ADN Program Full-time Faculty Pediatrics

• Responsible for teaching and evaluating students in the classroom and using the campus learning management system
• Design an effective learning environment that facilitates student learning to address contemporary issues in nursing
• Support students’ progression in academics and socialization into the role of nursing
• Utilize an array of assessment tools to evaluate student learning
• Actively participate in the systematic plan for curriculum design, program evaluation and program revision
• Demonstrate leadership by serving as a mentor to faculty, adjuncts, and students
• Recognize the role of a nurse educator and pursues continuous in-service/ professional development opportunities annually
• Serve as an advisor to nursing students
• Develop student success plans and remediates “at risk” students
• Manage gradebook to ensure that it is consistently up to date with current grades
• Submit grades into student information system by the due date
• Conduct data collection and analysis of course metrics to submit required end-of-semester course report on student outcomes and performance, including Student Success Action Plans (SSAP), course failures, trends, attendance, etc.
• Schedule and provide at least five hours of accessible office hours for students per week

• Teach clinical at the clinical site, in the skills lab, and serves as a content expert in simulation
• Facilitate the nursing students’ application of theory to clinical practice
• Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of overall program, program outcomes and course outcomes
• Communicate effectively utilizing professional techniques with clinical agency representatives, staff, faculty, and students
• If course lead, identify and immediately communicates problem areas/clinical areas of concern to clinical instructors and recommends changes and solutions as appropriate
• If course lead, provides needed communication with clinical faculty concerning student progress including successes and identified needs, clinical issues, suggestions, and/or professional learning needs
• Grade clinical papers and providesstudents with timely and clear feedback
• Maintain all records on student performance, i.e., Student Success Action Plan (SSAP) and mid-term and final clinical evaluations
• Manage gradebook to ensure it is consistently up to date with current grades; follows up regularly with clinical faculty for grading assignments and inputting grades in a timely manner
• Adhere to/enforces the policies and procedures of Pacific College and the assigned clinical facility.
• Attend hospital-based orientations
• Complete clinical site evaluations
• Perform required end of course reporting of student outcomes/performance: Failures, SSAP, Attendance

In addition to responsibilities for teaching didactic and/or clinical classes, full-time faculty will:

• Receive 3 units of administrative time to assist with the department's work. This may include committees and other departmental duties as assigned.
• Attend department faculty meetings per department and college policy.
• Serve as Course Lead – this includes teaching theory and assigning, managing, and mentoring the adjunct clinical instructor team.
• Oversee instruction and grading of clinical adjuncts.
• Orient students to the overall course and clinical.
• Connect students to college resources for their success.
• Consistently demonstrate and coach students on professional skills including leadership and ethics, communication and critical thinking, teamwork and collaboration, responsibility and dependability, and overall professionalism
• Maintain a presence on campus and contribute to the campus culture in a positive and meaningful way.
• Participate in college governance meetings
• Participate in department meetings, faculty meetings, in-service offerings, and other nursing events (i.e., graduation, pinning, etc.).
• Serve as chair for at least one nursing committee each semester.
• Provide input to developing, evaluating, and revising program policies through the governance structure
• Collaborate on scholarly activities such as formal evaluations of teaching and clinical programs and disseminate this scholarly work through presentations at professional meetings and publications in peer reviewed journals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Remain current in designated area of teaching assignment as per BRN regulations.
• Maintain currency in techniques of effective coaching and mentoring of students.
• Participate in professional growth activities.
• Demonstrate professionalism behaviors in dress, demeanor and in all manners of

• Current and valid Registered Nursing License issued by the Board of Registered Nurses by the State of California.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university that includes courses in nursing, or in natural, behavioral, or social sciences relevant to nursing practice, Master’s Degree preferred.
• Direct patient care experience within the previous five (5) years in the nursing area to which he or she is assigned, which can be met by: A. One (1) year's continuous, full-time or its equivalent experience providing direct patient care as a registered nurse in the designated nursing area; or B. One (1) academic year of registered nurse level clinical teaching experience in the designated nursing area or its equivalent that demonstrates clinical competency.