Lecturer, CC; Nursing

Lecturer, CC (Nursing)

Title:

Lecturer, CC (Nursing) Hiring Unit:
Health Education Division

Location:

Kaua'i Community College Salary Information:
Minimum $1,911 per credit hour. Rate may be subject to change. Full Time/Part Time:
Part Time Temporary/Permanent:
Temporary Other Conditions:
Part-time, for placement on lecturer candidate pool, contingent on availability of funds and actual staffing requirements. Day, evening, or Saturday offerings, on- and off-campus.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct nursing didactic, lab and clinical in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing under general supervision.
• Provide clinical supervision of students in mental health/psychiatric healthcare facilities.
• Maintain office hours of at least one hour per week for each course taught.
• Prepare course outlines and reports related to teaching and student progress.
• Integrate teaching efforts with other instructors in the course under supervision of the lead instructor, nursing program coordinator and division chairperson.
• Collect student and peer evaluations and complete a self-assessment of teaching effectiveness.
• Complete instructional assignments which may involve day, evening, early morning, weekend, outreach (such as Early College), and/or distance education classes.
• Adhere to community college principles and philosophy.
• Work effectively with a diverse student and community population in accordance with the Board of Regents Policy 4.207 III.F.1 and college practice of the open-admission concept.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Nursing and at least one year of hospital experience in acute mental health and medical surgical teaching responsibility. Preferably this experience will have been gained within the last five years of date of application. RN eligible for Hawai'i State License. License required by effective date of employment.

All degrees must be earned from an accredited institution. If qualified applicants are not available, those not meeting minimum qualifications may be considered on an exception basis.

Desirable Qualifications

• One year of clinical experience in two of the areas (medical-surgical and psychiatric/mental health) of teaching responsibility
• Successful community college teaching experience.
• Ability to use writing assignments and integrate teaching of appropriate thinking skills into course content as an integral part of students' classroom learning activities.