Adjunct Clinical Instructor; Maternity

Position: Adjunct Clinical Instructor (Maternity) - Roxbury Community College
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Job Description:

Title:

Adjunct Clinical Instructor (Maternity)

Unit:
Part Time Non Unit

Department:
Nursing

Reports To:

Dean of Nursing

Date:
April 2024

General

Summary:

* The Clinical Instructor will prepare students for the clinical experience through an orientation to policies and procedures, of the health care facility and will become acquainted with faculty requirements for clinical site experiences. Each student will have the prerequisite content and courses, prior to the clinical experience.

* The Clinical Instructor will make known to students in writing and online, the objectives and requirements of each clinical rotation and the methods of evaluation that will be used.

* The Clinical Instructor will transmit to students a clear understanding of the legal liability of the clinical instructor role and the purpose of the clinical experience during orientation to the health care facility. Students will apply the content from their lectures, skills lab and simulation lab in the clinical practice setting. Students will work with patients from across the life span.

* Clinical Instructors must have a minimum of a BSN with 5 years of experience or an MSN or be matriculated in a Master's in Nursing program. Clinical instructors must be licensed in Massachusetts, as indicated in the employment agreement. They must have recent experience in the specialty for which they are applying, ie. Maternity, Pediatrics, Fundamentals/ Med-Surg, or Mental Health Nursing It is up to the Clinical Instructor to obtain and maintain all assigned licenses throughout the course of their assignment.

* It is expected that a Clinical Instructor will spend approximately 8-16 hours a week (depending on the course), inclusive of pre and post-conference, unless alternate arrangements have been made with the Dean of the Nursing Program. Semester start and end dates are determined by the college Registrar. Clinical usually starts after there has been Laboratory Skills Instruction and ends on the date closest to the end of the semester.

Clinical faculty are to be available for each clinical day during the semester and to conduct an 8-hour day. There is no clinical if your regularly scheduled day falls on a college holiday or if the college closes for bad weather. Holidays and storm closing are determined by the University administration and the nursing program abides by those decisions.

Specific Duties :

* Assume responsibility for meeting the clinical agency and course requirements for orientation to clinical agency.

* Comply with Roxbury Community College and the clinical site for submission of required professional documentation.

* Attend a faculty orientation at Roxbury Community College at the…