RN Clinical Adjunct Instructor, Mental Health (Saturdays) - Citizens School of Nursing

Essential Responsibilities

• Explores creative and innovative teaching and learning strategies on the clinical unit, providing quality instruction to groups of students and individuals as needed.
• Provides for daily goals and a plan of care for patients.
• Documents the students’ progress and sets goals and timelines with didactic faculty leaders for the accomplishments of the course objectives.
• Supports continuous learning and commitment to lifelong learning in the clinical area by sharing research, materials from professional organizations, presenting on the unit, and teaching students.
• Maintains a safe environment, patient condition, complexity of the intervention, and predictability of the outcome.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department-specific quality initiatives (e.g., Evidence-Based Practice population-specific).
• Affirms appropriate order sets are used.
• Participates on interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Accepts mistakes of self and others, fostering a culture where risk-taking is safe and expected.

Qualifications

• Minimum Master’s degree in nursing OR obtain within 5 years of hire.
• 2 years of experience in clinical area of direct responsibility may be required depending on specialty.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate
• CPR – American Heart Association
• Current State of PA RN licensure OR Current multi-state licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).