Adjunct/PT Nursing Faculty

Adjunct Faculty - Nursing

Summary of Duties & Responsibilities:

• Maintain professional relationships with staff and students, cultivating a student-friendly classroom conducive to learning.
• Teaches to course or workshop learning objectives.
• Participates in ongoing program evaluation activities as needed and confers with the Dean/Director of Nursing to ensure compliance with Education Affiliates and EA policies.
• Provides syllabus, expectations, and standards for course assignments that demonstrate academic rigor in accordance with the course module.
• Provides feedback to the student on grammar & syntax and paper format that includes a title page, introduction, body, conclusion, and reference page.
• Communicates with the Dean/Director of Nursing as necessary to resolve issues or concerns.
• Leads and engages students in discussion, which demonstrates that students are learning and accomplishing the course or workshop objectives.
• Utilizes course materials effectively, demonstrates thorough knowledge of content, and incorporates real-life nursing practice examples.
• Provides clinical instruction to students in approved health care settings, adhering to the policies of the clinical setting and the College.
• Serves as local contact for assigned and faculty-developed clinical sites under the direction of the Dean/Director of Nursing.
• Implements effectively the Evolve Success Program (ESP), which includes the Evolve HESI Specialty Exams and the Elsevier Case Studies and Practice Tests, to help students prepare for the NCLEX.
• Provides feedback and develops an individualized remediation plan for any student who is not performing successfully in the Evolve Success Program (ESP).
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Master of Science in Nursing is required
• Experience of at least three years in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse.
• A current active unencumbered license as a registered nurse in the State of Virginia, or a multistate privilege to practice in the state.
• Previous teaching experience preferred but not required. (Candidate without teaching experience will be provided training and a mentor.)
• Excellent written and oral communication and analytical skills.
• Functional abilities to carry out classroom, clinical, and laboratory teaching responsibilities
• Competence in clinical skills in areas of teaching.
• Able to effectively utilize MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Successful completion of criminal background check and drug screening, and required immunizations are required