Registered Nursing Instructor - Clinical & Skills (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Madera Community Col[...]

SCCCD International Education; California; On-site; USD 52,762 - 85,108; Part time

Job summary

A community college in California is seeking a part-time Registered Nursing Instructor. The role involves teaching in various settings, evaluating student performance, and engaging with a diverse student population. Ideal candidates will have a degree and related experience, with a focus on instruction in medical-surgical nursing. Competitive pay rates offered ranging from $38.30 to $61.78 per hour depending on experience and course type.

Qualifications

• Must have evidence of understanding diverse backgrounds of community college students.
• Experience in medical-surgical nursing and providing instruction is desirable.
• Strong communication skills are necessary.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach nursing courses including theory and skills lab.
• Evaluate student performance in clinical and theoretical courses.
• Participate in student recruiting activities.

Skills

Communication skills

Instructional technology

Experience with diverse student backgrounds

Curriculum development

Medical-surgical nursing expertise

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

California Community College Credential

Job description

Registered Nursing Instructor - Clinical & Skills (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Madera Community College Center

This is a part-time position. Open until filled. Start dates may vary.

The ideal candidate will share the Madera Community College Center’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.

Providing instruction in the LVN to RN nursing program in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on the Madera Community College Center campus or off-campus as needed. The instructor will be responsible for:

• Preparing for and teaching courses in the registered nursing program as assigned, including instruction of theory classes, skills lab, and/or hospital, and clinical laboratory experiences;
• Objectively evaluating student performance in theory as well as skills lab and clinical courses;
• Communicating effectively with students, patients, families, health care givers and faculty and staff and maintaining effective working relationships;
• Developing/utilizing technologies used for classroom presentations;
• Participating in appropriate professional meetings and workshops;
• Cooperating with regard to scheduling classes between colleagues in the same disciplines;
• Participating in student recruiting activities;
• Assessing student learning outcomes to improve student learning;
• Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching nursing; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Minimum Qualifications: All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Any bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related experience; or
• Any associate degree and six years of directly related experience; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Desirable Qualifications:

• Education and/or experience in providing quality instruction in theory and clinical settings;
• Strong background in acute medical-surgical nursing;
• Experience in providing instruction in medical-surgical nursing;
• Experience in or potential for matriculation in pediatric, perinatal, and psychiatric specialties;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Ability to work well in a diversity of settings (pediatric, psychiatric, perinatal, and medical-surgical);
• Ability to develop collegial relationships with peers;
• Ability to maintain a close liaison and harmonious relationship and acceptance into area hospitals;
• Experience in computer assisted instruction and other instructional technologies;
• Ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administration;
• Ability to develop new and current curriculum and focus on student learning outcomes to improve student learning;
• Experience working with students of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds;
• Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusions of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom;
• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth; and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Salary and Benefits: Starting rates are $45.49 – $61.78 for lecture, $38.67 – $52.55 for lab, and $38.30 – $52.05 for non-instructional.