PT Nursing Faculty - Mental Health Didactic

Denver College of Nursing; Colorado; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Denver College of Nursing invites applications for a faculty position. The role focuses on facilitating learning, learner development, evaluation strategies, and curriculum design within classroom, simulation, and clinical settings.

Responsibilities include teaching across courses, advising students, and participating in curriculum development, program evaluation, and faculty governance. A Master of Nursing Practice and current CO RN licensure are required, with certification preferred.

Qualifications

• Master of Nursing Practice from an accredited institution.
• National certification in clinical specialty preferred.
• Current unencumbered Colorado license as a registered nurse.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to all Denver College of Nursing policies and procedures.
• Participate in development, implementation, and evaluation of program philosophy and objectives.
• Participate in curriculum construction, implementation, evaluation, and revision periodically.
• Provide students with academic advising as appropriate.
• Provide a positive role model for students and give constructive feedback.
• Detail attention to student learning, attendance, grades, and reporting issues to administration.
• Attend every assigned class, clinical, or lab session.
• Ensure adherence to course syllabus, templates, and textbooks.
• Participate in faculty and staff meetings and in reviewing program policies.
• Initiate periodic self-evaluation, clinical competence and professional development.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Teaching

Curriculum design

Assessment & evaluation

Leadership

Lifelong learning

Scholarship

Education

Master of Nursing Practice

Job description

Job Description

Faculty members perform a number of roles and functions, each of which reflects the core competencies of nursing faculty. Those competencies include the following: 1) facilitate learning, 2) facilitate learner development and socialization, 3) use assessment and evaluation strategies, 4) participate in curriculum design and program evaluation, 5) function as a change agent and leader, 6) pursue continuous quality improvement in the educator role, 7) engage in scholarship, and 8) function within the educational environment and within the community Denver College of Nursing serves. This position reports to the appropriate Director (i.e., Pre-Licensure Program Director, Experiential Learning Director).

Competencies and Responsibilities

1. Facilitate Learning

Faculty members are responsible for creating an environment in classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings that facilitates student learning and the achievement of desired cognitive, affective, and psychomotor outcomes.

2. Facilitate Learner Development and Socialization

Faculty members recognize his/her responsibility for helping students develop as nurses and integrate the values and behaviors expected of those who fulfill that role.

3. Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies

Faculty members use a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate student learning in laboratory and clinical settings, as well as in all domains of learning.

4. Participate in Curriculum Design and Evaluation of Program Outcomes

Faculty members are responsible for formulating program outcomes and designing curricula that reflect contemporary health care trends and prepare graduates to function effectively in the health care environment.

5. Function as a Change Agent and Leader

Faculty members function as change agents and leaders to create a preferred future for nursing education and nursing practice. Leadership may include mentoring or supervision of new and/or adjunct clinical faculty members.

6. Pursue Continuous Quality Improvement in the Educator Role

Faculty members recognize that his/her role is multidimensional and that an ongoing commitment to develop and maintain competence in the role and to life-long learning is essential.

7. Engage in Scholarship

Faculty members acknowledge that scholarship is an integral component of the faculty role and that teaching itself is a scholarly activity.

8. Function within the Education and Community Environment

Faculty members are knowledgeable about the educational environment within which he/she practices and recognizes how political, institutional, social, and economic forces impact his/her role.

These competencies and responsibilities are adapted from The Scope of Practice for Academic Nurse Educators (National League for Nursing, 2005).

Specific Responsibilities of Faculty

Faculty has the primary responsibility of teaching in classroom, simulation, skills, and/or clinical courses and providing guidance to the students. Additionally, faculty members are responsible for:

• Adhering to all Denver College of Nursing policies and procedures.
• Participating in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the philosophy and objectives of the program.
• Participating in the construction, implementation, evaluation, and revision of the curriculum on a periodic basis.
• Provide students with academic advising as appropriate.
• Providing a positive role model for students and provide positive feedback to students.
• Detailed attention to: academic assessment of students learning, attendance records, grades, and reporting of facility and/or student issues to administration.
• A commitment to attendance at every assigned class, clinical, or lab class as assigned.
• Adherence to course syllabus, standard syllabus template formats, content, class schedule, and textbook use.
• Attendance and participation within faculty and staff meetings as scheduled within the college.
• Assessing student learning in terms of course and program objectives.
• Participating in reviewing and revising the program policies and procedure on a periodic basis.
• Participating in peer evaluation within the framework of the college.
• Initiating periodic self-evaluation, clinical competence and professional development.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications
The following are the qualifications for appointment as a faculty member:

• A minimum of a Masters of Nursing Practice from an accredited institution. National certification in area of clinical specialty is preferred.
• Current unencumbered Colorado license as