Instructional Support Specialist - Nursing

Palomar College; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 66,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Palomar College is seeking an Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing to support nursing faculty and students in a sophisticated lab setting. The role involves supervising nursing skills and simulation labs, ensuring safe equipment operation and proper handling of biohazards, and coordinating lab resources and staffing.

The position requires at least one year of instructional nursing experience and a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, with transcripts submitted for credit.

Qualifications

• One year of experience providing instructional or tutorial assistance in nursing or related work experience.
• Transcripts must be included to receive credit for education and/or to substitute education in lieu of experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides instructional assistance to nursing faculty and students in a complex lab environment.
• Oversees day-to-day activities of nursing skills and simulation labs and ensures safe operation of equipment.
• Monitors lab budget and requisitions chemicals, specimens, and supplies as needed.
• Provides lead oversight to short-term and student employees in the labs.

Skills

Instructional support

Nursing knowledge

Lab supervision

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Instructional Support Specialist – Nursing

Department: Nursing Education

Palomar College

Date Opened: 10/12/2026

Close Date: 10/26/2026

Primary Function

Provides instructional assistance to nursing faculty and students in a complex nursing education and simulation laboratory environment; oversees day-to-day activities of nursing skills and simulation labs, ensuring the safe operation of equipment and work processes and the safe use, storage and disposal of biohazardous materials; monitors the lab budget and requisitions chemicals, specimens, consumables and supplies to meet laboratory and instructional needs; provides lead oversight to short-term and student employees assigned to the labs; independently performs complex technical duties; assists instructors in developing and implementing instructional programs; maintains a clean, safe and orderly learning environment.

Salary

• $5,871.81 [step 1] – $7,134.00 [step 5]. Step placement may be negotiable within this range dependent upon education and experience.
• If you are a current employee who applies via the external recruitment process and is selected for a promotion, step placement on the new grade will be in accordance with the applicable District agreement/handbook.

Benefits

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan (additional plans are available that require employee buyup/monthly contribution)
• Vacation, sick leave and 25 paid holidays
• $80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy (additional buy up options available)
• Employee long-term care insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) – Confidential free counseling, financial, legal, personal and professional development resources for all members of your household
• Additional buy up options available for other voluntary insurance benefits
• Enrollment in CalPERS (California Public Employees RetirementSystem)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits package is approximately $31,245.84 annually.

Minimum Qualifications

To be eligible for this position, you must meet and provide evidence of the following minimum qualifications:

• Experience: One year of experience providing instructional or tutorial assistance to students in nursing, or one year of related work experience in nursing.

Note: For work experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 12 months.

• Education: Equivalent to a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.

Transcripts must be included to receive credit for education and/or to substitute education in lieu of experience (i.e. Bachelor's degree = 4 years of experience).

Click here for Guidelines for Equivalency for Classified Positions

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accredited institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S. equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S. credentials evaluation service. For a list of credential evaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit the National Association of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https://naces.org/, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

Diversity Statement

Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our studentdemographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access - We make education possible for everyone.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respectdiversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, andstrive to address inequities.All positions require cultural competency which includes thesensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,socioeconomic, cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexualorientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students,faculty, and staff.

About the District

Palomar College, founded in 1946, is a comprehensive, two-yearcommunity college that serves the greater North San Diego Countyregion. Palomar College offers over 200 associate degrees andcertificate programs to approximately 25,000 full- and part-timestudents. A favorite in the community among local institutions ofhigher education, the College is recognized as one of the top 100Colleges and Universities in the nation for serving Hispanicstudents. Palomar College is just 12 miles from the Pacific Oceanand 30 miles away from all of the exciting cultural activities thatSan Diego has to offer.

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer(EOE).