ADN Program Instructor
Job Description
Position Summary
Responsible for classroom and clinical instruction and evaluation in an integrated curriculum.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Team classroom teaching, supervising students in clinical practice settings and instructional labs;
- Assisting in curriculum evaluation and revision;
- Committee work, advising and counseling students;
- Sharing ongoing efforts to recruit and retain students;
- Attend meetings at other VC campuses;
- Other duties as necessary.
- This position will access student records at times and will follow all FERPA guidelines.
ADN Clinical Instructors – 30 hours per week positions
- Teach two clinical rotations with evenings and weekends necessary as needed. This consist of 24 hours per week.
- Hold two hours per week for student office hours on VC campus
- Four hours per week, perform other duties as assigned such as, but not limited to, online course development or management, lab assistance or other level assistance.
Qualifications
- VN Instructor requires an Associate Degree in Nursing from an accredited institution; Bachelors’ degree preferred;
- ADN Instructor requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing with a Master’s Degree in a related field and six graduate hours in nursing from an accredited college or university;
- ADN Instructor preferred qualifications: Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in nursing from an accredited college or university; teaching experience in an associate degree nursing program; online course development experience.
- Current unencumbered Texas Registered Professional Nursing license required;
- A minimum of three years of nursing clinical experience required, preferably in adult medical-surgical nursing and pediatric and/or maternity nursing,
- Basic computer skills and willingness to learn advanced computer skills,
- On-line course development experience or willingness to learn.
- Discretionary judgment regarding confidential information;
- Ability to accomplish basic business tasks, meet deadlines, and ability to learn and interpret policies and procedures;
- Effective communication skills and ability to interact with diverse groups
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle controls, key pads, etc.
- Will be required to sit and reach with hands and arms
- Will be required to stand and walk for a minimum of 6-8 hours during clinical or nursing lab (may include up to a consecutive 12 hour shift)
- Requires some stooping, lifting and moving during patient clinical demonstrations
- The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 15-20 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, some color vision, and the ability to adjust focus from documents to computer screen.
- Hearing of light to moderate sound is required by this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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