Description

The Respiratory Care Program at Oregon Tech is initiating a search for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track, Assistant Professor starting September 2013. Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Oregon Tech’s faculty salaries are competitive with our comparator institutions.

Primary responsibilities will be organizing and carrying out structured learning processes for students in Respiratory Care. Additional responsibilities include student advising, curriculum development, accreditation and campus and community activities. A successful applicant needs to be able to demonstrate leadership in one of the following areas: clinical practice, neonatal respiratory care, mechanical ventilation, pathology, pharmacology, gas therapeutics, cardiopulmonary diagnostics, education or sleep.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum qualifications include a Baccalaureate degree, Master’s or Doctorate with teaching experience preferred and National Board of Respiratory Care’s (NBRC) registry credential (RRT). A minimum of four years experience working as a Registered Respiratory Therapist is required. The successful candidate must also hold or obtain a license to practice Respiratory Care in Oregon.

To Apply

Screening of applications will begin February, 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled.  Therefore, at the discretion of Oregon Tech, materials received after February 1, 2013 may not receive consideration.  To apply, electronically submit a cover letter, curriculum vita, statement of teaching interests and philosophy, the names, email addresses and phone numbers of three references, and copies of degree-related transcripts to oithr@oit.edu, job # 13-66007. Application material may also be mailed to Oregon Tech Office of Human Resources, 3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 or faxed to (541) 851-5200. 

For further information, contact Jeff Pardy MBA, RRT Director of Clinical Education and Search Chair at office: 541.885.1541, jeff.pardy@oit.edu, or visit OIT’s website at www.oit.edu.