Part Time Instructor Nursing Assistant; POOL

Position Overview

The Part‑time Instructor of Nursing Assistant provides instruction to students in the Nursing Assistant class, directs student discussion and evaluates student performance in the classroom. Provides instruction in the clinical and lab settings for students in the Nursing Assistant course. Prepares students for state certification exam.

The focus of student instruction includes:

• Application of relevant theoretical frameworks
• Development and refinement of psychomotor skills
• Integration of pathophysiology and disease processes
• Nursing Assistant care of clients across the lifespan with alterations in health in hospital and community-based settings.

Nursing Assistant Faculty are expected to create a caring learning environment that will promote active learning and foster critical thinking.

• Provide Nursing Assistant Instruction. The Nursing Assistant Program Curriculum uses a collaborative teaching model. The Primary Instructor uses a variety of teaching methodologies to deliver theory content, including lecture, demonstrations, classroom activities, and Canvas activities and exams. Clinical Teaching Associates assist the Primary Instructor to provide instruction in the lab and clinical settings. Skills instruction takes place in a bed lab environment, where students practice Oregon State Board of Nursing mandated skills.
  
  Students demonstrate skills proficiency in formal check‑off sessions, in student teams. Acute care and sub‑acute care settings in the community allow students to practice direct patient care and check‑off skills proficiency, with direct instructor supervision.
• Faculty assignments include providing individual feedback to guide and evaluate student progress. Part‑time teaching requires up to approximately 8 load units per term. Teaching occurs during the day, evening, and weekends. Lab and clinical teaching is in‑person. Nursing Assistant faculty are expected to perform all essential duties and tasks specific to the nursing department as outlined in the Nursing Program Faculty Handbook.
• Serve as Role Model and Supervisor in Areas of Nursing Assistant Practice.
• Office Hours and Student Contact. Clinical Teaching Associates should be available by appointment for Office Hours. All Primary Instructors are expected to be available to their students outside of class when students are scheduled on campus. There is a minimum of at least one office hour per week for each course taught.
• Meet as a Condition of Employment. Faculty must meet the minimum requirements for the position and such other appropriate college requirements that become necessary throughout the teaching career. Disclaimer:
  Hiring of the person into this role is contingent upon approval of the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN).

Individuals must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the duties and responsibilities of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Thorough knowledge in the field of instruction.
• Visual ability, corrected, to enable instructors to observe, direct, and supervise students in laboratory situations.
• Familiarity with and ability to operate or oversee the operation of audio‑visual equipment, including overhead projectors, film, sound systems, video, television, interactive video and audio equipment including computer controlled mixed media presentations, as well as medical equipment, such as glucometers, mechanical and non‑mechanical lifts, adaptive equipment.
• Ability to operate or oversee the operation of computers, online instructional delivery systems and other technologies.
• Ability to orally communicate effectively with others, using the English language, with or without the use of an interpreter.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, using the English language, with or without the use of auxiliary aids or services.
• Ability to review, understand and apply concepts presented in training programs, conferences, and/or professional literature.
• Ability to work with department…