Sacramento Branch Adjunct Community Mental Health Nursing Clinical Faculty
Sacramento Branch Adjunct Community Mental Health Nursing Clinical Faculty
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Sacramento Branch: Adjunct Community & Mental Health Nursing Clinical FacultyJob Summary:
The School of Nursing and Health Professions seeks to hire parttime (adjunct) nursing faculty to assume teaching responsibilities for prelicensure (undergraduate and MEMSN) nursing students in a clinical setting. For medical/surgical geriatrics pediatrics obstetrics or mental health a minimum of 1 year of continuous direct patient care nursing experience (or serving as a clinical instructor in one of these clinical areas) within the last 5 years is required. Applicants must hold a current active and unencumbered California RN License.Full Job Description:
Job Responsibilities
For some clinical placements the instructor is expected to be onsite with the student(s) during the entire clinical experience. For other clinical sites the instructor will be available to the students but move among different sites during the scheduled clinical time. In different clinical learning experiences the instructor will not be at the clinical site and the student will be supervised by a designated preceptor.
Depending on the type of clinical learning experience the instructor can be expected to conduct a preshift meeting/prebriefing a midshift huddle and a debriefing/postconference. The specific expectations for each clinical assignment will be specified in the instructors contract. Travel to the nursing worksite at least once weekly is required as part of the clinical adjuncts position and is considered the adjuncts primary worksite.
The clinical faculty member assumes responsibility and accountability for:
Facilitating student learning in the clinical setting by coaching students to translate knowledge into the attitudes and skills required to give safe high quality patient care
Supervise student groups in the clinical setting as specified above
Evaluating student performance in the clinical setting; provide frequent student feedback to enable success; conducting a written student performance evaluation at mid term and end of course to assign grades
Attending departmental program and/or clinical level meetings
Travel to the clinical site (not at a USF Campus) at least once per semester is required. Certain courses (e.g. Nurs325 may require travel to multiple clinical sites.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in nursing with evidence of an established area of clinical expertise and demonstrable skills.
Experience in clinical teaching student supervision and teaching methods are desired but not required.
Other clinical/agencies requirements as needed.
Within that last 5 years applicants must have one year of direct patient care nursing experience that corresponds to the area they are teaching. For medical/surgical geriatrics pediatrics obstetrics/maternity or psych/mental health acute care nursing experience (or serving as a clinical instructor in one of these clinical areas) this experience must be continuous and within the last 5 years.Eligible for approval as an Assistant Instructor by the CA Board of Registered Nursing in medical/surgical geriatrics pediatrics obstetrics/maternity or psych/mental health.
Additional Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Clinical faculty maintains current RN licensure. AHA Professional Rescuer CPR and Health Records titers and immunization. Clinical faculty member must hold a valid California Drivers license.
FullTime/PartTime:
Part timePay Rate:
SalarySalary Range :
$2101 per unitEmployment Type
Part-Time
