Nursing Instructor & Clinical Educator

Unitek Learning; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 61,992 - 82,656; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

401K with company match

Tuition assistance and forgiveness

Job summary

Unitek Learning is seeking a Nursing Instructor in California to provide quality instruction and assist in developing course materials. The successful candidate will have a current nursing licensure and experience in bedside care.

This role involves teaching both theoretical content and clinical rotations, maintaining student records, and participating in continuous professional development. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.

Qualifications

• 3 years bedside experience with RN/BSN or 6 years bedside experience with LVN/Associates Degree.
• Current immunizations and Basic Life Support Certification or ACLS preferred.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses at various times and locations based on program needs.
• Review and utilize innovative teaching methodologies.
• Maintain student records of attendance, grades, and skills check-offs.

Skills

Nursing practice knowledge

Strong communication skills

Ability to mentor students

Clinical setting experience

Education

Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse licensure

Job description

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Why Work for Unitek Learning? To be part of a healthcare revolution. There is plenty of demand from students who want to become nurses, and there is plenty of demand to hire highly skilled nurses. Unitek Learning is on a mission to fix the connection between those who want to become nurses and the communities who desperately need them. We graduate culturally competent and highly skilled nurses, and we do this at scale. We have history, stability and strong student outcomes. We need your experience and transfer of knowledge to make this vision come to life. Be a part of the solution.

We are looking for a part-time nursing instructor for our LVN program. This is a part-time position, teaching with weekend availability required.

No prior teaching experience is required!

Job Description

• Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing different and innovative methodologies / techniques in teaching
• Demonstrate or willing to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning
• Assist with reviewing and revising of syllabus for specific course within the program and instructional guidelines
• Submit required program reports and forms to Director of the program in a timely manner
• Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
• Maintains student records of attendance, grades, and skills check-off forms and assist with program data collection that meet set due dates and deadlines
• Assists with updating and maintaining student files as relates to clinical requirements, immunizations and educational requirements
• Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in responds to program needs
• Teaches both lecture content and clinical rotations (clinical rotations can be days, and/or evenings, on week days and/or weekends)
• Participate in professional development; maintain CE hours to ensure renewed licensure, takes responsibility for staying current with college updates
• Actively participates in committees as assigned, based on availability, taking into consideration teaching responsibilities as priority
• Experience that demonstrates Current knowledge of nursing practice; ability to mentor students in classroom, lab, and clinical settings; ability to work independently without close supervision; broad understanding of nursing sciences; successful handling of day-to-day operations in the nursing lab; proficient, strong communications skills verbal and written; current knowledge/experience in clinical setting
  
  

Pay Range

The hourly pay range for this position is $45.00 (minimum), $52.80 (midpoint), and $60.00 maximum).*

• Typical hiring range is between the minimum and midpoint of the above pay range. Actual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget.
  
  

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must meet the requirements set by the board of nursing below:

• Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse with current licensure in the state in which you are applying to teach
• You must meet one of the following requirements set by the board of vocational nursing:
• 3 years bedside experience with RN/BSN OR
• 6 years bedside experience with LVN/Associates Degree
• Preferred: current immunizations and Basic Life Support Certification or ACLS
  
  

Additional Information

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program
  
  

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.