RN Critical Care Clinical Adjunct Instructor (Casual), AHN Citizens School of Nursing

Highmark Health•Tarentum, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This casual adjunct faculty role provides clinical instruction for students in the AHN Schools of Nursing at Pittsburgh-area AHN hospitals. The instructor is accountable for clinical teaching, supporting patient care and safety, documenting student progress, and helping students meet course objectives. Hours are approximately 12 per week. The role supports innovative teaching and lifelong learning, works collaboratively with students and healthcare teams, models professional nursing practice, mentors peers, and provides feedback to students, colleagues, and the School of Nursing. It also contributes to quality initiatives and interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care. Citizens School of Nursing, located in Tarentum, Pennsylvania, offers full-time and part-time RN diploma programs. Allegheny Health Network is a nine-hospital system and part of Highmark Health.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
A master's degree in nursing, or the ability to 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.
American Heart Association CPR certification.
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 Critical Care/ICU RN experience.

Responsibilities

Provide clinical instruction to groups and individual students, using creative and innovative teaching strategies and supporting daily goals and patient care plans.
Document student progress and establish goals and timelines with didactic faculty leaders to achieve course objectives.
Support continuous learning by sharing research and professional resources, presenting on the unit, and teaching students.
Promote a safe environment and patient safety initiatives; participate in department quality initiatives, ensure appropriate order sets are used, and participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of clinical care or health services.
Build positive relationships with students, faculty, management, patients and families, and other healthcare team members.
Use critical thinking to identify patients’ clinical, social, safety, psychological, and spiritual issues.
Model professional nursing practice for students and peer nursing staff.
Contribute leadership in the professional practice setting through teamwork, mentoring, and sharing knowledge and skills.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and provide curriculum feedback to the School of Nursing.
Communicate and translate patients’ care and conditions to other care providers.
Use teaching opportunities to demonstrate learning enhancements and share outcomes with peer nurses, faculty, and schools of nursing where applicable.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.