Registered Nurse Instructor - Mental health/Psych Per diem

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Pay is: $64-68 $ hourly depending upon experience and education

We are looking for a per diem nursing instructor to teach didactic and/or clinicals in our BSN program. No prior teaching experience required! Must have recent experience working with mental health or community health specialty. 

Instruction

• Facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction, and perform evaluations of student learning for all assigned clinicals, labs, or simulated clinical experiences (SCE), using each course's standard course outline as a guide. Ensure that students have attained minimum course competencies as described in the course syllabus
• Supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in lab, clinical, SCE, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program
• Be available to students via email, phone, or personal conferences
• Meet all classes and other scheduled responsibilities such as scheduled clinical hours and meetings at the designated times. A faculty member should inform the Program Director/Academic Dean if they are unable to meet a student group on time
• Assure that classroom, lab, or pre- and post-conference rooms are left clean and orderly at the end of each event

Training and Professional Development

• Attend New Faculty Orientation and participate in Faculty Mentor Program
• Maintain a faculty development plan with the assistance of academic administration
• Attend campus faculty meetings and in-service trainings and other meetings as assigned
• Remain current in program knowledge, including maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate
• Participate in professional development activities

Administrative

• Keep accurate attendance records, posting attendance in the portal and submitting attendance roster to the Academic Department for each class period in a timely manner
• Assign grades and maintain course/student records in accordance with FERPA regulations and submit grades and records by established deadlines
• Make missed lab, SCE, or clinical phone calls to students that misses or are not actively engaged in learning outcomes
• Make recommendations and adhere to the Academic Freedom policy as outlined in the Faculty handbook
• Perform other duties designated by the Program Administrator, Lead Instructor and/or Academic Dean
• Collaborates with other instructors in preparing, administering, and grading examinations for the course. Participates in the preparation of the final evaluations for the course 
• Responsible for assuring class attendance and grades are kept and submitted.
• Assist with strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives to ensure quality of program.
• Plans and implements orientation of new faculty in both theory and clinical facilities for the courses
• Utilize principles of teaching that recognize the characteristics of the adult learner
• Makes continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction
• Demonstrate or be willing to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning
• Maintains student records of attendance, skills check-off forms, and assist with program data collection.
• Submit required program reports and forms to the Director of the program in a timely manner.
• Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
• Participate in committee activities that support the mission and function of the nursing program
• Attend faculty meetings
• Plan and supervises student clinical experience in assigned health care facilities
• Evaluates student performance in relation to clinical learning outcomes in accordance with policies and procedures established by Unitek College, Department of Nursing
• Provide feedback of clinical performance or specific event immediately after observation
• Assists in maintains student records of clinical attendance, skills check-off forms, and assist with program data collection
• Responsible for making sure the clinical assignments meet both student and facility needs
• Determines best method to observe, instruct, and evaluate students.
• Determines if clinical facility meet all health and safety requirements for Unitek College students to attend clinicals
• Provide access to students for ongoing communication through scheduling of office hours, electronic communication and other appropriate methods
• Participate in student advising activities

Pay Range: 100k - 120k 

• Registered Nurse with current and unencumbered licensure
• Masters of Science in Nursing Degree Required or BSN with previous teaching experience and currently enrolled in a masters degree program
• Able to meet the faculty requirements set by Board of Registered Nursing in the state in which you will work
• At least two years’ experience as a registered nurse providing direct patient care 
• A year of Clinical experience within the last five years (Clinical teaching applies toward direct patient care).  
• Expertise in one of the following areas of nursing – Psychiatric and community health
• 0 – 2 years of teaching experience preferrably

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program