VN Clinical Instructor

About the role

Join our faculty at American Career College and discover an innovative learning environment with a year-round curriculum that puts our students at the heart of everything we do. This unwavering focus translates into the tools, technologies, resources, and support you need to make an impact on their lives, launching the careers of future healthcare leaders. Get ready to collaborate with incredible people, grow in your profession, and move healthcare education in an entirely new direction.

Success Profile

What makes a successful member of the Faculty team at American Career College?

• Compassionate
• Team Player
• Creative
• Positive
• Resilience
• Solution Oriented

Benefits

• Healthcare
• 401(k) Retirement Plans and Employer Matching
• Professional Development
• Day of Service PTO Day
• Collaboration
• Management
• Awards & Recognition

Our Mission & Culture

Every day at American Career College is the opportunity to shape minds and lift up those around you. When you join us, you’ll discover a vibrant culture that’s filled with opportunity and growth, supported by a passionate team that believes in our mission. We always put our students at the heart of everything we do – our future vocational nurses, radiologic technologists, medical assistants, and more depend on it. Discover what it means to truly believe in the work that you do.

Responsibilities

As a faculty member for a certified Great Place to Work, you will join a collaborative, student-centric culture valuing academic integrity, mutual respect, student learning, service, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, and stewardship. As a part of this team, you will guide students to do more than change their own lives – you will help change the lives of every patient they care for throughout their career. At American Career College, you will have the opportunity to share your expertise and passion with the next generation of nurses.

• Deliver class and/or clinical instruction according to an approved curriculum using accepted and effective teaching methods.
• Supervise students while they work with patients or in the clinical setting, assessing their ability to effectively apply knowledge from the classroom, master necessary skills, communicate effectively, and plan patient care in the clinical environment.
• Develop daily lesson plans; advise, remediate, and tutor students; maintain current and accurate attendance and grade records; remain current in applicable program teaching field.
• Participate in faculty meetings, professional growth activities in the respective field and two (2) in-service training sessions annually.
• Participate in college activities such as in-services, faculty meetings, student functions, graduation exercises, open houses, new student orientations, and advisory board meetings.
• Strive for student success by providing quality instruction that results in students’ achievement of academic goals and program requirements, retention of students, and preparation for entry-level positions in the healthcare field.

Your Experience Includes:

• (must align with Education for OPTION 1 Below)- 2 years nursing experience as a RN or LVN within the last 5 years.
• (must align with Education for OPTION 2 below)- 6 years nursing experience as LVN and RN combined or 6 years of either.

Education

• (must align with Education for OPTION 1 Below)- Baccalaureate degree from accredited school recognized by DOE. Completion of a course or courses offered by an approved school with instruction in teaching.
• (must align with Education for OPTION 1 Below)- CA teaching cert. Completion of a course or courses offered by an approved school with instruction in teaching.
• (must align with Education for OPTION 1 Below)- Completion of at least a minimum of (1) year FT teaching experience in a state accredited or approved registered nursing or vocational or practical nursing school within the last 5 years.
• (must align with Education for OPTION 2 below)- Meet community college or state university educational minimums (ADN) teaching requirements in CA.

Licenses/Certifications

• Current active California license as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Registered Nurse (RN).
• Current CPR Card.