Practical Nursing Instructors

Are you passionate about shaping the future of nursing? We're looking for dedicated Practical Nursing Instructors to join our team and make a lasting impact on the next generation of nurses in our region.

As a Practical Nursing Instructor, you will:

• Play a pivotal role in teaching essential nursing skills

• Foster an environment that promotes academic excellence and student growth

• Be a strategic thinker, collaborator, and advocate for innovation

Whether full-time or part-time, this position offers a unique opportunity to lead and inspire. If you're committed to ensuring our students receive world-class opportunities, we want to hear from you!

Reports to: Practical Nursing Coordinator

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following list is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time, with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Primary Responsibilities:

The instructor will be responsible for developing and evaluating student progress, instilling safe work habits and stressing the importance of reliability, competence, loyalty and dependability in clinical areas.

Assure compliance with programmatic accreditation and/or licensure, internal consistency, and graduate outcomes that meet workplace and placement expectations

Assisting with maintenance of class and clinical schedules

Working with healthcare facilities to provide healthcare/nursing experiences which correspond to the current Practical Nurse program

General supervision of students during classroom and clinical experiences

Evaluating student progress in the clinical placements and providing differential teaching strategies as needed

Secondary Skills:

Problem-solving and associated necessary creativity to resolve issues

Research, planning and analytical skills

Multitasking and organizational skills, including appropriate prioritizing

Time management skills

Communication skills, both oral and written

Office management skills, including preparing and maintaining accurate records and basic math skills

Interpersonal skills, including customer service skills

Ability to work with diverse individuals and/or groups

Knowledge of trends in the healthcare industry

Qualified candidates will meet the following requirements:

• Comprehensive knowledge of professional nursing techniques and relation to medical-surgical practices

• Active and current NYS Registered Nursing License with two (2) years of experience

• Current Health Professional CPR certification

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or be enrolled in a program

• Must Obtain NYS Adult Education certification and fingerprinting clearance

• Minimum of one (1) year of caring for the elderly and/or chronically ill

• Required immunizations for the hospital setting

• Valid Driver's License

Additional Information Contact: humanresources@oncboces.org

Civil Service position candidates must be reachable on the existing eligibility list. If there is no mandated eligibility list, candidates will be considered for provisional appointment. Continued employment will be contingent on successfully passing the required examination and being reached on the eligibility list.

The selected applicant will be subject to a fingerprint support criminal history background check in accordance with SAVE Legislation effective July 1, 2001.

The Board of Cooperative Educational Services of the Sole Supervisory District of Otsego, Delaware, Schoharie and Greene Counties does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ethnicity, pregnancy, family status, age, marital status, genetic predisposition, military status, domestic violence victim status, disability and any other class protected by state or federal law in the educational programs or activities which it operates, including, but not limited to, access to facilities in accordance with the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. 7905, which requires equal access for the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups to meet at public schools.