Vocational Nursing Instructor- Full Time Days
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.
About the Role
We are looking for a full-time nursing instructor for our LVN program. This is a full-time position, teaching Monday-Friday. No prior teaching experience is required! Must have a minimum of 3 years of bedside experience as LVN or RN.
Be a part of the solution. Unitek Learning is on a mission to fix the connection between those who want to become nurses and the communities who desperately need them. We graduate culturally competent and highly skilled nurses, and we do this at scale. We have history, stability, and strong student outcomes. We need your experience and transfer of knowledge to make this vision come to life.
Responsibilities
- Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing different and innovative methodologies/techniques in teaching
- Demonstrate or willing to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning
- Assist with reviewing and revising of syllabus for specific course within the program and instructional guidelines
- Submit required program reports and forms to Director of the program in a timely manner
- Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
- Maintain student records of attendance, grades, and skills check-off forms and assist with program data collection that meet set due dates and deadlines
- Assist with updating and maintaining student files as relates to clinical requirements, immunizations, and educational requirements
- Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in response to program needs
- Teach both lecture content and clinical rotations (clinical rotations can be days and/or evenings, on weekdays and/or weekends)
- Participate in professional development; maintain CE hours to ensure renewed licensure, take responsibility for staying current with college updates
- Actively participate in committees as assigned, based on availability, taking into consideration teaching responsibilities as priority
Requirements
- Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse with current licensure in the state in which you are applying to teach
- Able to meet the faculty requirements set by the Board of Vocational Nursing
- Minimum of 3 years of bedside experience as LVN or RN
- Current immunizations and Basic Life Support Certification
Qualifications
Experience which demonstrates:
- Current knowledge of nursing practice
- Ability to mentor students in classroom, lab, and clinical settings
- Ability to work independently without close supervision
- Broad knowledge of nursing sciences
- Successful handling of day-to-day operations in the nursing lab
- Proficient, strong communication skills (verbal and written)
- Current knowledge/experience in clinical setting
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
- 2 weeks’ starting vacation per year, increasing based on years of service with company
- 12 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays
- 401K with a company match
- Company-paid life insurance at 1x your annual salary
- Leadership development and training for career advancement
- Tuition assistance and forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program
Pay
$100,000 - $105,000 per year depending upon experience