Medical -Surgical Nursing Faculty

Job Summary

Jefferson Community and Technical College is currently looking for multiple full-time Nursing faculty members. This position will be on-campus classroom instruction. Faculty members are the College’s teaching staff. Essentially, the faculty member’s responsibilities fall within four categories of essential job functions: instruction and assessment of student learning, scholarship and professional development, professionalism, and service orientation within the College and toward the community.

Job Duties:

Instruction and Assessment of Student Learning:
• Within face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid learning environments, the faculty member facilitates student learning, delivers effective and career-relevant instruction, provides an environment conducive to learning, evaluates student learning for all assigned classes, responds to student inquiries, and grades all assignments in a timely manner.
• Schedules, supervises, debriefs, and evaluates students in clinical and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Participates in student retention, reaching out to students who have excessive absences, documenting their student retention activities, and ensuring students are aware of college services that may be of value to their students’ successful completion of their academic program.
• Communicates availability (e.g., office hours) to all students (i.e., face-to-face, online, or hybrid learning environments) via email, phone, or other personal contact.
Scholarship and Professional Development:
• Participates in the annual faculty performance review process.
• Participates in the College’s Professional Development Program.
• Remains current and knowledgeable in academic or program discipline, including attending professional conferences and maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
• Receives training to stay current in technological and pedagogical advances that promote student learning.
Professionalism:
• Adheres to all policies related to instruction, teaching, and being an employee of the college as specified by the Faculty/Staff Handbook and HR policies.
• Accurately records and reports student attendance in accordance with College Attendance policy.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master’s Degree in nursing with at least five years’ experience in Nursing. MSN is preferred. BSN will be considered pending experience and years of nursing.
• A minimum of 2 years of full-time clinical experience over the last 5 years is required. Teaching experience preferred but not required.
• An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered.
• Registered Nurse with active, unencumbered and unrestricted license in Kentucky or multistate license or Compact state license to practice nursing in the state of Kentucky
 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent writing and oral communication skills.
• Must possess excellent leadership, customer service, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and efficiently while meeting required deadlines.
• Ability to function efficiently in a stressful work environment.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends, and travel to multiple locations as the course schedule dictates.
• The ability to maintain a seated or standing position for extended durations and the capability to move around the campus and/or clinical environment is required. Additionally, candidates should possess the physical capacity to lift and bend, as some of the work entails participating in simulation and laboratory settings.
• Must be able to hear and speak well enough to communicate with students, faculty, and staff face to face, via the telephone, and through electronic mediums (e.g., email, recordings, virtual meetings, etc.).
This job description lists the primary responsibilities of the job title listed. By no means is the job limited only to the responsibilities listed. Cooperation between employees is expected during periods of heavier than usual workloads, and revisions to these duties on either a temporary or permanent basis is possible.