Flexible-Schedule Nursing Instructor & Clinical Educator

UPMC Mercy Health Center; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 24,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is hiring a casual Assistant Clinical Instructor/Nursing Instructor to provide an entry point to academia with flexible scheduling for nurses interested in teaching. This position will work primarily Monday through Friday daylight with a minimum of 16 hours per week.

The title and pay rate may vary based on experience and education; Nursing Instructor title may be higher. The instructor role requires guiding students through the nursing process, providing learning

Responsibilities

• Reflects a commitment to nursing, the school and the program goals.
• Explores creative and innovative teaching learning strategies during conference and on the clinical unit.
• Serves as a professional role model for students in the clinical area.
• Works cooperatively with other faculty members to achieve school goals.
• Works cooperatively and productively to achieve the school goals in accordance with the mission and values of the parent organization.
• Maintains open communication with other health care team members to achieve academic and organizational goals.
• Understands how the concepts of trust, respect, professionalism and caring are utilized to build an organizational climate that fosters the development of the student.
• Applies principles of dignity and respect in meeting the diverse learning needs of students in clinical practice.
• Resolves and manages conflict effectively and in a timely manner.
• Creates an environment which recognizes and values differences in students, peers, patients, families and communities.
• Coaches students on cultural diversity and civility in the educational environment.
• Models critical and reflective thinking in the clinical area.
• Utilizes information technology skillfully to support the teaching learning process.
• Demonstrates interest and respect for learners through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
• Provides quality instruction to groups of students in the clinical area utilizing teaching learning concepts reflective of best practice in nursing education.
• Provides timely, thoughtful and constructive feedback and evaluations to learners.
• Establishes and maintains positive, caring relationships with students, faculty, management, patients/families and all other members of the health care team.
• Works productively and effectively within a complex educational environment.
• Creates meaningful clinical learning assignments based on student learning needs.
• Demonstrates sound clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of the teaching-learning process.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills necessary to lead students in the application of the nursing process in the clinical area.
• Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning as evidenced by continuous formal and informal education.
• Participates in self review by critically analyzing strengths, areas for improvement in relation to performance as a clinical instructor.
• Receives and utilizes constructive feedback to improve clinical teaching.
• Demonstrates clinical competence in order to provide the highest quality of clinical instruction for nursing students.
• Utilizes research and evidence based practice to support improvement in clinical teaching.
• Assesses student performance to insure care reflects evidenced based nursing practice.
• Shares outcomes from improvement projects with other faculty and schools of nursing.

Job description

UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is hiring a casual Assistant Clinical Instructor/Nursing Instructor to provide an entry point to academia with flexible scheduling for nurses interested in teaching. This position will work primarily Monday through Friday daylight with a minimum of 16 hours per week.

The title and pay rate may vary based on experience and education; Nursing Instructor title may be higher. The instructor role requires guiding students through the nursing process, providing learning