Adjunct Faculty - Nursing (PN & ADN)

WSU Tech; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

WSU Tech in Wichita, KS is seeking a nursing educator to help students gain certificates in the PN program and progress toward nursing degrees. The role blends healthcare and educational settings, including clinicals and classrooms.

Your day-to-day responsibilities include supervising students, keeping them informed about course content, requirements, evaluation procedures, and attendance; ensuring curricular components are current and properly delivered; maintaining subject matter expertise and

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing, required, BSN preferred.
• Willingness to start BSN within one year.
• Current Kansas RN license or eligibility to obtain license.
• CPR certification obtained prior to clinical sites.
• Previous teaching or training experience in adult education preferred.
• Excellent verbal & written communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages and supervises students in all assigned classroom and laboratory activities to ensure a safe and effective learning environment.
• Keeps students informed and updated concerning course content, requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements.
• Ensures each program/class contains essential curricular components, has appropriate content and pedagogy, and maintains currency.
• Maintains a high level of expertise in the subjects taught and stimulates enthusiasm for those subjects.
• Evaluates students to measure progress toward the achievement of course outcomes/competencies.
• Develops, revises, and/or recommends curriculum changes which meet the objectives of the course/program and improve student learning.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Detail oriented

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

BSN preferred

Job description

At WSU Tech, we are dedicated to promoting quality higher education and leadership in workforce training that supports economic development for a global economy. Our experienced faculty and staff are committed to helping students achieve their goals by providing hands-on experience, state-of-the-art facilities, and individualized support and guidance. We operate in a values-based culture and strive towards our behaviors in everything we do.

Compensation: Varies

Worksite Location: South Campus

Overview / Job Summary

Looking for something to give you that spark but its stressful in the healthcare field these days? This option is what you need to consider & will give you that zing back. Helping our students gain their certificates in the PN program & get one step closer towards degrees in nursing or to the workforce. This position gives you the ideal blend of healthcare & educational settings, clinicals & classrooms. We need your expertise & years of understanding the healthcare field to give our students a leg up on being successful & securing employment, where they could be working beside you to save lives!

Your day-to-day responsibilities will vary, but are not limited to:

• Manages and supervises students in all assigned classroom and laboratory activities to ensure a safe and effective learning environment.
• Keeps students informed and updated concerning course content, requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements.
• Ensures each program/class contains essential curricular components, has appropriate content and pedagogy, and maintains currency.
• Maintains a high level of expertise in the subjects taught and stimulates enthusiasm for those subjects.
• Evaluates students to measure their progress toward the achievement of course outcomes/competencies.
• Develops, revises, and/or recommends curriculum changes which meet the objectives of the course/program and improve student learning.

Requirements

• Associates Degree in Nursing, required, Bachelors degree preferred.

(Willingness to start BSN within one year.)

Preferred Qualification

• One year experience working as a registered nurse, preferred.
• Minimum five years experience in nursing, nurse educator, nurse.

Practitioner Or Experience In a Related Area, Required.

• Maintains current, unrestricted Kansas RN license.
• Obtains at own expense, yearly TB test and other immunizations or physical examinations as required by clinical sites. Also, CPR certification obtained prior to going to clinical sites.
• Previous teaching or training experience in adult education preferred, with pre-planning course work.
• Excellent verbal & written communication and interpersonal skills must be able to work with students, technical and administrative personnel in a pleasant, professional, and efficient manner.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills where you can work under pressure to meet deadlines, independently with little supervision.

Benefits

• WSU Tech is committed to inclusive and equitable practices to create an environment and culture where students and employees thrive. We acknowledge that through valuing diverse identities, experiences, talents, and gifts, we excel by fulfilling our mission to create a talent pipeline, establish workforce equity, and improve economic prosperity for our community.

WSU Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer.