ADN Instructor Lecture​/Clinical​/Lab

An Associate Degree Nurse Educator works to bridge learning between theoretical medical knowledge and entry-level clinical nursing practice. Important role in mentoring and guiding students for the NCLEX
-RN exam while teaching students how to be strong in nursing clinical practice. This position will lecture, help in the skills lab, the simulation lab and the clinical setting. The position is located on the Levelland Campus and clinicals and simulation are completed in Lubbock for this position.

Other duties may be assigned.

Didactic Instruction: Designing and delivering lectures on core nursing topics such as medical-surgical nursing, pharmacology, pathophysiology, mental health, professionalism and leadership.

Curriculum Alignment: Ensuring all coursework meets the standards of regulatory bodies like the Texas Board of Nursing and ACEN.

Evaluation: Will provide formative and summative feedback, complies and analyzes exams and grades exams and course assignments in a timely manner.

Committees: May serve on Nursing and college committees

Advising: Help advise current and future students

Competency Evaluation: Verifying that students can safely perform nursing clinical tasks that fall within the scope of nursing student practice. This may be in skills lab, simulation lab and the clinical setting.

Bedside Mentorship: Supervising groups of students in actual healthcare facilities, ensuring they apply classroom theory to real patients through safe evidence based practice. Acting as a liaison between the students and clinical partners.

Educate students in simulation lab where students practice high-stakes scenarios (e.g., cardiac arrest response) in a controlled environment.

Developing valid testing instruments and identifying students who need additional support to meet competency standards.

Clinical Expertise: Need to have current clinical expertise working as an Registered Nurse

Instructional Technology: Proficient in using a computer and Microsoft products as well as being willing to learn learning management systems and testing platform.

Adaptability: The ability to pivot teaching styles for diverse learners, including non-traditional students. Need to be flexible to switch between lecturing, helping with skills lab and providing clinical expertise in the clinical setting.

Supervises students in the clinical affiliates.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

The physical…