Nursing Faculty - Peds Specialty

Arizona College of Nursing; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Arizona College of Nursing seeks a Core Nursing Faculty member to deliver didactic and clinical instruction, guide curriculum development, and mentor students and adjuncts. You will help maintain program outcomes and uphold the college’s values of Passion, Adaptability, Accountability, Integrity, and Excellence.

Responsibilities include teaching, supervising clinicals, advising students, and participating in faculty meetings to ensure continuous program improvement and student success.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree required; if not in nursing, a Bachelors in nursing plus a related graduate degree is required.
• Minimum three years' RN experience providing direct patient care.
• Current unencumbered RN license or enhanced compact licensure for teaching location.
• Certified Nurse Educator certification and national specialty certification preferred.
• Maintains ongoing professional development through practice, education, and scholarly activities.

Responsibilities

• Teach and evaluate didactic and clinical coursework; eligible to teach at least 36 credits annually.
• Lead curriculum design, program evaluation and revision.
• Mentor faculty, adjuncts, and students; participate in governance and FERPA training.
• Maintain knowledge of program outcomes and site policies.
• Provide timely feedback and maintain records of student progress.

Skills

Leadership

Ethics

Communication

Critical thinking

Teamwork

Professionalism

Mentoring

Education

Graduate degree required

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Graduate degree in related discipline (if not in nursing)

Job description

What You'll Do:

Core Nursing Faculty provide instruction that facilitates students’ achievement of course objectives, engage in scholarly and service activities to promote their professional development, and contribute to the success of the College and its students. Core Nursing Faculty consistently demonstrate Arizona College of Nursing’s values of Passion, Adaptability, Accountability, Integrity, and Excellence.

Core Nursing:

• Develops, implements, teaches, and evaluates the philosophy and objectives of the nursing education program.
• Designs, implements, teaches, evaluates, and revises the curriculum.
• Documents actions taken in faculty and committee meetings using a systematic plan of evaluation for total program review.
• Leads simulation learning experiences in the Nursing Lab.

Didactic:

• Responsible for teaching and evaluating students in the classroom. Teach at least 36 credits annually.
• Designs an effective learning environment that facilitates student learning to address contemporary issues in nursing.
• Support students’ progression in academics and socialization into the role of nursing.
• Utilizes an array of assessment tools to evaluate student learning.
• Actively participates in the systematic plan for curriculum design, program evaluation and program revision.
• Demonstrates leadership by serving as a mentor to faculty, adjuncts, and students.
• Recognizes the role of a nurse educator and pursues continuous in-service/professional development opportunities annually
• Serves as an advisor to an assigned group of core nursing students; contacting advisees at least once a semester, in-person, by phone, and electronically.
• Develops student success plans and remediates “at risk” students.

Clinical:

• Oversees instruction and grading of clinical adjuncts.
• Facilitates the nursing students’ application of theory to clinical practice.
• Attends hospital-based orientations,
• Demonstrates and maintains knowledge of overall program, program outcomes and assigned course objectives.
• Communicates effectively utilizing professional techniques with clinical agency representatives, staff, faculty, and students.
• Identifies and immediately communicates problem areas/clinical areas of concern to Course Lead Faculty and recommends changes and solutions as appropriate.
• Provides weekly and as needed communication with Course Lead Faculty concerning student progress including successes and identified needs, clinical issues, suggestions, and/or professional learning needs.
• Grades associated clinical papers and provides students with timely and clear feedback.
• Maintains all records on student performance, i.e., Student Success Plan, Progressive Disciplinary Plan, and Mid‑t and final clinical evaluations.
• Completes clinical site evaluations.
• Adheres to/enforces the policies and procedures of Arizona College of Nursing and the assigned clinical facility.

In addition to responsibilities for teaching didactic and/or clinical classes:

• Plans, teaches, and evaluates classroom, clinical, skills labs and other learning experiences in conjunction with other team members.
• Connects students to College resources for their success.
• Consistently demonstrates and coaches students on soft skills: Leadership and ethics, Communication and critical thinking, Teamwork and collaboration, Responsibility and dependability
• Maintains a presence on campus and contributes to the campus culture in a positive and meaningful way.
• Provides input to developing, evaluating and revising program policies through the governance structure.
• Participates in faculty meetings/in-service offerings and other nursing events (i.e., graduation, etc.).
• Protects student privacy through completing required FERPA training and upholding FERPA guidelines.

All other duties as assigned.

What We Need From You:

Faculty shall provide evidence of education and experience necessary to indicate that they are competent to teach a given course and develop and evaluate student admission, progression, retention, and graduation policies within the framework of the controlling institution.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Graduate degree required, if the graduate degree is not in nursing must have a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and a graduate degree in a related discipline from an accredited program recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA)*.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ work experience as a professional registered nurse providing direct patient care. Previous experience teaching in a registered nursing program at a college or university is preferred.
• Holds a current unencumbered state professional registered nurse license or enhance compact nurse licensure relevant to the state of teaching location.
• Certified Nurse Educator certification and national certification in area of nursing specialty is preferred.
• Maintains professional competence/expertise in teaching through activities such as nursing practice, continuing education programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, academic courses, research projects and professional writing.

* Subject to state BON/BRN/HEB regulation(s) where the campus/student is located.