Job no: 495683
Work type: Faculty Full-Time
Location: Lake Charles, LA
Categories: Nursing
Department: Academic Affairs
Sub department: School of Nursing & Allied Health
Type of Appointment: Unclassified - Faculty 9 month
Duties and Responsibilities
- Understands and adheres to all System and College policies, as well as all policies and procedures within the Faculty Handbook.
- Understands and adheres to all laws pertaining to disclosure of student records and Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
- Understands and adheres to the professional scope, standards, codes, rules, and regulations of the Professional Governing Bodies, including but not limited to American Nurses Association, Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN), Nurses Code of Ethics, and Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN).
- Responsible to ensure course materials are prepared using evidence-based resources (textbooks, instructional aids, online resources, and materials) and the most recent NCLEX test plan published by NCSBN.
- Maintain current with NCLEX changes.
- Utilizes Canvas, the Learning Management System (LMS), for posting teaching material, assignments, and grades, ensuring it is organized and available to students.
- Utilizes established testing platform to administer exams.
- Course time organized to be accomplished in the allotted time.
- Instruction provided to individual students and groups appropriate to the needs and requirements of activities being performed.
- Attends class on time and if unable to attend, notifies the Dean of Nursing, Program Coordinator, and students and ensures alternate method of course delivery is available for students, if applicable.
- Able to deliver course content in a clear, concise manner that enhances student learning, and communicates effectively.
- Facilitates online activities and communication.
- Responsible for directing, evaluating, and reporting student progress toward course outcomes.
- Administer and grade exams and assignments.
- Reviews and updates course materials and/or books annually or as needed, making recommendations to the Program Coordinator.
- Accepts and completes assigned tasks and duties related to the requirements to maintain program accreditation.
- Contributes to academic and clinical content for curriculum planning and development of student experience.
Required Education
Master's degree in Nursing
Maintain a current, unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in Louisiana or one of the Compact Member States;
Meet faculty qualifications through LSBN and clinical agencies
Required Experience
Two years’ nursing experience in concentration hired to teach (Medical-Surgical; Maternal Child; Pediatrics; Mental Health)
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, students, staff, and parties outside of the college.
- Ability to work independently, problem-solve, and make decisions effectively.
- Ability to model professional standards, including customer service, collaboration, communication, excellence, and attendance.
Preferred Education
Doctoral in Nursing
Preferred Experience
Maternal Child, Pediatric, Mental Health, or Medical-Surgical experience
Benefits
- retirement
- multiple medical insurance options
- supplemental insurances (dental, term life, disability, accident, vision, etc.)
- Tax Saver Flexible Benefits Plan (saves tax dollars on some child care and medical expenses)
- holidays (14 per year, typically includes longer break at Christmas)
- generous annual (vacation) and sick leave benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
Specific benefits depend on job category, percent effort and length of employment.
Passing pre-employment criminal background screen is required as a condition of employment. SOWELA is an equal opportunity/equal access employer. SOWELA is a State As a Model Employer (SAME) agency that supports improved employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
Advertised: 24 Aug 2026 Central Daylight Time
The RN Nursing Instructor is responsible for teaching professional nursing courses at the postsecondary level (but at less than the baccalaureate). Also responsible for preparing and delivering lectures, leading and moderating classroom discussions, facilitating online activities and communication, and administering and grading examinations and assignments. The incumbent demonstrates and teaches patient care techniques in the classroom, simulation laboratory, and clinical sites to nursing students. The incumbent is an expert in nursing practices with knowledge of professional scope and standards of practice.
Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges System