Title: EMS Medical Director

Position Type: Administrator Part Time

College: Arapahoe Community College

Division: Academic Affairs

Department: ACC EMS Academy

Campus: Littleton Campus

Location: Littleton

Salary Range: $40,772 - $46,331

Who We Are:

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Nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains sits one of the oldest community colleges in Colorado, Arapahoe Community College. With a rich history of educational excellence, ACC embraces a culture that values diversity, individualized support, and unwavering commitment to student success, without exception.

Job Summary:

Arapahoe Community College is seeking an EMS Medical Director to provide medical oversight and leadership for the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) education programs. This position plays a critical role in maintaining program quality, ensuring curriculum accuracy, and supporting compliance with accreditation requirements established by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). The EMS Medical Director works closely with the EMS Program Director, faculty, students, and clinical partners to ensure graduates are prepared to provide safe, effective, and evidence-informed prehospital emergency care.

In this leadership role, you will review and approve curriculum, student evaluation methods, clinical requirements, and program outcomes while providing medical guidance throughout the educational experience. The position also supports student success, quality improvement efforts, and collaboration with healthcare and EMS partners across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide medical oversight for accredited EMS education programs.
• Review and approve curriculum content to ensure medical accuracy and alignment with current evidence-informed EMS practice.
• Review and approve required patient contact and procedural experiences for students.
• Evaluate and approve student assessment methods used in classroom, laboratory, clinical, and field settings.
• Monitor student progress and advise on corrective actions when needed.
• Provide oversight and recommendations regarding academic performance, disciplinary concerns, and quality improvement issues.
• Ensure graduate competency in cognitive, psychomotor, and professional practice domains.
• Collaborate with the EMS Program Director to support program effectiveness and continuous improvement.
• Promote physician engagement and educational interaction with students through classroom, laboratory, clinical, and field experiences.
• Participate in EMS program advisory committee meetings and maintain collaborative relationships with healthcare, clinical, and EMS partners.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Be a physician currently licensed and authorized to practice within the state of Colorado, with experience and current knowledge of emergency care of acutely ill and injured patients.
• Three years of experience in out-of-hospital emergency care, including patient care and transport, EMS medical direction, quality improvement activities, and application of EMS regulations, scope of practice standards, ambulance transport protocols, and destination guidelines.
• Supervisory or leadership experience
• Be an active member of the local medical community and participate in professional activities related to out-of-hospital care.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience providing emergency medical care as an Emergency Department physician/ER Doctor.

Application Instructions: 

All applicants must submit:

1. Resume
2. Detailed letter of interest (cover letter) addressing the job announcement. Please include any experiences you may have embedding equity and inclusion in your work, see below.

At ACC, we seek to hire candidates who are committed to fostering respectful, welcoming, and supportive environments for all individuals. In your cover letter, please describe how you have worked to create such environments in your current or previous roles, and share what this commitment means to you in your professional practice

Additional Information/Benefits:

All benefits information can be found at the Benefits tab on the top of the page.