Description
We are seeking a Prelicensure Clinical Instructor to join our team in the Houston, TX region. As a Clinical Instructor, you will teach and mentor students in experiential clinical coursework, working on a team to support an assigned group of students and offering specialized instruction on challenging clinical coursework.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Act as a steward for carrying out WGU's mission and strategic vision
- Demonstrate a high level of commitment, effectiveness, and consistency
- Serve as a professional role model for students in communication, ethical comportment, and problem-solving
- Provide expertise in an assigned content area and maintain current knowledge in their field
- Foster students' learning through innovative teaching practices
- Respond with urgency to meet student needs and communicate professionally and respectfully with students and all other members of the WGU community
- Make appropriate student referrals for remediation or other needs
- Communicate with the student's assigned coach/preceptor as needed to discuss student progress and concerns
- Provide final review and approval for student's clinical time
- Offer proactive support and outreach to assigned students
- Use technology-based teaching and communication platforms to aid students in the development of competencies
- Submit electronic clinical student evaluation forms after completion of clinical intensive
- Collaborate with other professionals within the university to promote a positive, student-obsessed atmosphere
- Respond with urgency to changing requirements, priorities, and short deadlines
- Maintain a working knowledge and understanding of relevant state regulations
- Conduct both in-person and remote methods of student evaluation
Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
- Must be able to work well under stress and meet deadlines
- Capacity for self-motivation and working independently
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Aptitude for learning innovative technology
- Problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills, accuracy, adaptability, reliability, attitude, initiative
Competencies:
- Organizational or Student Impact: Accountable for decisions that impact individual students, facilitates learning experiences that support student's attainment of knowledge and skills
- Problem Solving & Decision Making: Works on diverse matters of various levels of complexity, receives general direction from their immediate supervisor or manager
- Communication & Influence: Communicates with students as appropriate to support student questions and needs, communicates with fellow faculty members as appropriate
- Leadership & Talent Management: Considered a contributing and collegial team member, adheres to learning and operational quality guidance and instruction
Job Qualifications:
- Master's degree in nursing; Education is verified
- Two years minimum Nursing experience
- Unencumbered RN license
- Active, unencumbered license in designated state
- State and federal legislative requirements and college accreditation requirements may apply to maintain the necessary credentialing for this role
Preferred Qualifications:
- Doctorate, or terminal degree in a specific content area
- Strong experience with distance education and distance learning students
- Prior experience in clinical teaching/nursing education
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
- Health savings account and flexible spending account
- Basic and voluntary life insurance
- Disability coverage
- Accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
- Legal and identity theft coverage
- Retirement savings plan
- Wellbeing program
- Discounted WGU tuition
- Flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
- Flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
- 11 paid holidays
- Other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave