Nursing Adjunct

Role Code: 01011-SW; Position Number: 285A0000; Agency: Patrick & Henry Community College; Work Location: Martinsville - 690.

About the role

Patrick & Henry Community College is a comprehensive two-year institution committed to student success, lifelong learning, and enrichment of the quality of life in the region it serves. Serving Martinsville, Henry County, Patrick County, and the southern portion of Franklin County, P&HCC is a comprehensive open-door institution accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree. The college offers 29 associate degree programs, 12 certificate programs, and 38 career studies certificate programs, plus nontraditional programs such as customized workforce development training, industry-recognized certifications, developmental and transitional programs, and courses for personal enrichment. P&HCC staff work with a student population that reflects the population of Virginia, striving to ensure economic mobility for all people in the service region. The college fosters a welcoming, connected environment through initiatives like Caring Campus, which promotes uplifting behaviors such as wearing name tags, warmly connecting students to necessary personnel, and openly engaging with students to eliminate barriers to success.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for planning, teaching, and evaluating students in the clinical area.
• Share in the total responsibility of providing quality instruction for students.
• Become familiar with the philosophy, objectives, and policies of the nursing program and the Nursing Student Handbook.
• Become familiar with the college-wide adjunct faculty handbook, the college catalog, and college policies.
• Attend selected meetings as designated by the dean/college/nursing director.
• Maintain professional competence and provide evidence of completion to the nursing office through activities such as active practice, continuing education programs, conferences, workshops, seminars, academic courses, research projects, and professional writing.
• Participate in academic advising and counseling for assigned groups of students.
• Confer with the nursing program director regarding clinical rotation plans, assigned clinical agencies, and assigned groups of students.
• Plan orientation day at assigned clinical facilities for designated times on assigned units and for other clinical agency clinical adjunct onboarding requirements (coordinated through full-time nursing faculty or the nursing program director).
• Attend student orientation for clinical sites as needed.
• Select patient assignments and plan learning experiences on the clinical unit according to classroom instruction, course objectives, and student needs.
• Review clinical objectives with students; conduct pre/post conferences for each clinical day.
• Assist students in integrating and reinforcing learning by relating knowledge and skills of nursing and other disciplines to clinical learning experiences.
• Provide supervision and guidance for students using components of the nursing process with assigned patients in the clinical setting.
• Serve as a role model and resource person for student clinical groups.
• Be accessible to students at all times in clinical situations.
• Assist faculty in developing, implementing, and evaluating the philosophy and objectives of the nursing education program.
• Assist in designing, implementing, teaching, evaluating, and revising the clinical curriculum.
• Assist in developing and evaluating student admissions, progression, retention, and graduation policies within the P&HCC framework.
• Provide opportunities for student and graduate evaluation of curriculum, teaching, and program effectiveness by connecting students to departmental surveys.
• Document actions taken in faculty and committee meetings as needed.
• Review, correct, and comment on care plans, concept maps, or other designated written clinical paperwork required for clinical experiences; return to students or lead faculty the following week.
• Evaluate and record student progress; confer at the end of each rotation and end of semester regarding strengths and areas needing improvement; complete written evaluations of student clinical performance on designated forms.
• Maintain an environment conducive to learning.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with staff and personnel of clinical agencies.
• Maintain accurate records of attendance for clinical students and report to full-time faculty.
• Report to the lead/core full-time faculty any student problems or concerns that occur in the clinical setting; record date and time, document events/conc