Adjunct Faculty: Nursing

Brenau University; Norcross (GA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Brenau University seeks an adjunct clinical instructor to supervise nursing students during clinical rotations across metro Atlanta and northeast Georgia. The role emphasizes patient care instruction, evaluating clinical performance, and collaboration with faculty to ensure curriculum adherence and safety.

Responsibilities include facilitating clinical learning, providing hands‑on guidance, coordinating with clinical sites, and promoting evidence‑based practice.

Qualifications

• Minimum BSN and 2 years of patient care experience in your specialty.

Responsibilities

• Adjunct clinical instructors assist in the supervision of all the clinical activities of nursing students in a clinical environment. They are responsible for providing adequate guidance, giving effective instruction, and evaluating the clinical performance of the nursing students.
• Facilitate Clinical Learning: Provide guidance and support to nursing students during their clinical rotations by facilitating clinical learning experiences. This involves coordinating with the lead instructor and clinical site staff to plan and implement effective learning activities.
• Supervise Students: Observe and oversee students' clinical performance, ensuring opportunities to meet the required competencies and learning objectives. Provide constructive feedback to help students improve their skills and knowledge.
• Collaborate with course professors to evaluate student clinical performance and progress towards meeting required competencies.
• Teach Practical Skills: Demonstrate and teach nursing skills, such as patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, and other clinical procedures. Ensure students understand and can perform these skills safely and effectively. Provide hands‑on guidance and supervise students' practice to ensure compliance with best practices and safety standards.
• Foster Clinical Judgment: Promote critical thinking and clinical decision‑making skills among nursing students. Encourage students to analyze patient situations, prioritize care, and make sound nursing judgments based on evidence‑based practice. Engage students in discussions that stimulate critical thinking and problem‑solving abilities.
• Collaborate with Clinical Site Staff: Collaborate with clinical site staff, including nurse managers, preceptors, and other healthcare professionals, to coordinate student experiences. Communicate student progress, challenges, and concerns to the clinical site staff and seek their input and support in providing quality clinical education.
• Maintain Academic Standards: Adhere to the curriculum guidelines, course objectives, and learning outcomes set by the nursing program. Ensure that students are exposed to a variety of patient populations, clinical settings, and healthcare challenges to meet the program's requirements.
• Stay Updated with Nursing Practice: Continuously update and enhance personal knowledge and skills in nursing practice to ensure that teaching aligns with current evidence‑based practices and industry standards. Stay informed about the latest developments, research, and technological advancements in nursing to provide the most relevant and up‑to‑date education to students.
• Attend Faculty Meetings and Trainings: Participate in faculty meetings, workshops, and training sessions to stay informed about program updates, changes in policies, and teaching methodologies. Collaborate with other faculty members to share best practices and foster a collaborative learning environment within the nursing program.

Skills

Patient care experience

Education

BSN

MSN or Doctorate preferred

Job description

Equal Opportunity

Brenau practices and believes in equal opportunity for all students, employees and job applicants. We do not discriminate on the bases of age, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, military service, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance. These protections extend to all conditions and privileges of employment, including, without limitation, to recruitment, hiring, compensation, benefits, transfers, promotions, discipline, and termination.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum BSN (MSN or Doctorate preferred) and 2 years of patient care experience in your specialty.

Responsibilities

• Adjunct clinical instructors assist in the supervision of all the clinical activities of nursing students in a clinical environment. They are responsible for providing adequate guidance, giving effective instruction, and evaluating the clinical performance of the nursing students.
• Facilitate Clinical Learning: Provide guidance and support to nursing students during their clinical rotations by facilitating clinical learning experiences. This involves coordinating with the lead instructor and clinical site staff to plan and implement effective learning activities.
• Supervise Students: Observe and oversee students' clinical performance, ensuring opportunities to meet the required competencies and learning objectives. Provide constructive feedback to help students improve their skills and knowledge.
• Collaborate with course professors to evaluate student clinical performance and progress towards meeting required competencies.
• Teach Practical Skills: Demonstrate and teach nursing skills, such as patient assessment, medication administration, wound care, and other clinical procedures. Ensure students understand and can perform these skills safely and effectively. Provide hands‑on guidance and supervise students' practice to ensure compliance with best practices and safety standards.
• Foster Clinical Judgment: Promote critical thinking and clinical decision‑making skills among nursing students. Encourage students to analyze patient situations, prioritize care, and make sound nursing judgments based on evidence‑based practice. Engage students in discussions that stimulate critical thinking and problem‑solving abilities.
• Collaborate with Clinical Site Staff: Collaborate with clinical site staff, including nurse managers, preceptors, and other healthcare professionals, to coordinate student experiences. Communicate student progress, challenges, and concerns to the clinical site staff and seek their input and support in providing quality clinical education.
• Maintain Academic Standards: Adhere to the curriculum guidelines, course objectives, and learning outcomes set by the nursing program. Ensure that students are exposed to a variety of patient populations, clinical settings, and healthcare challenges to meet the program's requirements.
• Stay Updated with Nursing Practice: Continuously update and enhance personal knowledge and skills in nursing practice to ensure that teaching aligns with current evidence‑based practices and industry standards. Stay informed about the latest developments, research, and technological advancements in nursing to provide the most relevant and up‑to‑date education to students.
• Attend Faculty Meetings and Trainings: Participate in faculty meetings, workshops, and training sessions to stay informed about program updates, changes in policies, and teaching methodologies. Collaborate with other faculty members to share best practices and foster a collaborative learning environment within the nursing program.

Work Hours

Hours vary per clinical semester and are dependent on course clinical requirements.

Environmental and Working Conditions/Physical Demands and Aptitudes

Settings include healthcare facilities such as hospitals, long‑term care facilities, clinics, or community health centers. The specific environment can range from acute care units to specialty areas like pediatrics, obstetrics, or mental health. The working conditions may involve exposure to various patient populations, medical equipment, and healthcare technologies. Physical Demands: Clinical instruction may involve standing, walking, and moving around the clinical setting for extended periods. Instructors may need to assist and demonstrate physical tasks to students, such as lifting patients or maneuvering equipment. The physical demands can vary based on the nature of the clinical rotations and patient care activities.

Travel Requirements

Clinical instructors will be required to travel to/from their assigned clinical location. Clinical locations may be anywhere in the metro Atlanta or northeast Georgia area.

Home Campus Designation

This position is based in Gainesville and/or Norcross, GA.

Licensure Requirements

If the position you are applying for necessitates that you hold a professional degree, license, or certification, then proof of such professional degree, license, or certification must be provided in addition to this application for Brenau University to consider your application for employment. Failure to provide proof of professional degree, license, or certification when applicable may result in rejection of an application.