Description
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide quality clinical instruction aligned with course objectives, approved curriculum, and student learning outcomes.
- Orient students to clinical expectations, facility policies, safety protocols, and professional nursing standards.
- Supervise and support students in the clinical setting to promote safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care.
- Evaluate student clinical performance, provide timely feedback, and document competencies and clinical evaluations by established deadlines.
- Communicate professionally and promptly with students, faculty, clinical partners, and program leadership.
- Monitor student progress, identify performance concerns, and communicate promptly with the course lead or Program Coordinator regarding student safety or academic concerns.
- Maintain accessibility to students for questions and guidance during assigned clinical experiences.
- Adhere to all institutional, nursing program, and clinical facility policies, procedures, and documentation requirements.
- Complete required faculty meetings, training, and professional development activities, including at least one professional development activity annually for adjunct faculty teaching regularly.
- Complete additional duties as assigned by the Dean or Department Chair as part of initial onboarding and ongoing responsibilities throughout the adjunct faculty role.
Requirements
Nursing Clinical Instructor- Maternal-Newborn (L&D & Mother-Baby)
South College- Asheville Campus
South College- Asheville Campus is seeking an adjunct Nursing Clinical Instructor to support clinical education within the School of Nursing, specifically in maternal-newborn nursing, including Labor and Delivery (L&D) and Mother-Baby.
Location Requirement: Candidates must reside in Asheville, North Carolina.
Responsibilities
- Provide clinical instruction in accordance with professional nursing standards, course objectives, and program requirements.
- Collaborate with course faculty and work closely with the Clinical Coordinator to support clinical learning experiences.
- Facilitate student learning, critical thinking, and clinical reasoning while maintaining a supportive, professional learning environment.
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with clinical agencies and healthcare staff.
- Monitor and evaluate student clinical performance, complete required evaluations and grading of care plans as assigned, and provide timely, constructive feedback to support student development.
- Promote safe, evidence-based, patient-centered care and ensure students adhere to clinical policies and professional nursing standards.
- Complete required clinical documentation and student evaluations within established deadlines.
- Participate in required onboarding, orientation, and ongoing faculty responsibilities.
Qualifications and Requirements
Education
- Required: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Candidates with a BSN and significant clinical experience or prior teaching experience will be considered.
- Preferred: Master of Science in Nursing (MSN).
Licensure
- Required: Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina.
Experience
- Required: Minimum of two years of RN experience in Labor and Delivery, Mother-Baby, or NICU nursing.
- Preferred: Previous experience in nursing education, clinical instruction, or student supervision.