Adjunct Faculty POOL- Clinical Nursing at Clarkston; Academic Year

Description

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants to create a pool of Clinical Nursing Instructors to teach in the clinical setting at the Clarkston campus.

Faculty members are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality education for all WWCC students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of teacher, mentor, and facilitator of learning. These positions report to the lead faculty and will be responsible to teach assigned clinical groups, prepare teaching material specific to the clinical agency (as appropriate), assign clinical performance grades, maintain records, and consult with students as required by the lead faculty.

Assist full‑time instructors in instruction, clinical, and advising of LPN/ADN students.

• Plan, prepare, and organize a variety of teaching/learning strategies and instructional materials for use in the clinical setting.
• Supervise and facilitate positive learning experiences for students.
• Evaluate students' performance on a systematic basis.
• Prepare and maintain student records related to learning activities.
• Assure provision of safe, quality nursing care by students per established standards of care and agency policies/protocols.
• Maintain availability to assist students with learning needs during the clinical experience. Establish times and means of availability to students outside the clinical setting.

• Refer students to their academic advisor as needed.
• Facilitate debriefings with students, as needed, in association with student clinical experience.

• Interact with team teaching members to plan, implement, and evaluate clinical education in the nursing program.
• Interact with agency personnel to coordinate and provide appropriate clinical experiences for students.

• Promote community awareness of Walla Walla Community College Nursing Program.
• Promote positive, professional relationships with agency nursing staff and educational partners.

• Participate in professional organizations (voluntary).
• Maintain proficiency in clinical nursing education and clinical practice.
• Attend selected professional development activities, as required, to maintain licensure and competency.

• With supervision by full‑time faculty, have the ability to effectively combine an array of methods to enhance understanding, including demonstrations, lectures, group discussions and activities, individual activities, etc. Understand which teaching methods best serve the student's needs, interests, and ability to learn.
• With supervision by full‑time nursing faculty, have the ability to develop accurate standards to measure learning or administer testing or other evaluations to determine effectiveness and ensure a high level of comprehension has been achieved.
• Ability to build constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation and mutual respect.
• Ability to recognize the value of cultural, ethnic, gender and other individual differences in people.

Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered at the discretion of the college. For remote work, applicants must reside in either WA, OR, , CA, IL, PA, or TX.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing and 3 years nursing work experience required.
• Registered or eligible to be a Registered Nurse in Washington state required.
• Experience in medical‑surgical nursing required.
• Master's degree in nursing desired.

This is a part‑time instruction assignment contingent on enrollment and located at the Clarkston, WA campus. Persons hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of lawful employment to work in the United States within three (3) days of employment and provide transcripts. WWCC participates in E‑Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I‑9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Candidate may be subject to a criminal history background check as a condition for consideration of…