Nursing Peer Tutor - Prelicensure

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Charles R. Drew University is located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles and was founded in 1966 in the wake of the Watts uprising. CDU was founded to address inadequate medical care in the region and to provide equitable medical education opportunities for underrepresented students.

CDU is strongly invested in the local and regional community. The university leads multiple partnerships and programs to provide equitable healthcare resources in a variety of south Los Angeles neighborhoods.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide tutoring with nursing students one-to-one or in small groups to provide learning assistance and strategies on current course material.
• Maintain a weekly schedule of available hours for student appointments of no less than 5 hours per week and no more than 10 hours per week.
• Keep regular and accurate records of tutoring sessions using available software and/or relevant forms.
• Visit course(s) to make contact with the faculty member at least once to obtain any necessary course syllabi or materials.
• Attend tutor-training sessions as required by the Prelicensure Leadership Team.
• Attend workshops in order to obtain necessary certification.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as requested

EDUCATION:

• Be a current undergraduate or graduate nursing student within the CDU Mervyn M. Dymally College of Nursing (MMDCON)
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.5

EXPERIENCE:

• Completion of a particular course tutoring with earning at least a "B"
• Completed at least 25 semester units of nursing courses within the CDU MMDCON
• Recommendation from a faculty member of each course to tutor.
• Good interpersonal communication skills and ease in relating to people from varying educational, cultural, and social backgrounds.
• Good level of responsibility, reliability, and punctuality.
• Appropriate and professional behavior at all times.
• Demonstrated database management skills.
• Ability to establish priorities, meet deadlines and attain growth-oriented goals.
• Must possess excellent computer skills and be proficient in MS Windows, Word, Excel, etc.

COMPLEXITY:

• The ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries is paramount to success in this position.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasional stooping. Frequent standing.  Constant walking, sitting, climbing, reaching high/low levels, finger movement, feeling, speaking clearly, hearing conversationally, and seeing far and near.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Occasionally required to work in confined space.
• Position is on site unless specific authorization from manager.

MENTAL DEMANDS:

• The mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent variety of unrelated tasks. Constant calculating, interrupted work, a variety of interrelated tasks, and use of sustained concentration, reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability, and ingenuity.

Special Requirements:

• As a health professions institution of higher education, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science seeks to protect the health and safety of the University community. As a condition of enrollment and employment, students, faculty, and staff must comply with the current CDU COVID-19 requirements as described on the CDU COVID-19 webpage. Please visit the CDU Return to Campus website https://www.cdrewu.edu/covid-policy/ or email the Campus Nursing Office at nurseofficer@cdrewu.edu.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse community.