Company Description
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.
We are looking for Per Diem BSN Clinical/Skills Lab Faculty to join our team in conjunction with our Workforce Development Partners, Kaweah Health (Visalia), Sierra View (Porterville), and Community Health (Fresno).
The Clinical/Skills Lab Faculty will provide Skills Lab and/or Clinical site education to students enrolled at the assigned Workforce Development Program site.
This is a per diem position with responsibilities of less than 30 hours per week at the institution, and will report to the Academic Site Director.
*Hours vary based on clinical rotation and/or skills lab course.
Job Description
Providing education in the skills lab and/or clinical setting commensurate with established curriculum and faculty expertise (clinical rotations can be days, evenings, weekends, or a combination of all);
Utilize principles of teaching that recognize the characteristics of the adult learner;
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 in a timely manner after observation;
Assists in maintaining student records as evidenced by keeping accurate clinical and/or skills lab attendance, completed skills check-off forms, and assisting with requested programmatic outcome data collection;
Ensuring clinical assignments meet both student and facility needs;
Determines best method to observe, instruct, and evaluate students;
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;
Submit required program reports and forms to the Academic Site Director of the program in a timely manner;
Keep current with innovative technologies and safety regulations;
Participate in committee activities that support the mission and function of the nursing program as needed;
Attend faculty meetings;
Provide access to students for ongoing communication through scheduling of office hours, electronic communication, or other appropriate method.
Other duties as assigned.
Pay Range: $50-$65/hr DOE
Qualifications
Hold a valid, unencumbered license issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing;
Eligible for approval by CA BRN as Instructor for Medical-Surgical, OB, Pediatrics, Mental Health, Community Health, or Geriatrics;
Master’s degree from an accredited college or university that includes course work in nursing, education, or administration, and academic preparation for the subject they teach to be considered as Assignment Faculty;
BSN and currently enrolled in a Master’s program may be considered for a Clinical Teaching Assistant;
Minimum four-years’ experience, with one year in the last five years, as a registered nurse providing direct patient care.
Clinical experience within the last five years (clinical teaching in an RN program applies toward direct patient care.
) Clinically competent as defined in CCR Section 1420(c);
One-year experience teaching courses related to nursing or completion of a course which includes practice in teaching nursing preferred; and
Expertise in one of the following areas of nursing – Mental Health, Medical-Surgical, Geriatrics, Pediatrics, L&D, Community Health, and/or Critical Care
Additional Information
For Full Time Employees, 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