Adjunct Nursing Instructor

Department/Unit:
AMCH - Nursing Affiliation Partnership

Work Shift:
Per Diem (United States of America)

Salary Range:
$84,783.00 - $131,414.00

The Adjunct Education Specialist-Nursing Instructor is an Albany Medical Center funded employee responsible for supporting the clinical training needs of a cohort of nursing students on clinical rotation at Albany Medical Center, according to an established Memorandum of Understanding with an affiliated School of Nursing. The Adjunct Education Specialist- Nursing Instructor promotes a collaborative learning environment in which nursing students thrive in the application of didactic education in a clinical setting.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Acting in the role of the Adjunct instructor, provides clinical supervision for an individual or group of nursing students on a clinical unit from a locally affiliated school of nursing.
• Provides clinical oversight in accordance with the scope and standards of a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Ensures own compliance with all policies, procedures, protocols and safety standards of the Registered Professional Nurse at Albany Medical Center.
• Ensures that each student participates in patient care that is supervised and complies with the standards of practice for a student nurse at Albany Medical Center.
• Collaborates with department leadership to ensure that student: patient assignments ensure optimal patient care and student learning.
• Role models the mission, vision and values of Albany Medical Center and the School of Nursing with which they are affiliated.
• Escalates patient care concerns to the clinical team in a timely fashion.
• Escalates concerns related to the learner appropriately with the applicable school of nursing
• Meets with students and preceptors regularly to ensure growth.
• Completes and submits student evaluations in a timely fashion.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing - required
• Master's Degree in Nursing - preferred
• 4-6 years of demonstrated clinical competency in a nursing or allied health specialty - required
• 4-6 years of experience in educational program development and teaching - preferred
• Ability to read and analyze documents such as safety rules and procedure manuals.
• Ability to document on established forms.
• Ability to communicate cooperatively and effectively to clients and others.
• Ability to listen well, to engage in interactive dialogues with others, and to facilitate communication among groups.
• Ability to seek the input of others to achieve consensus.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Utilize knowledge of experimental design and statistics for reporting program evaluation data.
• Ability and to perform the job in adherence to the highest standards of ethical conduct as defined by AMC and the tenets of the profession.
• Ability to be accurate in such matters as record keeping, and to use good judgment when performing the functions of the job or when interacting with others.
• Demonstrate principles of conflict resolution and promote consensus building.
• Ability to promote and assist with the creation of AMC's policies, procedures and practices.
• Delegates and coordinates work assignments with support staff.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to evaluate projects employee performance, and outcomes of educational programming.
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure Upon Hire - required
• BCLS - Basic Life Support Upon Hire - required

Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Physical Demands

• Standing - Constantly
• Walking - Constantly
• Sitting - Rarely
• Lifting - Frequently
• Carrying - Frequently
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Balancing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Frequently
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Crouching - Frequently
• Crawling - Occasionally
• Reaching - Frequently
• Handling - Frequently
• Grasping - Frequently
• Feeling - Constantly
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly
• Repetitive Motions - Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Rarely
• Extreme heat - Rarely
• Humidity - Rarely
• Wet - Rarely
• Noise - Constantly
• Hazards - Frequently
• Temperature Change - Rarely
• Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely
• Vibration - Rarely

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Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

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