RN Clinical Adjunct Instructor (Casual), Obstetrics + Med/Surg, West Penn School of Nursing

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Adjunct Instructor serves as adjunct faculty for the Allegheny Health Network Schools of Nursing and is responsible and accountable for clinical instruction of nursing students. The instructor develops and uses creative teaching and learning strategies on clinical units, provides instruction to groups and individuals, supports students in meeting daily goals and developing patient care plans, documents student progress, and coordinates goals and timelines with didactic faculty to achieve course objectives. The role supports lifelong learning by sharing research and professional resources, presenting on the unit, and teaching students. The instructor promotes safe, high-quality patient care by considering patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes; supporting patient safety initiatives; participating in quality improvement and interdisciplinary evaluations of care; and ensuring appropriate order sets are used. The role builds positive working relationships with students, faculty, management, patients and families, and the broader care team, while modeling professional nursing practice and critical thinking. It also contributes leadership, mentoring, peer feedback, curriculum feedback, and clear communication about patient care and condition. Other duties may be assigned or requested.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
A master's degree in nursing, or obtain one within five years of hire.
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
CPR certification from the American Heart Association.
At least two years of experience in the clinical area of direct responsibility may be required depending on specialty.

Nice To Haves

Two years of teaching experience in a school of nursing.
At least one year of inpatient Obstetrics RN experience.
At least one year of inpatient Medical Surgical RN experience.

Responsibilities

Explore creative and innovative teaching and learning strategies in the clinical unit and provide quality instruction to student groups and individuals.
Support students in establishing daily goals and plans of care for patients.
Document student progress and establish goals and timelines with didactic faculty leaders to accomplish course objectives.
Support continuous and lifelong learning by sharing research and professional organization materials, presenting on the unit, and teaching students.
Promote a safe environment and patient safety initiatives, and participate in department-specific quality initiatives.
Ensure appropriate order sets are used and participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Establish and maintain positive relationships with students, faculty, management, patients and families, and other members of the healthcare team.
Use critical thinking to identify patients’ clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues.
Serve as a professional nursing role model for students and peer nursing staff.
Provide leadership, teamwork, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing in the professional practice setting.
Give peers verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance, and provide curriculum feedback to the School of Nursing.
Communicate and translate patients’ care and condition to other care providers.
Use educational and teaching opportunities to demonstrate learning enhancements and share outcomes with practicing nurses, faculty, and schools of nursing where applicable.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.