Practical Nursing Adjunct

Plan, prepare, implement, teach, and evaluate classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction and serve as academic advisor for students. Participate in program development and evaluation. Participate on other college committees and activities as needed.

Essential Functions

Participates in course development, implementation, and evaluation that is consistent with the program's philosophy, objectives, and conceptual framework by:

• Formulating course goals and objectives for each class and clinical

• Organizing and recommending course content

• Recommending teaching methods

• Recommending textbook and other teaching materials

• Planning classroom and clinical assignments

• Creating examinations

• Conducting classroom instruction using other methods of instruction, in addition to lecture

• Providing feedback to students regarding their performance within a reasonable period of time.

• Provides current, organized classroom and clinical instruction utilizing sound comprehensive knowledge of general nursing subjects, theories of learning, and appropriate teaching strategies.

• Supervises and evaluates student learning in the clinical, laboratory, and classroom environments.

• Cooperates and collaborates with the clinical site's staff, peers in nursing, and other college divisions to meet students' learning needs and objectives.

• Provides a climate for students that is conducive for learning

• Fosters productive working relationships between the college and health agencies and between college and the public while interpreting philosophy, student outcomes, policies, and procedures to agencies personnel, clients, students, and the public

• Coordinates the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a course or learning level.

Required Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing and a valid Illinois Registered Nurse License is required for the P.N. Nursing Faculty. Two years' experience in clinical nursing practice.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities

Demonstrated written and oral communication skills, analytical skills; familiarity with state requirements for the health care industry and capable of adapting rapidly to a variety of situations.

Preferred Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Two years teaching experience preferred.

Physical Demands

Physical/mental demand and work environment

Operate standard office equipment such as phone and computer on a frequent basis.

Receive, process, and provide visual and verbal information.

Occasional irregular hours and travel. Must be able to work effectively in stressful situations.

Provide timely response to externally/internally imposed conditions and deadlines. Make choices regarding long and short-term benefits and/or damages to individuals and/or damages to individuals and/or entire institution often based on incomplete information and where differences in opinions exist. Respond to concurrent, multiple, non-related issues.

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