Nursing Education Instructor (Daytime)

UPMC; Erie (Erie County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

UPMC Jameson School of Nursing at UPMC Hamot is seeking a Nursing Instructor to lead didactic and clinical education for nursing students. You will guide learners in applying the nursing process to deliver safe, high-quality patient care and serve as an educational leader within a collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring students, evaluating clinical performance, and contributing to school committees while supporting student success from admission through graduation.

Responsibilities

• Initiates opportunities to maintain the mission and values of the parent organization.
• Serves as a role model for communication with other health care team members to enhance and influence nursing within the organization.
• Incorporates the values of trust, respect, collegiality, professionalism and caring to build an organizational climate that fosters the development of the student and other faculty.
• Develops strategies to incorporate principles of dignity and respect in meeting the diverse learning needs of students in both the classroom and clinical practice area.
• Works productively and effectively within a complex educational environment.
• Resolves and manages conflict effectively and in a timely manner.
• Coaches students on cultural diversity and civility in the educational environment.
• Creates an environment which recognizes and values differences in peers, patients/families and communities.
• Maintains active membership in professional nursing organizations.
• Engages in educational activities that promote ones professional growth in the role of a nurse educator.
• Utilizes feedback gained from self, peer and student evaluations to improve role effectiveness.
• Seeks opportunities to share expertise with other faculty and members of the healthcare team.
• Promotes innovative practices in the educational environment.
• Engages in the shared leadership of the school by participating in school committees.
• Maintains professional practice knowledge base through continuing education programs and conferences.
• Provides resources and coaching to diverse learners to assist them in meeting their individual needs.
• Establishes and maintains positive, caring relationships with students, faculty, management, patients/families and all other members of the health care team.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills to lead students in the application of the nursing process in the classroom and in the clinical area.
• Demonstrates clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of the teaching-learning process.
• Instructs and evaluates multiple students and creates meaningful learning assignments both in the classroom and in the clinical area.
• Demonstrates mastery of course content and clinical competence.
• Contributes in the development of school policies.
• Utilizes teaching strategies grounded in educational theory and evidence-based teaching practice.
• Provides quality classroom and clinical instruction to groups of nursing students.
• Uses personal attributes in facilitating student learning.
• Recognizes the influence of teaching styles and interpersonal interactions on learner outcomes.
• Creates opportunities for learner to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills.
• Utilizes current literature to design evidence-based teaching strategies in classroom and clinical settings.
• Participates in quality improvement projects and/or scholarly work.
• Shares learning from outcomes with other faculty and schools of nursing.
• Participates in the Systematic Program Evaluation Process.
• Utilizes assessment and evaluation data to improve student performance.
• Promotes creative and innovative teaching learning strategies in the classroom and during the clinical experience.
• Participates in strategy development for educational changes at UPMC Schools of Nursing.
• Utilizes leadership skills to shape and implement change across all the schools of nursing.
• Demonstrates a commitment to nursing, the school and the program goals.
• Serves as a professional role model for students in the classroom and in the clinical area.
• Demonstrates leadership abilities in working with multiple faculty and students in the educational environment.
• Serves as co-chair of school committees as assigned.

Job description

UPMC Jameson School of Nursing at UPMC Hamot is seeking a Nursing Instructor to lead didactic and clinical education for nursing students. You will guide learners in applying the nursing process to deliver safe, high-quality patient care and serve as an educational leader within a collaborative environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring students, evaluating clinical performance, and contributing to school committees while supporting student success from admission through graduation.