Adjunct Faculty - Nursing Clinical Instructor

About the role

MassBay fosters educational excellence and academic success to prepare students for local and global citizenship, to promote their personal growth, to meet critical workforce demands of communities, and to contribute to the region’s economic development.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrated knowledge of subject matter and an awareness of new developments in the field;
• Integrate theory content into the student(s) clinical assignment;
• Communicate with course faculty regularly to track student progress or to develop performance improvement plans to support student learning;
• Responsible for conducting clinical evaluations;
• Assign, supervise, plan experiences, and evaluate students in practice learning environments based on course and program student learning outcomes;
• Provides support, guidance, and instruction on all aspects of patient care while at the clinical facility or laboratory classroom;
• Demonstrate procedures and patient care in clinical or laboratory nursing settings;
• Provide feedback to the assistant dean of nursing, program director, and clinical placement coordinator on the appropriateness of the health care agency in terms of teaching/learning environments for students;
• Provide feedback on student achievement of student learning outcomes;
• Attend orientation on campus;
• Participate in clinical faculty mentoring as identified by the Assistant Dean of Nursing and course faculty;
• Participate in the Programs’ continuous improvement efforts, which include BORN and ACEN requirements;
• Maintain appropriate paperwork and documentation required by the programs.

Requirements

• Current unencumbered Massachusetts RN license;
• Recent clinical practice in relevant areas: All areas of nursing are encouraged to apply;
• Must meet one of the following requirements: MSN with a minimum of 2 years nursing experience; or BSN with 2 years of nursing experience and matriculated in an MSN program with expected graduation within 5 years; or BSN and a minimum of five years of full-time experience in nursing, or its equivalent and evidence of clinical competence in the area(s) of clinical instruction;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse faculty, staff, and student body;
• Clinical teaching experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action;
• Experience working in a community college or similar environment;
• Demonstrates commitment to working with students in need.