"Adjunct - Patient Care Academy/Nurse Aide"

Pay is $1,304 per credit hour.

GENERAL JOB SUMMARY:
Teach the provided State Nurse Aide curriculum and supervise students in both lab and clinical settings. The curriculum consists of 30 hours of lecture and 25 hours of lab skills held in a classroom/lab setting, and 30 hours of clinical held in a local facility within Linn County.
This course is from 7:30 am to 9:30 am, three days a week.

Adjunct faculty positions are temporary, part-time positions scheduled intermittently based on institutional need. Adjuncts are not guaranteed work in any semester and are notified of course assignments prior to each term as courses become available.

UNIVERSAL CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Advocate for Continual Improvement- empowering each other to identify opportunities for excellence.
• Collaborate with Mutual Accountability- working together with a willingness to take ownership and account for our actions.
• Champion Service- anticipating needs and create a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive environment.
• Perseverance- commitment to excellence even in the face of adversity or delay in achieving success.
• Lead- regardless of title, through positive influence.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Effectively teach the Nurse Aide curriculum
• Serve as a professional role model
• Assist students in achieving course objectives
• Evaluate and document student performance of required skills in lab/clinical settings
• Complete and return necessary lab/clinical paperwork in a timely manner
• Participate in meetings as appropriate

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Maintains familiarity with policies and protocols of the program, college and clinical agencies.
• Provides student instruction for the full required hours, utilizing instructional time effectively.
• Assumes responsibility, is prompt and dependable in attendance, and effectively applies problem-solving skills.
• Assists students in identifying strengths/areas for improvement in skills demonstration.
• Explains expectations to students; supervises and documents performance; keeps students informed of their progress.
• Maintains confidentiality with residents, students, facilities, and college.
• Welcomes, values, and nurtures people of all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, as well as support and promote an environment that accepts differences.

Position involves sitting, standing and/or walking most of the time in a classroom/laboratory/clinic setting. Constant (67-100%) reaching, standing, walking, lifting, dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and viewing various types of close visual work. Frequent (34-66%) stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, pulling, carrying, and perceiving attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching. Exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally (10-33%). Will travel to other on-campus facilities, off-campus facilities and agencies to teach, attend meetings, etc.