Nursing Instructor – Critical Care & Simulation Education

West Coast University; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

West Coast University seeks a Nursing Faculty member to guide nursing students toward patient-centered care and healthcare excellence. You will mentor students, model best practices, and contribute to a student-centered, innovative community.

In this role you will teach using diverse methods, participate in course assessment, and help align materials with learning outcomes. You will also engage in scholarly activities and professional growth, leveraging our Simulation and Innovation Labs.

Qualifications

• RN with minimum two years of direct patient care.
• At least one year of teaching experience in nursing or healthcare education.
• Master’s degree in nursing and active nursing licensure.

Responsibilities

• Serve as mentor, role model and facilitator for students.
• Demonstrate enthusiasm for teaching, the teaching/learning process and for individual students.
• Apply your skills and experience to your assigned teaching schedule.
• Participate in and contribute to assessment activities of courses/curriculum and programs via a continuous improvement plan set forth by the University.
• Regularly contribute to improvement of class materials and syllabi within prescribed shared governance culture.
• Utilize a variety of teaching methodologies to instruct students, always with intent to facilitate observable evidence of student fulfillment of prescribed learning outcomes.
• Maintain scholarly activities.
• Participating in professional growth and service in accordance with university policies.
• Advancing our commitment and focus on the students we serve, and their success as healthcare professionals.
• Fully leveraging our innovative technologies and resources, such as our Simulation and Innovation Labs.
• If working with students in a Clinical setting you will: Assume complete responsibility for students in clinical facilities.
• Clarify clinical expectations with students.
• Clarify student placement and expectations with clinical facility staff.
• Utilize care planning time to direct students to available resources needed for clinical preparation.
• Assess student knowledge and skill level to ensure safety and optimal care to patients.
• Utilize pre- and post- conference to allow students an opportunity to share learned experiences, ensuring clarity of the correlation between weekly theory content with clinical objectives and experiences.
• Prove feedback of clinical performance immediately after observation of event and of overall performance at midterm and end of semester.

Skills

Mentoring

Teaching

Curriculum Assessment

Student Support

Education

Master's degree in Nursing

Nursing licensure

Tools

MS Office

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

West Coast University seeks a Nursing Faculty member to guide nursing students toward patient-centered care and healthcare excellence. You will mentor students, model best practices, and contribute to a student-centered, innovative community.

In this role you will teach using diverse methods, participate in course assessment, and help align materials with learning outcomes. You will also engage in scholarly activities and professional growth, leveraging our Simulation and Innovation Labs.