Adjunct Obstetrics Nursing Clinical Faculty, multiple positions (Adjunct Faculty)

About the position

The School of Nursing and Health Professions seeks to hire part-time (adjunct) nursing faculty to assume teaching responsibilities for pre-licensure (undergraduate and ME-MSN) nursing students in a clinical setting. For medical/surgical, geriatrics, pediatrics, obstetrics, or mental health, a minimum of 1 year of continuous direct patient care nursing experience (or serving as a clinical instructor in one of these clinical areas) within the last 5 years is required. Applicants must hold a current, active and unencumbered California RN License.

Responsibilities

• Facilitating student learning in the clinical setting by coaching students to translate knowledge into the attitudes and skills required to give safe high quality patient care
• Supervising student groups in the clinical setting as specified
• Evaluating student performance in the clinical setting; providing frequent student feedback to enable success; conducting a written student performance evaluation at mid term and end of course to assign grades
• Attending departmental, program, and/or clinical level meetings
• Traveling to the clinical site (not at a USF Campus) at least once per semester is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nursing with evidence of an established area of clinical expertise and demonstrable skills
• Minimum of 1 year of continuous direct patient care nursing experience within the last 5 years in medical/surgical, geriatrics, pediatrics, obstetrics/maternity, or psych/mental health
• Current, active and unencumbered California RN License
• Eligible for approval as an Assistant Instructor by the CA Board of Registered Nursing in relevant areas.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in clinical teaching, student supervision, and teaching methods are desired but not required.
• Other clinical/agencies requirements as needed.