Vocational Nursing Instructor- Per Diem
About The Position
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment. We are looking for a full-time nursing instructor for our LVN program. This is a full-time position, teaching Monday-Friday. No prior teaching experience is required! Must have a minimum of 3 years of bedside experience as LVN or RN.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse with current licensure in the state in which you are applying to teach
- Able to meet the faculty requirements set by the Board of Vocational Nursing
- Current knowledge of nursing practice
- Ability to mentor students in classroom, lab and clinical settings
- Ability to work independently without close supervision
- Broad knowledge of nursing sciences
- Successful handling of day to day operations in the nursing lab
- Proficient, strong communications skills verbal and written
- Current knowledge/experience in clinical setting
- Current immunizations and Basic Life Support Certification
- Minimum of 3 years of bedside experience as LVN or RN
Nice To Haves
- No prior teaching experience is required
Responsibilities
- Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing different and innovative methodologies / techniques in teaching
- Demonstrate or willing to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning
- Assist with reviewing and revising of syllabus for specific course within the program and instructional guidelines
- Submit required program reports and forms to Director of the program in a timely manner
- Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
- Maintains student records of attendance, grades, and skills check-off forms and assist with program data collection that meet set due dates and deadlines
- Assists with updating and maintaining student files as relates to clinical requirements, immunizations and educational requirements
- Teach courses at a variety of times and locations in responds to program needs
- Teaches both lecture content and clinical rotations (clinical rotations can be days, and/or evenings, on week days and/or weekends)
- Participate in professional development; maintain CE hours to ensure renewed licensure, takes responsibility for staying current with college updates
- Actively participates in committees as assigned, based on availability, taking into consideration teaching responsibilities as priority
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
- 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
- 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
- 401K with a Company Match
- Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
- Leadership development and training for career advancement
- Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
