Nursing Adjunct Instructor

100 Albany Med Health System; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 84,783 - 131,414; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent health care coverage

Support for emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Job summary

100 Albany Med Health System is looking for an Adjunct instructor for clinical supervision of nursing students. This role requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing and clinical competency, ensuring compliance with New York State nursing standards.

Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills, be adept at problem-solving, and possess a caring attitude towards students' learning. Benefits include excellent healthcare coverage and support for wellbeing.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of demonstrated clinical competency in nursing required.
• 4-6 years of experience in educational program development preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and document effectively.
• Understand experimental design and statistics for reporting.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical supervision for nursing students on clinical units.
• Ensure compliance with policies of the Registered Nurse.
• Collaborate with department leadership for optimal patient care.
• Meet with students regularly to ensure their growth.

Skills

Communication skills

Problem-solving abilities

Conflict resolution

Adherence to ethical standards

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Master's Degree in Nursing

RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure

BCLS - Basic Life Support

Job description

Department/Unit: AMCH - Nursing Affiliation Partnership. Work Shift: Evening (United States of America). Salary Range: $84,783.00 - $131,414.00.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Acting in the role of the Adjunct instructor, provides clinical supervision for an individual or group of nursing students on a clinical unit from a locally affiliated school of nursing.
• Provides clinical oversight in accordance with the scope and standards of a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Ensures own compliance with all policies, procedures, protocols and safety standards of the Registered Professional Nurse at Albany Medical Center.
• Ensures that each student participates in patient care that is supervised and complies with the standards of practice for a student nurse at Albany Medical Center.
• Collaborates with department leadership to ensure that student: patient assignments ensure optimal patient care and student learning.
• Role models the mission, vision and values of Albany Medical Center and the School of Nursing with which they are affiliated.
• Escalates patient care concerns to the clinical team in a timely fashion.
• Escalates concerns related to the learner appropriately with the applicable school of nursing.
• Meets with students and preceptors regularly to ensure growth.
• Completes and submits student evaluations in a timely fashion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing - required
• Master's Degree in Nursing - preferred
• 4-6 years of demonstrated clinical competency in a nursing or allied health specialty - required
• 4-6 years of experience in educational program development and teaching - preferred
• Ability to read and analyze documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals
• Ability to document on established forms
• Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively to clients and others
• Ability to listen well, engage in interactive dialogues with others, and facilitate communication among groups
• Ability to seek the input of others to achieve consensus
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent
• Utilize knowledge of experimental design and statistics for reporting program evaluation data
• Ability to perform the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession
• Ability to be accurate in such matters as record keeping, and to use good judgment when performing the functions of the job or when interacting with others
• Demonstrate principles of conflict resolution and promote consensus building
• Ability to promote and assist with the creation of AMC’s policies, procedures and practices
• Delegates and coordinates work assignments with support staff
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to evaluate projects employee performance, and outcomes of educational programming
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required
• Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate

Legal and Privacy Notice

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing