Instructor - Nursing

Position Duties/Responsibilities:

• Professional RN with a positive attitude who enjoys teaching students and caring for clients across the lifespan.
• Effectively teach didactic, lab, and clinical nursing courses.
• Develop and implement web-enhanced and/or online nursing courses.
• Follows federal and state regulations and guidelines and accreditation standards.
• Must have strong work ethic and dedication to both student and program success.
• Instruct students according to Curriculum Guidelines outlined by KCTCS and the syllabus.
• Demonstrate all nursing skills with proficiency and accuracy.
• Prepare for and conduct classes in an organized and efficient manner.
• Maintain all state-required program documentation and classroom requirements.
• Use PeopleSoft to post no shows, last day of attendance, and grades according to deadlines.
• Use Blackboard to post the syllabus, lecture notes, announcements, as well as other important information.
• Supervise and train students at assigned clinical sites. Courses may include face-to-face, day and evening, hybrid, accelerated, and online delivery modalities. 
• Other duties as requested/assigned.
• Specialized assignments may include:
  • Serve as simulation coordinator (obtain and maintain relevant certification)
  • Manage and coordinate student clinical documentation through third-party vendor (i.e. Castlebranch)
  • Schedule and set up labs in collaboration with peers (labs may include nursing, nurse aide, and other allied health programs)
  • Overall management of nursing labs, including but not limited to: inventory, ordering supplies, scheduling lab tutors, set up and tear down of labs, maintain labs in working order, identify, and organize equipment and supplies, and maintain overall schedule of all labs.
  • Participate as requested/assigned in skill demonstration, student practice, and skill testing (nursing, nurse aide, as well as other allied health programs).

Faculty responsibilities include advising, committee work and other institutional services, community service, and professional development. The successful candidate must possess a strong commitment to student learning and will be receptive to using active and engaged teaching methods and technology in the classroom. In addition, candidates should demonstrate an interest in the mission of the comprehensive community college concept.

Position Requirements:

• ADN required; BSN/MSN preferred.  
• Experience with Medical-surgical nursing is required.
• Must be a registered nurse who possesses a minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience.
• A current unencumbered Kentucky Registered Nurse License is required.
• Preferred experience in behavioral health.