Adjunct Nursing Instructor: Clinical, Lab & Theory

Mount Mary University; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 41,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Mount Mary University invites applications for Adjunct Nursing Faculty to support the BSN program in clinical, nursing skills laboratory, and/or theory instruction. Adjunct faculty play a key role in fostering clinical judgment, critical thinking, and patient-centered care.

Assignments may include clinical supervision, skills-lab instruction, and didactic teaching based on qualifications and course availability.

Qualifications

• BSN required; MSN preferred.
• Current, unencumbered RN license in Wisconsin or eligibility for Wisconsin RN licensure.
• Minimum of two years of nursing practice experience; experience should be relevant to the instructional area.
• Prior experience teaching, precepting, mentoring, or supervising nursing students or nurses is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and evaluate students in clinical settings such as long-term care, medical-surgical, community, or other assigned practice areas.
• Provide on-site coaching, clinical demonstrations, and real-time assessment of student performance and competency.
• Ensure safe, ethical, evidence-based nursing practice aligned with course and program outcomes.
• Conduct pre- and post-clinical conferences to promote reflection, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback and complete required student evaluations.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with clinical partners, course faculty, and nursing program leadership.
• Facilitate student learning and skill development in the nursing skills laboratory.
• Demonstrate and reinforce evidence-based nursing skills, assessment techniques, and safe patient-care practices.
• Supervise student practice and provide coaching and feedback during skills development and competency validation.
• Evaluate student performance during skills practice, checkoffs, and other laboratory-based learning activities as assigned.
• Reinforce connections between nursing theory, clinical judgment, and hands-on patient-care skills.
• Maintain a safe, organized learning environment and promote appropriate use of laboratory equipment and supplies.
• Collaborate with course faculty to ensure laboratory instruction is consistent with course objectives, program expectations, and current nursing practice standards.
• Provide classroom-based instruction in assigned nursing courses consistent with established course objectives and BSN program outcomes.
• Prepare and deliver engaging, evidence-based instruction using appropriate teaching and learning strategies.
• Facilitate development of clinical judgment, critical thinking, and application of nursing knowledge to patient-care situations.
• Assess student learning through examinations, assignments, case studies, classroom activities, or other approved evaluation methods.
• Provide timely grading and constructive feedback to students.
• Maintain appropriate course documentation and communicate student progress or concerns with program leadership.
• Collaborate with nursing faculty to promote consistency across theory, laboratory, and clinical components of the curriculum.

Skills

Nursing practice

Teaching / mentoring

Clinical instruction

Communication

Education

BSN

MSN

Job description

Mount Mary University invites applications for Adjunct Nursing Faculty to support the BSN program in clinical, nursing skills laboratory, and/or theory instruction. Adjunct faculty play a key role in fostering clinical judgment, critical thinking, and patient-centered care.

Assignments may include clinical supervision, skills-lab instruction, and didactic teaching based on qualifications and course availability.