Nursing Mentor/Teaching Assistant

Blackfeet Community College; Browning (MT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

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.

Skills

Tutoring

Mentoring

Communication

Recordkeeping

Education

BSN degree

Tools

ATI platform

Job description

Department

Nursing Program

Personnel Definition

Faculty Position, Regular Full-Time

Term of Employment

10 months/year, 20 pay periods

FLSA

Exempt

Supervision Received

• Nursing Program Director
• Vice President of Academic Affairs
• President

Supervision Exercised

May provide peer guidance and facilitate student-to-student mentoring activities; does not independently supervise nursing faculty.

General Statement of Duties

Supports student learning, progression, retention, and readiness for professional nursing practice in BFCC's baccalaureate nursing program. Works collaboratively with nursing faculty to provide mentoring, tutoring, ATI/TEAS support

Specific Area of Duties

• 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. Clinical practice experiences remain planned and evaluated by nursing faculty.
• 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. Treat students and fellow staff members with respect and ensure all testing protocols are followed. Monitor students for the entirety of the examination and promptly report technical issues, suspected testing irregularities, or student noncompliance with examination rules to the appropriate nursing faculty member or Nursing Program Director.

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.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required

Knowledge Required:

• Principles of professional nursing practice, student-centered learning, clinical and simulation learning environments, academic support, and nursing student progression.
• Basic principles of confidentiality, professional boundaries, safety, and culturally responsive student support.

Skills Required:

• Effective oral and written communication; organization and recordkeeping; tutoring and mentoring; collaboration with faculty and students; use of educational technology and nursing learning platforms.

Abilities Required:

• Work effectively with diverse learners; reinforce course and program expectations without independently changing curriculum or student evaluation standards; recognize when concerns require referral to faculty or the Nursing Program Director; maintain professional relationships and confidentiality.

Complexity

Requires judgment in supporting students across didactic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings; coordinating multiple student needs; recognizing academic or practice concerns; and referring matters appropriately while working within established course objectives, program policies, faculty direction, and the scope of the position.

Personal Contacts

Has regular contact with nursing students, nursing faculty, the Nursing Program Director, college personnel, clinical and community partners, and other individuals necessary to support Nursing Program operations and student success.

Physical Demands

Work is performed in classroom, office, skills laboratory, simulation, and clinical environments. Duties may require prolonged standing or sitting, walking, computer use, demonstration of nursing skills, and movement or lifting of instructional equipment and supplies. Clinical or simulation assignments may require physical capabilities consistent with the essential functions and safety requirements of the assigned setting, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.

Guidelines

• Position Description and employment agreement/appointment letter
• BFCC Employee Policies and Procedures and applicable Faculty/Nursing Program policies
• BFCC Catalog and Nursing Program student/faculty handbooks, procedures, and course requirements
• Montana Board of Nursing requirements applicable to the Nursing Program and assigned responsibilities
• Applicable nursing accreditation standards and AACN Essentials adopted by the program
• Applicable tribal, state, and federal laws, regulations, clinical-site requirements, and college policies