Adjunct Faculty - Nursing

Overview

Maine College of Health Professions is a private, not‑for‑profit institution of higher education that is home to Maine’s first nursing and medical imaging programs.

The Adjunct Faculty has responsibility to ensure that course objectives are met through the provision of assigned lecture content, clinical experiences, and campus lab activities. Faculty are members of the Central Maine Medical Center College of Nursing and Health Professionals Leadership Team and serve as leadership representatives to students and nursing staff, providing expertise in clinical and educational endeavors.

Demonstrates competency in the following areas:

• Demonstrates support for the school’s mission, purpose, philosophy, objectives and conceptual framework and program outcomes.
• Facilitates student learning by planning, organizing, coordinating, and evaluating teaching/learning experiences.
• Participates in, supports, and utilizes research in programs and activities.
• Relates well with students, faculty, staff and community in a manner that facilitates and respects diversity of people.
• Demonstrates positive morale and team spirit, supporting the school and organizational missions, philosophies, and goals to students and the region.
• Evaluates and returns written assignments to students within 10 working days.

• Coordinates and supervises patient care that is provided by up to 8 students.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of errors.
• Follows the five medication rights and reduces the potential for medication errors.
• Evaluates each student’s skills, ability, and preparation to perform patient care.
• Seeks out and facilitates student participation in learning activities that are presented in clinical areas.
• Maintains flexibility and redirects self and/or students according to clinical area’s needs.
• Facilitates clinical conferences for students to meet learning objectives and to optimize clinical learning experiences.
• Facilitates student progress in achieving each student’s individual goals.
• Actively participates in campus lab as assigned.
• Attends at least one staff meeting in the assigned patient care area per semester.
• Customer Service:
  Interacts with all individuals in a consistent manner, providing attention, support, and assistance to foster an environment of exceptional personal service.
• Maintains a pleasant and helpful demeanor, presenting a professional appearance toward all internal and external customers at all times.
• Consistently initiates interaction to provide assistance to individuals who may not be direct customers of the employee (e.g., asking lost patients if they need assistance in finding their way).
• Takes appropriate action to recover from a service difficulty, ensuring that necessary action is taken to achieve a resolution to the customer’s problem.
• Conducts all work activities with respect for coworkers, maintaining a pleasant and professional environment, fostering calmness during stressful situations.
• Interacts with supervisory personnel in a professional, supportive, and courteous manner, venting emotions appropriately to time and place.
• Demonstrates a commitment to service by consistent attendance and punctuality, scheduling absences according to departmental requirements, and incurring unplanned absences only when unavoidable circumstances exist.

• A master’s degree in nursing from an accredited university or college.
• Current license to practice as a registered nurse in Maine or documentation of pursuit of a license to practice in Maine. Remote instructors may meet this requirement with licensure in their state of practice.
• Two or more years of experience in the practice of professional nursing, preferably in the clinical area in which student clinical laboratory experiences will occur.
• Teaching experience in associate degree nursing education is preferred.
• Certification in a specialty area is desirable.
• Must be able to work days, evenings, nights, and weekends.
• Membership in professional nursing organization(s) is desirable.
• Faculty responsibilities include supervision/teaching students during their…