PN Instructor- Full Time

Unitek Learning • Reno, NV

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The PN Instructor facilitates student learning and provides instruction and evaluations across assigned clinicals, labs, and simulated clinical experiences, using course outlines and syllabi to ensure students meet minimum competencies. The instructor supervises, debriefs, and evaluates students in learning settings; plans and oversees clinical experiences at assigned healthcare facilities; and provides timely feedback on clinical performance. The role includes student communication, office hours, advising, and ensuring clinical assignments and facilities meet student, facility, health, and safety needs.

The instructor maintains current nursing knowledge and professional credentials, participates in faculty orientation, mentoring, development, meetings, and training, and contributes to instructional quality improvement and program planning. Administrative duties include maintaining attendance, grades, course and student records, skills check-off forms, and program data; submitting reports and records by established deadlines; collaborating on examinations and evaluations; and carrying out other duties assigned by program leadership. The position is campus-based. Full-time compensation is listed as $93,600k.

Requirements

• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure.
• Master of Science in Nursing degree.
• Ability to meet Board of Registered Nursing faculty requirements in the state of employment.
• Experience demonstrating current knowledge of nursing practice, ability to mentor students, and strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Documented background in educational methodology consistent with teaching assignments, such as education theory and practice, current subject-specific concepts, current clinical practice experience, or distance education techniques and delivery.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, especially Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate student learning and provide instruction and evaluations for assigned clinicals, labs, and simulated clinical experiences, following course outlines and syllabi.
• Ensure students attain minimum course competencies.
• Supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in lab, clinical, simulated clinical, and similar settings.
• Plan and supervise student clinical experiences at assigned healthcare facilities.
• Evaluate student performance against clinical learning outcomes and provide immediate feedback after observations or specific events.
• Ensure clinical assignments address student and facility needs and determine whether clinical facilities meet health and safety requirements.
• Be available to students through email, phone, conferences, office hours, electronic communication, and other appropriate methods.
• Meet scheduled classes, clinical hours, meetings, and other responsibilities on time, and notify program leadership if unable to do so.
• Keep classrooms, labs, and conference rooms clean and orderly after use.
• Attend new faculty orientation, participate in the Faculty Mentor Program, and maintain a faculty development plan.
• Attend faculty meetings, in-service training, and other assigned meetings; participate in professional development and committee activities.
• Maintain current program knowledge, licensure, certification, and continuing education as applicable.
• Maintain accurate attendance records, post attendance in the portal, and submit attendance rosters on time.
• Assign grades and maintain course and student records in accordance with FERPA and established deadlines.
• Contact students who miss or are not actively engaged in lab, simulated clinical, or clinical learning activities.
• Collaborate with instructors to prepare, administer, and grade examinations and help prepare final course evaluations.
• Assist with strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives and make continuous efforts to improve instruction quality.
• Plan and implement orientation for new faculty in theory and clinical facilities.
• Use teaching principles that recognize adult learner characteristics and develop or use online activities to enhance course content where needed.
• Maintain student attendance and skills check-off records and assist with program data collection.
• Submit required program reports and forms to the Program Director in a timely manner.
• Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations.
• Participate in student advising activities.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Program Administrator, Lead Instructor, or Academic Dean.

Benefits

• Company-paid life insurance at one times annual salary.
• Leadership development and training for career advancement.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Tuition assistance and forgiveness for the employee and family, up to 100% depending on program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time