"Part Time Faculty Interest Pool - Nursing Program"

Part Time Faculty Interest Pool - Nursing Program

Portland Community College is accepting applications to be considered for Part-Time Faculty assignments in both the Clinical and the Skills Lab areas of Nursing at the Sylvania Campus. The Department will review applications in this pool as the need arises for new part-time faculty in this area.

This is NOT an announcement of a specific open position, but a Part-time Faculty Interest Pool, from which the department will identify applicants based on course assignment needs during the 2018-19 Academic Year. Your application may be considered for substitute assignments as well as full term class assignments. Learn more about our program here. Please also review the PCC Course Catalog for this subject area. As part of this application, you will be asked to list the current PCC courses which you would be able to teach.

If this sounds like a learning community that you would like to be a part of, and an important role that you would like to play at PCC, please complete your application today to be considered.

The Clinical Instructor scope of work:

Supervises, instructs, and evaluates nursing students in a clinical setting. An instructor is assigned to a clinical site for 2 days or evenings a week/term. The instructor will supervise between 6 to 8 students at one time. Primary communication will be with the appropriate nursing faculty team coordinator, but the instructor will be under the supervision of the director of the Nursing Program.

The Skills Lab Instructor scope of work:

Instructs and evaluates nursing students in the on-campus skills lab setting. Each lab provides an instructor student ratio of 1:6. There are 2 to 3 instructors assigned to every lab session. Primary communication will be with the skills lab team coordinator, but the instructor will be under the supervision of the director of the Nursing Program.

Instructor Qualifications

Part time Faculty must be credentialed with

• Master's degree or Bachelor's degree in nursing (a majority of the part time faculty must hold a Master's degree in nursing, as required by ACEN Standard 2)
• At least two years of nursing experience
• Hold a current, unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse in Oregon

For complete information regarding Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing; Standards and Criteria Associate Degree Programs in Nursing refer to: http://www.acenursing.net/manuals/SC2013_ASSOCIATE.pdf

For complete information regarding Oregon State Board of Nursing Division 21 Standards for Approval: Nursing Faculty OAR 851-021-0045, refer to: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/rules/oars_800/oar_851/851_021.html

Note Regarding Academic Credentials:

• Official transcripts are required to be submitted within 2 weeks of offer date for degrees required in the stated Instructor Qualifications.
• Instructors shall have earned required academic credentials at a regionally accredited US institution or a foreign institution having the equivalent of regional accreditation. Instructors with credentials from other countries will have their transcripts evaluated by agencies that have good standing with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services to establish fulfillment of this standard. (for more information see http://www.pcc.edu/hr/employment/faculty-information.html)
• For more information on PCC's General Instructor Qualifications Policy I301 visit: http://catalog.pcc.edu/handbook/i301-instructorqualifications/

These positions are included in the bargaining agreement between Portland Community College and the Portland Community College Faculty Federation Employees.

See the PCC Instructor Qualifications webpage for more information.

Part-time Faculty Compensation at PCC

Newly hired Part-time Faculty at PCC will generally start at Step 1 of the current salary schedule.

Hourly rates are determine based upon the type of course taught (Lecture, Lab, or Lecture/Lab).

For more information please review the Part-time Faculty Salary Schedule on PCC's Compensation page: https://www.pcc.edu/hr/compensation/