Health Information Technology Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

Health Information Technology Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

State Center Community College District

Closing Date: 3/3/2026 at 11:59 PM

Campus Location: Fresno City College

Start Date: 08/05/2026

Essential Functions:
At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.
An equity-minded individual is a person who:

1. Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
2. Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
3. Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
4. Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
5. Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.
   

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.
The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.
Providing instruction in Health Information Technology on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching courses in health information management as assigned, including medical coding and supporting theory courses, such as medical terminology, pathophysiology, health record data content, structure and standards;
• Teaching online, hybrid, or face-to-face classes;
• Supporting, mentoring and advising students, including scheduling sufficient weekly office hours on campus;
• Evaluating student learning to demonstrate the AHIMA Entry-Level Competencies for Health Information Management (HIM) at the Associate Degree Level;
• Assisting in implementation and assessment of curriculum, program accreditation standards, and program goals;
• Participating in program review and student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Supporting, mentoring and advising students in a multi-cultural setting with sensitivity to and awareness of the educational challenges faced by racially minoritized students;
• Attending faculty meetings and participating in campus committees;
• Coordinating advisory committee meetings and establishing relationships with the professional community;
• Maintaining continuous professional membership in the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the California Health Information Association (CHIA);
• Establishing and maintaining practicum settings and arranging student placement for professional practice experience;
• Collaborating with high schools offering dual enrollment HIT courses;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus, and large group instruction classes as needed, may include off-campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Bachelor's degree and two (2) years of full-time equivalent professional experience; or

• Associate degree and six (6) years of full-time equivalent professional experience; or

• A valid California Community College Credential; or

• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

(Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Master's degree or candidate in progress in related field;
• Certification as Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT), Registered Health Information Administrator (RHIA), Certified Professional Coder - Hospital (CPC-H), or Certified Coding Specialist (CCS) preferred;
• Certificate for online teaching;
• At least one year teaching experience in an accredited health
  information technology program;
• Current knowledge of Evidence Based Decision Making;
• Current knowledge of Emerging Workforce Models;
• Certification as required by CAHIIM through professional preparation and experience, scholarship and/or teaching competencies and practice experience.
• Experience directing and managing program operations, including professional development of faculty, short term and long-term planning, budgeting, and generating reports and data requests, including the Annual Program Assessment Report (APAR) for CAHIIM;
• Experience working with various instructional technologies;
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment:
178 duty days per year.

Salary and Benefits:
Starting annual salary is $71,054 - $106,970 based on education and experience. Duty days will be prorated based upon start of assignment. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive fringe benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, and life insurance. Employees are also members of the California State Teacher's Retirement System (CalSTRS).

Selection Procedure:
Applications will be screened by Human Resources for completeness and to determine which applicants meet the minimum qualifications as stated in the job announcement.
From the applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and who have submitted all the required documents by the closing date and time listed on the job announcement, a selection advisory committee will review the candidates who are best qualified based on the minimum and desirable qualifications and then determine who will be invited to interview.

INTERVIEWS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:

• FIRST LEVEL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF TBD
• FINAL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF TBD
  

The selection committee will rate responses to the interview questions, teaching demonstration, and writing prompt (if applicable). Based on this rating, a small number of applicants will be selected as the "recommended candidates". These candidates will be forwarded to theVice Presidentand College President for final interviews click apply for full job details