About the position
Chamberlain College of Nursing is seeking Part-Time Clinical Instructors to mentor students in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at our Irwindale, CA campus. This role involves teaching in an inpatient clinical setting, specifically in Thousand Oaks or Santa Clarita, where you will guide nursing students as they demonstrate essential nursing skills and procedures. The focus of the course is on adult health, particularly in medical-surgical nursing, addressing the needs of adult patients and their families in health promotion and management of both acute and chronic conditions. The nursing process will be utilized to discuss health alterations affecting various life processes, allowing students to continue developing their professional skills as integral members of the healthcare team. The required commitment for this position is one 8-12 hour shift per week for each 8-week session at one of our clinical partner sites. Candidates with a completed Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) are encouraged to apply, and teaching experience is not a prerequisite. As a Clinical Instructor, you will implement the College's philosophy, curriculum, program outcomes, and course objectives through clinical teaching and service to the College, community, health system, and profession. You will be responsible for planning clinical experiences, providing direct supervision and evaluation of nursing students, and ensuring that students receive documented feedback on their performance based on course objectives. Additionally, you will orient yourself with agency/clinical policies and procedures, develop written clinical assignments tailored to students' knowledge and skills, and contribute to the ongoing development and evaluation of the programs and the College.
Responsibilities
- Implements the College's philosophy, curriculum, program outcomes, and course objectives through clinical teaching and service to the College, community, health system, and profession.
- Assumes responsibility for all autonomous aspects of individual teaching loads.
- Plans clinical experiences for and provides direct supervision and evaluation of nursing students delivering nursing care to an individual or group of individuals.
- Makes self-available to staff at the agencies.
- Evaluates and provides documented feedback to students on their level of performance based on course objectives.
- Is available for remediation of students as required or needed.
- Orients and maintains current knowledge related to agency/clinical policies, procedures, and expectations with the assistance of the agency/clinical personnel.
- Develops and posts written clinical assignments consistent with students' knowledge base, skill competency, and individual learning needs.
- Corrects and returns homework, quizzes, tests, lab assignments, clinical paperwork, and other written work in a timely manner.
- Contributes to the ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of the programs and the College.
- May teach didactic course content under supervision of course coordinator.
- Keeps course coordinator informed of all student and agency issues and concerns.
- Works with college administration, staff, and other faculty members to improve the overall operation of the college and student satisfaction rates.
- Participates in the implementation of the College Assessment Program, campus retention efforts, and both departmental and campus policies.
- Serves as a professional role model for other faculty, staff, and students in the areas of customer service, collaboration, communication, excellence, dress, attendance, and general professionalism.
- Utilizes relationship skills in situations requiring group problem solving, consensus building, and win-win negotiation.
- Complies with all applicable regulatory rules and standards.
- Reports to the dean or assistant dean; a course coordinator will also provide direct oversight.
- Handles related duties as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
Requirements
- A Master's in Nursing (MSN), or doctoral degree (DNP/PhD) in nursing from a regionally accredited college or university.
- An unencumbered California nursing license.
- BLS Certification is required.
- At least two years of professional experience within the last five years in the area of instruction as a registered nurse.
