Part-time Nursing Instructor

The Part-time Professor of Nursing shall report to the Director of Allied Health and Nursing. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Qualifications

• Supervising and evaluating nursing students in clinical, laboratory, and simulation for students enrolled in the Associate Degree Nursing Program;
• Assist with set up and take down of labs and simulations;
• Delivering specified didactic content in the classroom.
• May serve on various campus committees as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required
• Nothing contained herein shall limit the President in assigning the employee to any of the various college activities for which he/she would be qualified in order to meet the needs of New Mexico Junior College.

Additional Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing is required

  • Minimum of two years clinical experience.
  • Active New Mexico Registered Nursing license or Multi-state license.
  • Recent experience in the clinical setting (within the past 3 years).
  • Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and adhere to FERPA policies in accordance with New Mexico Junior College’s policies and procedures.
  • Ability to demonstrate a respectful, supportive attitude towards nursing students and faculty.
  • Ability to work in a team atmosphere and collaborate with nursing faculty regarding student needs.

• Preferred Qualifications (not required):

  • Masters of Science in Nursing is preferred
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish)
  • A minimum of two years of teaching experience at the college level
  • Experience with Canvas LMS

Additional Information

GENERAL FACULTY QUALITIES

Applicants:

• Should be informed and support the value and concept of a Comprehensive Community College.
• Should be informed and expected to participate in educational practices that promote student

success.

• Must commit to fully understand, support, and participate in the New Mexico Junior College Assessment of Student Learning Guide.
• Must commit, support, and participate in successful, data-driven, high impact

practices of Student Engagement.

• Must commit to the utilization of data and information as a means of inquiry and

improvement of student learning outcomes.

• Must embrace a Faculty Evaluation system and Professional Development system that supports and promotes data driven student improvement.
• Must be willing to support and hold themselves accountable to the outcomes defined as,

“excellence in education” by New Mexico Junior College.

• Must commit to the incorporation of Academic Goal Setting and Planning into the courses they teach.
• Must commit and embrace early alert, intervention strategies and grade reporting through the Canvas system.
• Must have a grasp of assessment and the part it plays in course, departmental, and

institutional evaluation and direction.

SPECIFIC FACULTY QUALITIES

Applicants:

• Must engage students in the learning process.
• Must address multiple learning styles with a communication style that is stimulating,

well organized, and based on a deep knowledge of the content area.

• Must see creative ways to support and engage part-time students.
• Must meet the needs of a diverse student body.
• Must seek ways to provide supplemental instruction.
• Must have open access to students during office hours
• Must promote and support the New Mexico Junior College Academic Success Center and the academic coaching it provides.
• Must have openness with, and an interest in, the students in their classes.
• Must design mechanisms to communicate frequently and often with students.
• Must have a grasp of innovative delivery methods.
• Must seek to meet or exceed the institutional, departmental, and course student learning outcomes.
• Must be of sound character and committed to New Mexico Junior College.

Application Deadline:

Open until position filled. Interviews will be conducted by a selection committee and will commence upon review of qualified applicant’s information. To ensure consideration, all application materials must be received by the deadline. Position will be filled upon discovery of a suitable applicant.

To Apply:

Submit NMJC application form online at www.nmjc.edu (and attach the following: a letter of application (cover letter), your resume, unofficial transcripts for all degrees listed on resume (official transcripts required prior to employment), and three references with current addresses and phone numbers.

• Candidate must be self-motivated and flexible with excellent communication skills. All degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution. Prior successful teaching experience at the college level preferred but not required. Candidates should be able to work within a team-teaching concept. Computer proficiency required with skills in Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Canvas proficiency desirable.

Part-time employees are not eligible to receive NMJC Benefits.