Nursing Mentor & Academic Support Specialist

Blackfeet Community College

Browning (MT)

On-site

USD 52,000 - 70,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Blackfeet Community College seeks a dedicated Nursing Program tutor/mentoring specialist to support student learning, progression, and readiness for professional nursing practice within the BFCC baccalaureate program.

You will collaborate with nursing faculty to provide mentoring, tutoring, ATI/TEAS support, and resources for newly admitted students, while maintaining records and ensuring confidentiality and test integrity across didactic, lab, simulation, and clinical settings.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited nursing program required.
Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the State of Montana required.
Minimum of one (1) year of clinical nursing experience required.
Experience with ATI or comparable nursing education/testing platforms preferred.
Experience supporting nursing students in tutoring, mentoring, skills laboratory, simulation, clinical education, or higher education preferred.
Must meet any additional clinical-site, college, or regulatory requirements applicable to assigned duties.

Responsibilities

Coordinate the nursing student mentoring program, including structured peer mentoring between senior and junior nursing students.
Provide individual and small-group tutoring across nursing coursework and reinforce study strategies, time management, clinical reasoning, and test-taking skills.
Serve as an ATI resource/champion for students and faculty; track student engagement and progress with ATI and coordinate ATI review activities for senior students.
Assist students with TEAS preparation and follow-up and support implementation of ATI Launch or comparable onboarding/readiness resources for newly admitted students.
Assist course faculty with learning activities in didactic courses, skills laboratory, simulation, and clinical rotations as assigned.
Reinforce safe, evidence-informed nursing practice and professional behaviors, including communication, teamwork, adaptability, problem-solving, therapeutic interactions, and appropriate responses to patients and families in crisis.
Serve as a professional role model and resource to students in classroom, clinical, laboratory, and simulation settings.
Maintain timely records of student contacts, tutoring/mentoring activities, referrals, participation, and outcomes; protect student privacy and confidentiality.
Identify students needing additional academic support and communicate concerns to the appropriate course faculty and Nursing Program Director; make referrals to available college resources as appropriate.
Support program assessment and continuous improvement by providing requested student-support data and assisting the Nursing Program Director with reports for college leadership, the Board of Trustees, and nursing/accreditation review activities.
Participate in orientation, faculty/program meetings, training, ATI professional development/conferences, and other activities related to assigned responsibilities.
Maintain current knowledge and competency appropriate to assigned nursing education support responsibilities.
Work schedules may include afternoons, evenings, weekends, simulation, or clinical hours based on program and student needs.
Perform other duties necessary to the function of Blackfeet Community College and the Nursing Program, as assigned.
Monitor course exams and final exams in a classroom setting, as needed, to ensure proper test-taking procedures are followed while maintaining a distraction-free environment.