Part-time clinical faculty teach students in the clinical setting and may also have nursing skills lab and simulation laboratory responsibilities or assist in the classroom setting. Part-time clinical faculty function under the supervision of full-time course faculty members and the Dean of Nursing.
Responsibilities:
Professional Behavior
- Demonstrates proper respect for students and has student-friendly manner in the conduct of class.
- Provides assistance to the course faculty to ensure the clinical curriculum being taught addresses course or workshop learning objectives.
- Works effectively as part of the overall faculty team demonstrating positive interpersonal relations, collaborating with other faculty members to meet student needs, participating in faculty meetings and nursing program committees, and responding to requests from management.
Procedural/Grading, Evaluation
- Evaluates student progress toward meeting clinical objectives using the established clinical evaluation tool. Communicates student progress verbally and in writing to the course faculty as well as to the student at midterm, at end of term and as needed.
- Maintains attendance and tardy records of assigned students and works cooperatively with nursing faculty to counsel students regarding attendance.
- Works cooperatively with nursing faculty to counsel students regarding attendance or clinical issues and assist students in developing an appropriate plan for improvement.
Facilitation of Learning
- Designs students’ clinical experiences and assignments to achieve stated clinical course objectives and supervises students in the clinical area to maintain safe practice and achieve clinical objectives
- Provides pre and post conferences in the clinical area concurrent with unit experience, clinical learning objectives, and individual student needs as directed by course faculty.
- Ensures students’ ability to assume clinical assignments and provides for student orientation to the assigned clinical facility, including orientation to physical environment and staff.
Faculty Development Plan
- Attends workshops and in-service education aimed at earning the necessary CEU’s for license requirements and professional growth.
- Demonstrates competence in the clinical area being taught.
- Pursues a Master of Nursing or PhD in Nursing degree (if applicable).
Requirements:
- Completion of an approved professional nursing education program.
- Experience for at least three years in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse.
- Current active unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse in the state where program is located or multistate privilege to practice nursing in state.
- An earned bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in nursing from an accredited program (or a related health field) dependent on the clinical level taught.
- Previous teaching experience preferred.
- Expertise in the area in which assigned to teach.
- Competent in personal computer applications: word processing, spreadsheet, database, and email.
- Successful completion of criminal background check and drug screening, appropriate immunizations, and current CPR and HIPPA certifications.
Measurement of Success:
- Course and program outcome measures
- Dean of Nursing evaluation
- Student evaluations
- Feedback from course faculty member, clinical facilities and other program constituents.
NOTE: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, or requirements associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.
