improvement.
• Involvement in national emergency medicine or EMS organizations.

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• May require evening or weekend hours.
• Clinical and lab environments may involve exposure to simulated and real medical scenarios.
• Physical ability to demonstrate EMT procedures, lift equipment, and support student training needs.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Ability to lift and move up to a maximum of 50 lbs. The physical activity of this position includes but is not limited to: climbing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, pulling, lifting, grasping, twisting, and sitting.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts which require normal safety precautions typical of such places as office or meeting and training rooms, e.g., use of safe workplace practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, and observance of fire and building safety regulations and traffic signals when driving.

This position supports information technology at Cecil College’s North East and Elkton Station campus and may involve support for other locations and instructional sites as needed.

General Benefits:

Cecil College offers part-time employees a wide range of benefits, including accrual of sick and safe leave (1 hour of sick and safe leave accrued for every 30 hours worked); opportunity to open a voluntary retirement account with TIAA or Fidelity; employee paid short term disability based on eligibility guidelines; access to the Fitness Center and library and tuition waiver based on eligibility guidelines.

This is a stipend position for $10,200 which will be prorated based on start date.

Posted on 9/4/2025

Based upon the budgeted hours of a position, contribution to the Maryland State Retirement Pension System may be required.

*We are committed to ensuring equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all hiring and employment practices. Cecil College will not discriminate against any individual by reason of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic status, genetic information, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws.

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