Nursing Adjunct Instructor (Los Medanos College)

About the Position

Approval from the Contra Costa Community College Board and Board of Registered Nursing/Board of Vocational Nursing must be received prior to hire. This position requires adaptability and flexibility in assignments. This teaching assignment may be during the day, evening and/or on weekends.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies
• Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics
• Informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements
• Preparing and grading clinical assignments and informing students of their clinical progress
• Maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines
• Providing instruction in accordance with established curriculum, course outlines and class schedules
• Creating and maintaining an environment which emphasizes learning, encourages free discussion of ideas and critical thinking
• Evaluating progress of students concerning educational matters and grading student work
• Meeting with students outside of class
• Fulfilling professional responsibilities of a part-time/temporary faculty member
• Performing other related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

Desirable Qualifications

• Competency with EPIC documentation software
• Experience in teaching nursing skills as well as experience teaching psychiatric nursing clinical to registered nursing students at the pre-licensure or post-licensure level
• Experience developing, implementing, and evaluating curriculum in nursing and/or formal teaching presentations
• Experience utilizing a variety of teaching strategies to foster critical thinking and application of theory to practice
• Experience in facilitating student application of theory to practice by use of the nursing process and critical thinking in both classroom and clinical settings
• Sensitivity to, and experience working with diverse racial, ethnic, gender, socioeconomic, disabled, and cultural populations; and a commitment to support policies that respect and consider the diversity of the student population and its faculty