What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN Instructor position at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School?
Date: Immediate Start Date
Schedule: Follows the LPN calendar within the DTA contract
Pay Rate: Salary in accordance with the D.T.A. salary schedule
Qualifications:
MA in Nursing Education preferred; BSN, Massachusetts Nursing licensure and equivalent 3 years clinical experience in medical-surgical nursing setting required
Responsibilities:
Responsible for clinical/laboratory instruction, supervision and evaluation of students enrolled in the practical nursing program (full and part – time programs).
Job Description:
- Recommends clinical promotion, graduation, probation/warning or dismissal of students from the program
- Participates and attends all meetings of the nursing faculty
- Assists with the maintenance of an annual laboratory/clinical supplies inventory
- Conducts and supervises laboratory/clinical work as assigned
- Prepares, conducts, and coordinates clinical conferences
- Supervises the nursing practice of students in the nursing laboratory and clinical setting and/or virtual simulation
- Plans with other faculty the correlation of clinical practice materials
- Assists with students in the clinical area to relate classroom instruction to the needs of patients
- Observes, identifies, and evaluates student progress in clinical practice toward achievement of stated goals, level and program objectives via the use of anecdotal and other clinical records/assignments/resources.
- Through conferences, provides students with accurate information about their clinical status, strengths and weaknesses
- Assists students in self-evaluation of clinical performance, thus promoting student growth
- Provides students with an opportunity for self/clinical course/clinical supervisor evaluations
- To provide effective instruction in assigned areas, uses evaluation tools – program/clinical course/clinical supervisor/student, to provide information which assists faculty in decision making
- Evaluates one’s own clinical instruction techniques
- Seeks additional knowledge to maintain and improve nursing knowledge/clinical instruction
Salary : $54,006 - $105,678