Adjunct Instructor, CNA

Adjunct Instructor, Certified Nurse Assistant

The Adjunct Instructor, Certified Nurse Assistant is a part-time, non-benefited position responsible for providing high-quality instruction to nursing students in the classroom, laboratory, and/or clinical settings. The instructor will help prepare students for careers in nursing by teaching essential skills, reinforcing clinical competencies, and ensuring alignment with state and national education standards.

Principal Responsibilities and Results, KSA's

Teaching and Learning
- Employs student-centered instruction coupled with the development and use of appropriate and current educational materials. Consistently and promptly responds to student inquiries and shares timely, appropriate, and instructive feedback and evaluation of student work.

• Maximizes student engagement and success by employing methods that develop student understanding of the values, practice, and procedures within the designated discipline, and by engaging students in interdisciplinary practices to develop 21st century learners.
• Prepares and delivers assigned courses by employing high-impact teaching practices in a learning environment that promotes respect and rapport.
• Facilitates student achievement by maintaining clear expectations and defined learning outcomes.
• Promotes learning through the innovative implementation of effective classroom technologies.

Competency-Based Design
- Applies competency-based design to the development of curriculum, engaging with colleagues at the course, program, and institutional level with the aim of continuous improvement.

• Evaluates student engagement and success through formative and summative assessment.
• Develops curriculum by articulating measurable, student-centered learning outcomes, and using competency-based design strategy to maintain curriculum that is current, effective, and relevant to the designated discipline.
• Contributes to curricula by assisting in design, implementation, and review aligned with current or emerging community, state, or national needs.
• Participates in continuous improvement of student learning and success by gathering data, analyzing data, engaging with peers and internal and external stakeholders, and implementing change as a result.

Professionalism
- Collaborates and actively reflects on responsibilities to positively contribute to one's discipline, Pathway, the College, and the greater community.

• Maintains professionalism by embodying the values, ethics, and behavior codes of LCCC and one's discipline.
• Demonstrates social competence and effective communication in professional and academic venues.
• Actively contributes to the college and one's Pathway, department, or designated discipline by engaging in expanding institutional connections and professional development, and by displaying commitment to the profession.

Other responsibilities may be assigned based on contemporary institutional needs.

Physical/Mental Demands:

• The essential functions of this position require the ability to work in a medical setting with potential exposure to bodily fluids and blood borne pathogens;
  Personal Protective Equipment and safety procedures must be utilized as required
• The ability to comply with highly inflexible deadlines is required to successfully perform the essential functions of this position; there will be multiple occurrences of sudden, urgent task completion required
• While performing the essential functions of this position a variable work schedule may be required including long workdays, evenings, and weekends as needed
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds to perform essential position functions. Lifts exceeding 50 pounds require a team lift technique
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, there may be unexpected instances of somewhat loud sounds
• Able to manipulate instruments, supplies, and equipment with speed, dexterity, and exceptional hand-eye coordination
• Able to function in an environment with substantial latex and/or nitrile material exposure and without an allergic reaction

This position description is a general description; it is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform. All…