Indiana University

Position Summary

Position Summary:

The Lecturer position is a 10-month faculty position in the Department of Health Information Management in the College of Health and Human Services at Indiana University Northwest. The Lecturer role is a non-tenure-track faculty position expected to maintain service responsibilities at the department, division, campus, and/or community levels. The College of Health and Human Services employs the Teacher-Scholar model, placing equal emphasis on teaching and research that is either applied, basic, or pedagogic.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Teaching responsibilities include a 12-hour per semester teaching load.
• Teach coursework to include didactic and/or laboratory components of the curriculum.
• Develop instructional materials to include course plans, learning outcomes, and assessments.
• Assess course effectiveness through student evaluations, individual assessments, and end-of-course grades.
• Ensure clinical schedules for professional practice experiences are completed for all HIA and HIT program students (as applicable).
• Promote maintenance of CAHIIM accreditation standards and ensure compliance with AHIMA curriculum competencies.

Reporting Lines: Incumbent will report to the Director of Health Information Management

ABOUT INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST

One of seven campuses of Indiana University, IU Northwest is located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Park. The campus has a diverse student population of approximately 3,500 degree-seeking students and 1,800 dual-credit students and has been recognized by the Department of Education as a minority and Hispanic serving institution. The campus offers Associate, Baccalaureate, and Master’s degrees from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, the School of the Arts, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, the region’s only four-year medical doctorate program. As a student-centered campus, IU Northwest is committed to academic excellence characterized by a love of ideas and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity, research, and community engagement.

Basic Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Registered Health Information Administration certification.
• Master’s Degree in Health Information, Informatics, Education, or other related areas.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years or more of HIM-related clinical experience.
• One (1) year or more of university-level teaching experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge or additional professional credentials in one or more areas of health information subjects included in the program curriculum.
• Membership and engagement in academic and/or professional associations related to the discipline of health information.
• Demonstrated excellence in online teaching.
• Demonstrated skills in curriculum development.
• Demonstrated skills in academic program monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrated experience teaching and working with a diverse population.

Department Contact for Questions

Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to Kevin McElmurry, PhD, Search Committee Chair, 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN 46408, (219) 980-6829, kmcelmur@iu.edu

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