What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adjunct Faculty position at Jefferson Health?
Job Details
Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Weekend Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Primary Location Address
901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Attend orientation session to the course and clinical teaching responsibilities.
- Attend periodic clinical faculty meetings.
- Perform clinical site visits as assigned. Initial visits will occur before mid-semester.
- Interface with clinical preceptor as JCN’s representative and liaison, encouraging communication and clinical professional relationships between clinical preceptor and the Jefferson College of Nursing.
- Provide a narrative summary of site visits, to course faculty and Senior Associate Dean, with important/salient points about the student’s progress in clinical and the preceptor’s impression of the student.
- Provide weekly evaluative feedback to students on clinical logs.
- Notify course faculty when students not meeting expected clinical performance.
- Place students in danger of failing on clinical jeopardy in conjunction with JCN course faculty and create plans for remediation with students.
- Notify the Senior Associate Dean and course faculty of any problems or concerns with the clinical preceptor and/or clinical site.
- Maintain ongoing communications with Senior Associate Dean and course faculty.
- Facilitate completion of student evaluations by clinical preceptors.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) from an accredited institution.
- Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
- State Board of Nursing licensure for states where clinical assignments performed.
- National specialty certification as applicable to teaching assignments.
- Current license to practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as applicable to teaching assignments.
- State Board of Nursing advanced nursing practice licensure for states where clinical assignments performed.
- Evidence of continuing education.
- Professional memberships relevant to areas of expertise.
Weekend Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Primary Location Address
901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.