ACLS/PALS/NRP Instructor, 25% Per Diem

Join the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, a nationally recognized leader in emergency medical services education and training. As an ACLS, PALS & NRP Instructor, you will help healthcare professionals develop the knowledge and skills needed to deliver high-quality patient care in emergency and critical care settings.

Key Responsibilities:

- Deliver classroom, skills, and simulation-based instruction in accordance with American Heart Association and NRP standards.
- Facilitate engaging learning experiences that support participant success and clinical competency.
- Ensure course objectives, certification requirements, and educational standards are met.
- Evaluate participant performance through testing and skills assessments.
- Support curriculum enhancement and continuous improvement of educational programs.

This per-diem opportunity is ideal for an educator who is passionate about professional development, lifelong learning, and advancing excellence in healthcare education.

This is a 25% per diem, may convert to career

Salary:$34.60 - $70.91 hourly

Required:

- Current certification as an EMT, Paramedic, RT, RN, PA, MD.
- Baccalaureate degree in health-related field, nursing, health care administration, health care education, emergency medical services or a related field (preferred).
- Minimum of one (1) year work experience on an ambulance or in a hospital emergency department.
- Current provider certification in BLS, ACLS or PALS or NRP from the American Heart Association.
- Current instructor certification from the American Heart Association in ACLS or PALS or NRP (must be obtained within 6 months of employment).
- Completion of NAEMSE/NHTSA EMS educator course, Firefighter IA/IB, American Heart Association "Core" instructor course (must be obtained within 6 months of employment).
- Detailed knowledge and experience in the application and techniques of clinical equipment and supplies.
- Working knowledge of the different scopes of practices for EMTs, paramedics, registered nurses, and physicians.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate complex concepts into understandable parts.
- Available to work evenings, holidays, and/or weekends.
- Ability to foster a stimulating classroom environment.
- Skill in working independently and following through with minimal direction.
- Skill in working as part of a team collaborating with colleagues.
- Available to drive personal vehicle to off campus locations for contract instructional assignments or special projects.
- Ability to provide service-oriented customer assistance in a professional and courteous manner.
- Interpersonal skills to excel in relations supervisor, staff, students, and the public.

As a condition of employment , the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.
Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.