Nursing Instructor - Per Diem

Nursing Instructor

The Nursing Instructor is responsible for simulation and/or clinical instruction and evaluation, program development, team collegiality and problem solving on a per diem basis. The nursing instructor must possess the ability to work cooperatively, be able to demonstrate leadership and organizational skills and be able to appropriately communicate with students, peers and professional associates. The instructor's conduct shall reflect the Code for Professional Nurses and the Core Competencies for Nurse Educators

Key Responsibilities:

Display courtesy and professionalism at all times while providing timely, helpful service to all students, patients, visitors, physicians and associates.

Facilitate Learning:

• Implement a variety of teaching strategies appropriate to student needs, desired student outcomes, content and context. Ground teaching strategies in educational theory.
• Identify multi-cultural, gender and experiential influences on teaching and learning. Use technologies to support the teaching-learning process.
• Apply oral, written and electronic communication that reflects an awareness of self and others along with an ability to convey ideas in a variety of contexts. Create opportunities for students to develop their critical thinking skills.

Demonstrate interest in and respect for students. Develop collegial working relationships with students, faculty, associates and clinical agency personnel to promote positive learning environments.

Request textbooks, audiovisual materials, laboratory equipment and other supplies/equipment.

Facilitate Student Development and Socialization: Identify individual learning needs and styles of adult, multi-cultural, educationally and physically challenged, at-risk and second degree students.

Provide resources to diverse students that help meet their individual learning needs.

Engage in effective advisement and counseling strategies. Create learning environments that are focused on socialization to the role of the nurse and facilitate students' self-reflection and personal goal setting. Foster the cognitive, psychomotor and affective development of students.

Assist students to develop the ability to engage in thoughtful and constructive self evaluation.

Use Assessment and Evaluation Strategies:

• Use a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate learning in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. Implement assessment and evaluations strategies that are appropriate to the student and student goals and enhance the teaching-learning process. Draw on literature to design teaching and evaluation strategies.
• Exhibit a spirit of inquiry about teaching and learning, student development and evaluation methods.
• Provide timely and constructive feedback to students and demonstrate skill in the design and use of tools for assessing clinical practice.
• Maintain current records of student achievement. Write weekly anecdotal notes for each student. Submit course grades, clinical evaluation tools and clinical absences to team leader.
• Collaborate with students who are on clinical warning and design educational plans. Assist in developing, interpreting and implementing the philosophy and goals and BHSN policies.
• Participate in the development, implementation, revision and evaluation of the BHSN educational program.

Integrate values and behaviors for professionalism:

• Model professional behavior for learning, including, but not limited to, involvement in professional organizations, engagement in lifelong learning activities, community activities and publications and presentations.
• Maintain professional practice knowledge base. Serve as a role model of professional nursing. Prepare reports and accreditation materials as required by governing bodies. Serve on Faculty Organization and its committees. Serve on Hospital committees as elected or appointed. Serve as advisor to class or Student Government Association. Support student activities.
• Assist in the recruitment and orientation of faculty and students. Participate in transition course, open houses and graduation ceremonies.

Other:

Track absences, submit clinical warnings done by faculty to TL Provides direct supervision over clinical group(s) of nursing students.

Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.

Commits to recognize and respect cultural diversity for all customers (internal and external).

Communicates effectively with internal and external customers with respect of differences in cultures, values, beliefs and ages, utilizing interpreters when needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization may exist.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Must be able to reasonably make appropriate judgment in communications and actions with patients, physicians, other associates, outside agencies, and vendors.

Education/Licensure/Experience/Technical:

Education: Current license to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BSN required and possess: i. an earned graduate degree in nursing; or ii.an earned baccalaureate degree in nursing and also meet at least one of the following: (i) be matriculated in a graduate nursing program with an expected graduation date within five years of the date of the appointment; or (ii) possess a related non-nursing graduate degree; or possess a current Nurse Education certification by a Board recognized certifying organization;

Experience (Type & Length) Two years' employment in nursing practice within the last five years. Teaching experience desirable: