Adjunct - Patient Care Academy/Nurse Aide Instructor

About the role

Kirkwood Community College prides itself on fostering a diverse workforce and values unique perspectives throughout its campus community. The college is a convenient, innovative, visionary educational leader striving to remain affordable and accessible. With more than 140 majors and programs, Kirkwood boasts 14,000 annual college-credit students while maintaining one of the lowest tuitions in the state. All degree-seeking students are eligible for federal financial aid and the college offers more than $3 million in scholarships each year to students from all walks of life.

Responsibilities

• Effectively teach assigned courses
• Serve as a professional role model
• Afford students with the opportunity to achieve course objectives
• Set up and take down classroom materials and equipment as needed
• Provide discipline in the classroom as needed
• Prepare lessons and presentations for continuing education and credit classes
• Maintain necessary required records
• Aid in promoting and supporting the program including recruitment activities
• Aid in the maintenance and enhancement of communications within the program, the College and community
• Establish a means of being accessible to meet individual student needs
• Provide grade reports and feedback to the students in a timely manner
• Perform other related work duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse (RN) with an Iowa license, have worked for two full-time years as an RN, or have a health related degree

Performance Expectations

• Demonstrates professional role modeling for students, professional appearance and positive attitude
• Maintains familiarity with policies and protocols of the program, college and clinical agencies
• Be knowledgeable concerning the latest trends and issues in Nurse Aide/Vocational Health education
• Provides student instruction for the full required hours, utilizing instructional time effectively
• Assumes responsibility, is prompt and dependable in attendance, and effectively applies problem-solving skills
• Affords students with the opportunity to identify strengths/areas for improvement
• Acts as a facilitator of learning, discusses, questions, and directs student learning
• Expresses high expectations of student performance concurrent with course objectives
• Prepares instruction to coincide with curriculum content and student learning needs
• Explains expectations to students; supervises and documents performance; keeps students informed of their progress
• Provides immediate feedback to students regarding performance
• Maintains confidentiality with patients, students, agency, and college
• Represents the college/program in a positive manner
• Establishes rapport with agency personnel and colleagues
• Maintains communication with course instructors, clinical facilities, and the Instructor/Coordinator
• Welcomes, values, and nurtures people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, as well as support and promote an environment that accepts differences

Physical Activities

• Sitting, standing and/or walking most of the time in a classroom/laboratory/clinic setting
• Constant (67-100%) reaching, standing, walking, lifting, dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and viewing various types of close visual work
• Frequent (34-66%) stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling, carrying, and perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching
• Erecting up to 50 pounds occasionally (10-33%)

Minimum Qualifications

• Must be a Registered Nurse (RN) with an Iowa license, have worked for two full-time years as an RN, or have a health related degree