Assistant Clinical Instructor/Nursing Instructor (CASUAL) UPMC Mercy School of Nursing

UPMC•Pittsburgh, PA

42d•Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Mercy School of Nursing is seeking a casual Assistant Clinical Instructor/Nursing Instructor. This position is ideal for nurses interested in academia and offers flexible scheduling. The role involves both didactic and clinical instruction of nursing students, focusing on utilizing the nursing process to provide quality patient care. The instructor will guide and evaluate students in the classroom and clinical settings, ensuring safe nursing care and positive patient outcomes.

Requirements

BSN required
3 years of clinical practice required
Precepting experience required
Current Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse.
CPR Certification for BLS for Health Care Providers.
Act 33 with renewal
Act 34 with renewal
Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal
Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire

Nice To Haves

Clinical teaching experience in prelicensure program preferred
Must be enrolled in an MSN program with a 3 year completion plan for Assistant Clinical Instructor level
MSN required for Nursing Instructor level

Responsibilities

Reflects a commitment to nursing, the school and the program goals.
Explores creative and innovative teaching learning strategies during conference and on the clinical unit.
Serves as a professional role model for students in the clinical area.
Works cooperatively with other faculty members to achieve school goals.
Works cooperatively and productively to achieve the school goals in accordance with the mission and values of the parent organization.
Maintains open communication with other health care team members to achieve academic and organizational goals.
Understands how the concepts of trust, respect, professionalism and caring are utilized to build an organizational climate that fosters the development of the student.
Applies principles of dignity and respect in meeting the diverse learning needs of students in clinical practice.
Resolves and manages conflict effectively and in a timely manner.
Creates an environment which recognizes and values differences in students, peers, patients, families and communities.
Coaches students on cultural diversity and civility in the educational environment.
Models critical and reflective thinking in the clinical area.
Utilizes information technology skillfully to support the teaching learning process.
Demonstrates interest and respect for learners through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Provides quality instruction to groups of students in the clinical area utilizing teaching learning concepts reflective of best practice in nursing education.
Provides timely, thoughtful and constructive feedback and evaluations to learners.
Establishes and maintains positive, caring relationships with students, faculty, management, patients/families and all other members of the health care team.
Works productively and effectively within a complex educational environment.
Creates meaningful clinical learning assignments based on student learning needs.
Demonstrates sound clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem solving abilities required as related to various aspects of the teaching-learning process.
Utilizes critical thinking skills necessary to lead students in the application of the nursing process in the clinical area.
Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning as evidenced by continuous formal and informal education.
Participates in self review by critically analyzing strengths, areas for improvement in relation to performance as a clinical instructor.
Receives and utilizes constructive feedback to improve clinical teaching.
Demonstrates clinical competence in order to provide the highest quality of clinical instruction for nursing students.
Utilizes research and evidence based practice to support improvement in clinical teaching.
Assesses student performance to insure care reflects evidenced based nursing practice.
Shares outcomes from improvement projects with other faculty and schools of nursing.