Adjunct Faculty, Patient Care Technician CTE-CE

Lone Star College; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Tax-deferred retirement plan

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Lone Star College-Kingwood in Kingwood, TX, seeks an adjunct faculty member to teach Continuing Education courses. Primary duties include planning, developing, and teaching to meet course objectives in nursing-related programs.

Position is part-time, semester-by-semester based on student demand. Candidates should have a background in acute care, and a Texas CNA certificate; a Texas RN/LVN license or an associates degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Three years acute care experience in hospital or LTAC setting.
• Texas CNA certification or equivalent required.
• Associates degree preferred; teaching experience helpful.
• RN or LVN license in Texas preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teaches Continuing Education courses in patient care programs.
• Develops and uses a course syllabus per guidelines.
• Instructs students in lecture, lab, and clinical facilities.
• Performs ongoing student evaluations and provides feedback.
• Schedules classes and maintains posted office hours.

Skills

Acute care experience

Teaching/industry training

RN/LVN license TX

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Texas CNA certification or equivalent

Associates degree (preferred)

Job description

Commitment to Mission

This job carries with it the obligation to uphold the Mission ofLone Star College (LSC) in carrying out the duties of the position.A commitment to positive interpersonal behaviors, professionalcommunication, integrity, leadership, stewardship, respect andaccountability to LSC students and employees is essential.

Cultural Beliefs

• One LSC
• Student Focused
• Own It
• Foster Belonging
• Cultivate Community
• Choose Learning

The Chronicle of Higher Education's "Great Colleges to Work For" isdesigned to recognize colleges that have been successful increating great workplaces and to further research and understandingof the factors, dynamics and influences that have the most impacton organizational culture at higher education institutions.

Lone Star College has been recognized in multiplecategories.

Qualities of Excellence

As faculty members of Lone Star College, we strive to create anation of world citizenry in our students. In that pursuit,wemodel ways of thinking and being that incorporate diversity,equality, and equity. Our culture, then, requires the possession oftranscendent qualities that, while immeasurable, are evident inglobal citizens. We are compassionate with our students,colleagues, and ourselves. We are innovative in the pursuit oflearning. Ultimately, we create a culture where learning thrives,people are safe, and we mirror the qualities of worldcitizenry.

Lone Star College faculty are dedicated to four qualities ofexcellence:

• Student Invested
• Content Expert
• Pedagogically Excellent
• Institutionally Dedicated

Campus Marketing Statement

Lone Star College-Kingwood

Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transferand career training education to 80,000+ students each semester.LSC has been named a 2023 Great Colleges to Work For institution bythe Chronicle of Higher Education.

LSC consists of eight colleges, seven centers, eight WorkforceCenters of Excellence and Lone Star Corporate College.

Lone Star College-Kingwood, an innovative and dynamic communitycollege located in the pine-forested suburbs of northeast Houston,has an opening for someone interested in working with a diversegroup of colleagues who want to make a difference in the lives ofstudents and grow professionally. Kingwood focuses on fulfillingindividual dreams and enhancing community life and offers uniqueprograms in respiratory care, computer gaming and dentalhygiene.

Location address is 20000 Kingwood Drive, Kingwood, TX 77339.

Job Description

Purpose and Scope

It is the responsibility of the teaching faculty to provide thelearning activities and support that will lead to the achievementof the course objectives and contribute to the educationalenvironment of the college and the community. Primaryresponsibilities are to plan, develop and teach courses within thecurriculum in a manner that facilitates student learning.

CE Adjunct faculty are hired in a part-time capacity onasemester-by-semester basis, contingent upon the needs of theSystem. Lone Star College accepts application material year-roundfrom qualified applicants willing to teach on a part-time basis.Adjunct (part-time) faculty hiring is based on student demand. Weoffer day, evening, and weekend classes. Classes are offered atvarious times and locations during the academic year. As a rule,adjunct faculty may teach a maximum of five classes per academicyear.

Essential Job Functions

1. Teaches Continuing Education courses in the Patient CareTechnician, Acute Care Technician, and other basic medical skillprograms
2. Develops and utilizes a course syllabus for each coursefollowing established institutional guidelines
3. Instructs students in lecture, on-site laboratory, and off-siteclinical facilities, correlating theory with the practice of basicnursing care for residents of a hospital or comparable acute carefacility
4. Performs ongoing, written student evaluations in the form of aSkills Inventory and evaluates student comprehension byadministering written tests based on lecture/lab materials, andprovides oral and written feedback to students as appropriate
5. Evaluates students by a variety of means to measure theirprogress in achieving course objectives and inform them in a timelymanner of their progress
6. Submits required college reports and forms
7. Provides timely, quality access to students through postedoffice hours, electronic communication and other appropriatemethods
8. Maintains professional relationships with students, colleagues,and the community
9. Responsible for other reasonable, related duties asassigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Commitment to academic excellence, student success, exceptionalservice, and providing a dynamic climate for lifelong learning
• Willingness to embrace new instructional modalities to improvethe teaching-learning process
• Ability to use effective strategies to engage student in theirlearning
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Physical Abilities

• Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily withfingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling
• Picking, holding, or otherwise working primarily with the wholehand
• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/ornegligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry,push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Ability to push, pull, squat, turn, twist, bend and stoop
• Ability to receive detailed information through oralcommunication, and to make the discrimination in sound
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken wordincluding those activities in which they must convey detailed orimportant spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudlyor quickly
• Close visual acuity to perform an activity such as; preparingand analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computerterminal; and/or extensive reading

Work Schedule & Conditions

• Equipment used includes, PC workstation running on a LAN in aMicrosoft Windows environment, calculator, phone and other generaloffice equipment
• Interface with internal and external contacts as needed tocarry out the functions of the position
• Work is performed in a climate-controlled office with minimalexposure to safety hazards
• Hours will vary depending on class time; instructors arerequired to meet with classes at all scheduled times and beavailable to students outside of class instruction

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Three years of acute care experience in a hospital or LTACsetting (Medical Surgical, Telemetry, ICU or equivalent)
• Texas Certified Nursing Assistant Certification orequivalent

Preferred Qualifications

• Associates degree
• One year of formal teaching or industry trainingexperience
• Current RN or LVN license in the state of Texas

Salary

$55.44 per contact hour.

Benefits Marketing Statement

By joining our top-notch institution, you will enjoy being a partof an organization that offers a supportive, collegial workenvironment, excellent work/life balance, tuition waiver,participation in a tax deferred retirement plan, professionaldevelopment opportunities and more.

E-Verify

Lone Star College participates in the E-Verify program, under whichLone Star College provides the federal government with informationfrom each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm that the employee isauthorized to work in the United States.

More information on the E-Verify program is available atwww.dhs.gov/E-Verify .

EEO

Lone Star College is an EEO Employer. All positions are subject to a criminal background check.