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).

• 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.