Vocational Nursing Instructor- Per Diem

Unitek Learning; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision

2 Weeks’ Vacation

Paid Holidays

401K with Company Match

Life Insurance

Tuition assistance

Leadership development

Job summary

Unitek Learning is seeking a full-time nursing instructor for its LVN program in California. The role runs Monday–Friday with no prior teaching experience required, but a minimum of 3 years of bedside experience as LVN/RN and current California licensure is essential.

You will teach both lecture and clinical rotations, update syllabi, maintain student records, and stay current with nursing best practices. Competitive benefits and growth opportunities provided.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or LVN with current California licensure.
• Meets faculty requirements set by the Board of Vocational Nursing.
• Current immunizations and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Ability to mentor students in classroom, lab and clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Teach LVN program courses and clinical rotations (days/evenings/weekends as needed).
• Review and update syllabi; maintain student records and CE hours.
• Utilize innovative teaching methods and online activities.
• Participate in program reporting and committee activities.

Skills

Nursing knowledge

Clinical mentoring

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse with current licensure in California

Job description

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Why Work for Unitek Learning?

To be part of a healthcare revolution. There is plenty of demand from students who want to become nurses, and there is plenty of demand to hire highly skilled nurses. Unitek Learning is on a mission to fix the connection between those who want to become nurses and the communities who desperately need them. We graduate culturally competent and highly skilled nurses, and we do this at scale. We have history, stability and strong student outcomes. We need your experience and transfer of knowledge to make this vision come to life. Be a part of the solution.

We are looking for a full-time nursing instructor for our LVN program.

This is a full-time position, teaching Monday-Friday. No prior teaching experience is required! Must have a minimum of 3 years of beside experience as LVN or RN.

Job Description

• Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing different and innovative methodologies / techniques in teaching
• Demonstrate or willing to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning
• Assist with reviewing and revising of syllabus for specific course within the program and instructional guidelines
• Submit required program reports and forms to Director of the program in a timely manner
• Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
• Maintains student records of attendance, grades, and skills check-off forms and assist with program data collection that meet set due dates and deadlines
• Assists with updating and maintaining student files as relates to clinical requirements, immunizations and educational requirements
• Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in responds to program needs
• Teaches both lecture content and clinical rotations (clinical rotations can be days, and/or evenings, on week days and/or weekends)
• Participate in professional development; maintain CE hours to ensure renewed licensure, takes responsibility for staying current with college updates
• Actively participates in committees as assigned, based on availability, taking into consideration teaching responsibilities as priority

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse with current licensure in the state in which you are applying to teach
• Able to meet the faculty requirements set by the Board of Vocational Nursing
• Experience which demonstrates: Current knowledge of nursing practice; ability to mentor students in classroom, lab and clinical settings; ability to work independently without close supervision; broad knowledge of nursing sciences; successful handling of day to day operations in the nursing lab; proficient, strong communications skills verbal and written; current knowledge/experience in clinical setting
• Current immunizations and Basic Life Support Certification

We Offer (for Full Time):

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Pay: $100-$105k depending upon experience