Adjunct Faculty, Nursing Maternity

About the role

The ideal candidate will join a vibrant educational community and have a desire and ability to serve a population of students with various needs and backgrounds. The candidate is expected to commit to excellence in teaching and learning, collaboration and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Supervising students in the clinical setting;
• Guidance in completing assignments such as daily clinical worksheets, concept maps, and care plans;
• Knowledge of Medication card system, and conducting student evaluations;
• Demonstrates knowledge of subject matter and an awareness of new developments in the field;
• Integrates didactic 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 the mid-semester and final clinical evaluations;
• Assigns, supervises, plans experiences, and evaluates 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;
• Provides feedback to the course faculty on student preparedness regarding curriculum;
• Attend course-specific orientation on campus with the Assistant Dean of Nursing and course faculty;
• Participate in clinical faculty mentoring as identified by the Assistant Dean of Nursing and course faculty;
• Participate in the Program’s continuous improvement efforts, which include BORN and ACEN requirements;
• Maintain appropriate paperwork and documentation required by the program;
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications:

• BSN for Practical Nursing and MSN for Associate Degree Nursing;
• A minimum of two years of full-time experience in nursing, or its equivalent, within the last five years and evidence of clinical competence in the area(s) of clinical instruction;
• Clinical teaching experience;
• Current unencumbered Massachusetts RN license.

Preferred Qualifications

• Sensitivity and commitment to the goals of Affirmative Action;
• Experience working in a community college or similar environment;
• Demonstrated commitment to working with students in need;
• Recent clinical practice in relevant areas: Labor and Delivery and Postpartum unit;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a broad range of faculty, staff, and student body.