Part Time Instructor Jobs in Gardner, KS (NOW HIRING)

Job Overview: MidAmerica Nazarene University, located in Olathe, Kansas invites qualified candidates to apply for a part-time Clinical Instructor position in Pre-Licensure Nursing. The Clinical Instructor is responsible for student education and oversight in clinical facilities, the nursing skills laboratory, and/or the Virtual Patient Center (VPC).   This includes attending Clinical Instructor orientation, including facility orientation at all facilities in which the instructor will supervise students, and attending student clinical orientation.   The Clinical Instructor will arrive according to schedule at assigned locations and will educate and supervise nursing students in the clinical setting, as directed by the didactic faculty member and Clinical Education Coordinator.   This includes student evaluation and grading students' clinical assignments.   This is a non-exempt position with a pay rate of $40/hour while in the clinical setting and up to 4 hours per week of any pre- clinical work or post-clinical student grading.

Position Description:

• Making student clinical assignments
• Functioning as a clinical instructor in clinical facilities, the skills lab and/or the Virtual Patient Center (VPC)
• Tutoring and mentoring students:
• Preparing educational materials or the laboratory environment for learning activities
• Straightening the classroom or laboratory environment after learning activities
• Maintaining health relationships with facility educators and staff
• Grading student clinical assignments
• Providing the course faculty with evaluative student data, according to course evaluation criteria
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

The following is a list of clinicals that we offer in groups led by an instructor:

• Fundamentals (Long Term Care) - Fall & Spring
• Health Restoration I (Med/Surg) - Spring & Summer
• Health Restoration II (Med/Surg) - Fall, Spring & Summer
• Pediatrics - Spring & Summer
• Maternal & Women's Health (OB) - Fall & Summer

Education and/or Experience:

• Earned Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, enrollment in an MSN program, enrollment in an MSN program, or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree and attendance at an upcoming Clinical Faculty Academy.
• Active, unencumbered KS RN license required; ability to obtain a MO RN license required
• Minimum of one year of clinical RN practice required
• Completion of Collegiate Nursing Education requirements annually
• Strong Communication
• Internet and phone access is required.
• Applicants should demonstrate the ability to meet challenges of adult learners with diverse backgrounds, be self-directed and innovative, and provide effective professional nurse role modeling for undergraduate nursing students.

Application: Please upload the following documents to your application.

• Letter of application
• Complete curriculum vita
• Please send official university transcripts from all institutions where degrees were earned to nursing@mnu.edu.
• Personal Statement of faith - see below (2 pages maximum)

Statement of Faith: MidAmerica Nazarene University is an intentionally Christian Community and desires that all employees in positions of leadership reflect a foundational Christian position in word, attitude and action.  While there is no predetermined length or format for the Personal Statement of Faith, the norm is a one or two page narrative document describing the applicant’s central Christian beliefs, significant formative influences in the applicant’s Christian experience (e.g., religious experiences of conversion or the affirmation of one’s faith, one’s family and/or home life, spiritual aspirations), and ways in which the applicant’s faith is being demonstrated in daily patterns and practices.

*Christian faith and employment at MidAmerica Nazarene University: MidAmerica Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. It reserves the right to prefer employees on the basis of religion (Title VII, Section 702-703, U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964). Preferred candidates demonstrate a strong commitment to the Christian faith, active participation in a local church, and a philosophy of Christian higher education consistent with the Wesleyan tradition.

MidAmerica is very much interested in reviewing applications from qualified members of traditionally underrepresented groups in America, including women and racial and ethnic minorities. MidAmerica Nazarene University policy prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, * age, color, creed, national or ethnic origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected class in the recruitment and admission of students, in the hiring process, during employment, and in the operation of all university programs, activities, and services.

Read the university’s full Non-Discrimination/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement at www.mnu.edu/jobs.