"Nursing Clinical Instructors (Pool) - Mount Wachusett Community College"

Job Description

Potential Adjunct Faculty

Application submission to the part time adjunct faculty pool is open to qualified and competent experts, who possess skills, education, and experience in academic and/or professional areas.

All part time faculty are responsible for providing our students with a high quality learning environment, while utilizing their focused expertise and experience in their individual classrooms, laboratories, and online platforms.

Adjunct Faculty Postings are for potential part-time, non-benefited, positions during the 2024-2025 / 2025-2026 academic years.

Applications for adjunct positions will be held in applicant pools by discipline which, whenever a position opens up in any given discipline, will be consulted when searching for candidates to fill the position. Applicants for adjunct positions will not be notified of their status unless they are contacted to come in for an interview, which might occur soon after applying or as much as a year later. Adjunct applicants are encouraged to indicate their availability by completing the Adjunct Faculty Questionnaire.

Responsibilities

• Assigns, supervises, plans experiences and evaluates students in practice learning environments based on course and program student learning outcomes;
• Provides support, guidance and instruction on all aspects of patient care while at the clinical facility or laboratory classroom;
• Demonstrate procedures and patient care in clinical or laboratory nursing settings;
• Assures safe nursing care is provided for an individuals or group of individuals;
• Provide the student with relevant and timely feedback concerning both the care of patients and written work submitted to the instructor;
• Promotes teamwork, collaboration and communication working relationships with practice learning environments for student learning experiences;
• Maintains expertise in area of clinical specialization with ongoing professional development and/or fieldwork;
• Submit weekly student attendance sheets in according with nursing department timeframes;
• Utilizes technological course components such as BlackBoard, ATI and EHR as directed by course syllabi;
• Responds promptly to student and faculty emails, department notifications and attendance roster requests from the records department using MWCC assigned email;
• Maintains faculty requirements and faculty file updates annually. (CORI/SORI, drug screening, fingerprinting, MA RN license verification, liability and health insurance, MA DPH Health requirements, physical exam, evidence of scholarship, and CPR certification);
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• MSN required Associate Degree Nursing Program;
• BSN required for Practical Nursing Program;
• Licensure in good standing as an RN in Massachusetts at time of hire and continually throughout employment at MWCC;
• Must possess a minimum of two years full-time experience in nursing;
• Evidence of clinical competence in the area of clinical instruction (Fundamentals, Medical Surgical, Maternity, Pediatrics and /or Psychosocial Nursing).

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: Clinical $82.72 - $99.92 per hour

Hours per Week: 10-18 hours / weekdays, evenings or weekends