Nursing Instructor, Medical Surgical, School of Nursing, Rowan/Glassboro

Virtua Health•Glassboro, NJ

2d•$104,613 - $167,938•Onsite

About The Position

The Nursing Instructor plans, implements, and evaluates nursing students’ learning experiences in classroom, clinical, virtual, and brick-and-mortar settings. The instructor provides student guidance and tutoring, contributes to promotion and development of the nursing program, and demonstrates professionalism and ongoing development in teaching, service, and scholarship. The role plans and implements courses that integrate theory and clinical experience to prepare students for entry-level nursing practice. It organizes courses according to course outlines, develops evaluation tools, coordinates clinical experiences with agencies, uses creative teaching strategies, evaluates courses, and submits written course reports. The instructor also serves as a role model and demonstrates caring behaviors toward students, patients, families, and staff. The instructor participates in curriculum planning, development, and evaluation; course planning meetings; faculty workshops; student advisement and evaluation; school activities; committees; applicant interviews; and faculty orientation. The role supports nursing and nursing-education research by incorporating findings into course content and clinical practice. It also requires compliance with applicable laws, regulations, organizational policies, privacy requirements, and professional standards.

Requirements

Master of Nursing degree required.
New Jersey RN licensure required.
BLS required.
Med-surg experience required.
Maintain CPR certification for health care providers.
Fulfill hospital-based mandatory education requirements.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of teaching experience preferred; novice educators with adjunct faculty experience will be trained.
Master of Nursing Education, EdD, PhD, or DNP preferred.
CNE preferred.
ACLS, NALS, and PALS required for specialty courses.

Responsibilities

Plan, implement, and evaluate courses integrating theory and clinical experiences for entry-level nursing practice.
Organize courses based on course outlines, develop evaluation tools, coordinate clinical experiences with agencies, and use creative teaching strategies in classroom and clinical settings.
Evaluate courses and submit written course reports; serve as a role model and demonstrate caring behaviors to students, patients, families, and staff.
Participate in curriculum planning, development, and evaluation, weekly course planning meetings, faculty workshops, and evaluation of clinical learning experiences.
Contribute to development of the annual budget.
Contribute to promotion of the nursing program by participating in open houses, applicant interviews, school activities, and Faculty Organization committees.
Provide student guidance and advisement; conduct formative and summative evaluations; enforce school policies; and manage classroom and clinical student behaviors.
Participate in continuing education, maintain healthcare-provider CPR certification, fulfill hospital-based mandatory education requirements, and demonstrate clinical competence.
Promote the nursing profession through community service, participate in orientation of new faculty, and assist in developing faculty personnel policies.
Support and participate in nursing and nursing-education research; incorporate research findings into theory content, clinical practice, and program development and evaluation.
Comply with ethical, legal, regulatory, privacy, safety, infection-control, and organizational policies and report instances of non-compliance.