"Nursing Instructor Walla Walla Campus"

Nursing Instructor Walla Walla Campus

Walla Walla Community College is accepting applications to fill a full-time, tenure-track Nursing Instructor role on the Walla Walla campus. The nursing program strives to develop a nursing faculty that reflect and support our nursing student population that includes gender diversity, diversity in sexual orientation, racial diversity, cultural and/or native language diversity, religious diversity, age diversity, and students with disabilities.

At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. We have identified three core themes that describe the fundamental aspects of the College's mission by translating it into practice: Student Success, Strong Communities, and Resource Stewardship. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.

General Description:

The nursing faculty at WWCC transform the lives of nursing students to fulfill the increasingly complex role of entry-level professional nurses in the provision of safe, compassionate, culturally sensitive, evidence-based, ethically grounded, and client-centered care. The nursing instructor serves as a teacher, mentor, and facilitator of learning to prepare well-qualified graduates to meet the needs of a diverse patient population.

The full-time, tenure-track Nursing Instructor teaches both nursing theory in the classroom and practicum (clinical or simulation) based on their interest and nursing/teaching experience.

Essential Functions:

• Professional Role Model: This position requires a nurse who demonstrates a high level of professionalism and integrity. A spirit of inquiry and the provision of an inclusive learning environment lead to best practices in nursing education and evidence-based nursing care.
• Quality Instruction: Providing effective instruction to students with diverse backgrounds in the skills practice lab environment, clinical setting, and/or classroom is central to this position. Quality instruction occurs when the instructor effectively combines a variety of teaching methods to enhance understanding and performance (group discussions and activities, skills demonstrations, and/or classroom lectures, etc.). Measurable student learning outcomes are developed and evaluated to quantify academic success.
• Student Advocate: The nursing instructor advises and/or mentors nursing students on success strategies, program requirements, career options, and graduation requirements. Faculty view the student holistically with consideration for their individual, distinct backgrounds and give guidance to promote individual growth and academic success.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: The nursing program uses a team-teaching model of instruction. The successful candidate for this position has the ability to build constructive, supportive working relationships with colleagues, students, and community members from diverse backgrounds.

Competencies:

• Ability to use interpersonal and communication skills to establish and maintain strong working relationships with students, faculty, college, and community stakeholders from diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to use effective teaching strategies to enhance student academic success by using evidence-based teaching and assessment techniques, technology, curriculum evaluation and outcomes measurement.
• Ability to recognize the value that cultural, ethnic, gender, and other individual differences bring to the learning and healthcare environments.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and from a nursing education program that is accredited by a nursing education accreditation body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, OR Bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and from a nursing education program that is accredited by a nursing education accreditation body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, AND a graduate degree in a health or education related field from an accredited college or university.
• Three full-time equivalent years in clinical experience in nursing.
• Licensed as (or ability to be licensed as) a Registered Nurse in the state of Washington.

Preferred/Desirable Qualifications:

• Demonstrated use of best practices in teaching and adult learning principles.
• Experience teaching or working with others from diverse backgrounds.
• Experience mentoring and facilitating the academic and/or personal growth of others.

This position is eligible for an annual Nursing Educator stipend of 26% and a one-time signing bonus of $15,000 which will be paid on top of the base salary.