Full Time Faculty - Nursing CNA - Mount Wachusett Community College

General Statement of Duties:

Mount Wachusett Community College seeks an educator who believes that engaging and authentic teaching matters more than anything else in the pursuit of student success. This educator designs an innovative classroom culture that embraces diversity and fosters student empowerment. Building positive connections, the successful faculty member will create a sense of belonging that motivates students and strengthens their desire to learn.

This Nursing faculty member will teach assigned courses, specifically in the CNA, CNA–LPN Bridge programs. The faculty member may assist in other nursing courses based on faculty expertise and departmental needs. The faculty should be committed to using active learning strategies and student engagement. The faculty member will possess excellent writing and communication skills, academic credentials, technological proficiency, and the expertise to provide students in the program with the nursing skills needed for future academic and career opportunities. The faculty member may teach at the Gardner, Leominster, and Devens campuses as well as online. The faculty may also teach CNA course sections for dual enrollment and/or early college students.

Responsibilities:

• Teaches the approved CNA curriculum from Massachusetts DPH;
• Works closely with PN faculty to develop and maintain academic pathways for students.
• Teaches courses at all instructional locations as assigned by the Dean of Nursing;
• Engages in effective advisement and student support services for approximately 18 students by providing strategies that assist the students to meet their academic goals;
• Participates in team-based theory preparation utilizing a wide variety of teaching methodologies including informational technologies (Blackboard, ATI, and EHR) and active learning strategies for the integrated classroom for the students;
• Designs well-developed content exams including exam blueprinting and analysis;
• Assists in data collection and analysis and evaluation of program and course student learning outcomes to guide ongoing curriculum development. This includes identifying program outcomes, developing competency statements, writing learning objectives, and selecting appropriate learning activities and evaluation strategies;
• Works effectively as part of the overall department demonstrating positive interpersonal relationships, communication skills, and collaboration with other faculty members and clinical site staff to meet departmental and student needs;
• Contributes to the development of student recruitment and admissions, and evaluates student program progression, retention and graduation completion rates;
• Creates clinical learning activities and supervises and evaluates students in practice learning environments based on program and course student learning outcomes;
• Assures safe nursing care is provided for individuals or groups of individuals in clinical, laboratory or community settings;
• Creates college laboratory learning experiences, to include hi and low-fidelity simulation, for student demonstration and evaluation of clinical skills and student learning outcomes;
• Fully participates in all components for MBORN compliance/approval and ACEN accreditation including the Department of Nursing Systematic Evaluation Plan (SEP).
• Actively participates in college governance and Department of Nursing committees per MCCC contract;
• Maintains office hours per MCCC contract;
• Maintains expertise in area of clinical specialization with ongoing professional development and/or fieldwork;
• Maintains faculty requirements at all times and provides faculty file updates to Nursing Department and Human Resource Department annually. (CORI/SORI, drug screening, fingerprinting, MA RN license verification, liability and health insurance, MA DPH Health requirements, physical exam, evidence of scholarship, and American Heart Association Basic Life Support -BLS CPR certification); and
• Additional duties as required by the college.

Job Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• One year of nursing experience in a nursing home and/or long term care facility.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing and a Massachusetts RN license in good standing at time of hire and throughout employment;
• A minimum two years of full-time experience in nursing within the last five years;
• Demonstrated college level teaching experience;
• Evidence of clinical competence in the area of assigned clinical instruction;
• Proficiency in oral and written and electronic communication; and
• Ability to teach all levels of nursing.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master of Science Degree in Nursing.
• Prior experience working as a CNA
• Experience teaching first generation and underserved students;
• Experience with active and experiential teaching and learning;
• Strong interpersonal skills;

Equivalency Statement

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as stated above are encouraged to put in writing precisely how their background and experience have prepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Additional Information:

Salary: $57,289.00 - $93,048.00

Actual Salary will be determined in accordance with the classification system of MCCC/MTA commensurate with Education & Experience.

Employee Status: Full Time
Benefits: Yes