Nursing Instructor - Train CNAs & CMAs

Your Registered Nurse Skills Built a Career — Now Help Others Start Theirs!

Looking for a rewarding alternative to bedside nursing?

Quality Career Pathways is seeking a Registered Nurse Instructor to prepare the next generation of healthcare professionals. Your passion for nursing may help students launch meaningful careers as CNAs and CMAs.

Under the general supervision of the Program Director/Program Administrator, the instructor provides Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) and Certified Medication Aide (CMA) students with the nursing theory and clinical instruction needed to pass the CNA/CMA Certification written and skills examinations and prepare students for employment.

The instructor will follow the curriculum provided by Quality Career Pathways while providing feedback and suggestions to Quality Career Pathways on improvement or changes for the curriculum to better assist the students in preparing for the certification exam. The instructor clearly explains both the theoretical and practical aspects of the CNA’s job functions that would relate to placement in different types of settings and is responsible for evaluating student progress through observation, skill competency sign off, and testing.

• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom lecture and discussion through critical thinking healthcare theory.
• Follow syllabus, providing feedback as necessary.
• Discuss and physically demonstrate required hands‑on skills.
• Evaluate students’ clinical skills, class work and assignments.
• Check off students’ competency of C.N.A and C.M.A. skills.
• Apply strong interpersonal and communication skills at all levels – written, verbal, presentation modalities – and comfort educating/providing staff resources and support.
• Deliver classroom and clinical instruction in accordance with state and federal CNA training regulations.
• Collaborate with other Registered Nurses (RN) to address teaching, curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction.
• Identify students who are having difficulty with the material and provide a different learning approach to help them better comprehend the material.
• Work independently.
• Benefits:
  Direct Deposit, Flexible Schedule, RN Referral Program, Paid Time Off.

• Registered Nurse (RN) – Nebraska or Iowa (required)
• Prior teaching experience (preferred)
• Supervised CNAs currently or in the past (required)
• Flexible shifts available, including days or weekends

Quality Career Pathways is a private post‑secondary school accredited with the Nebraska Department of Education and DHHS since 2011. We offer over eight medical course options at two campus locations.