RN Clinical (OBGYN) Theory Instructor - Bakersfield

Success Education Colleges (SEC) is a family of institutions comprised of North-West College, Glendale Career College, and Nevada Career Institute. SEC is a leader in allied health education, and has been offering quality and affordable health care training programs for over 55 years. Our Colleges’ mission is to prepare students in short term programs for gainful employment. To accomplish this, we provide a professional faculty, well-qualified administrators, and a top-notch support staff.

Marsha Fuerst School of Nurisng has received approval by the Board of Registered Nurses (BRN) and has recently introduced an Associate of Arts degree in Nursing at the campus located in Glendale, CA.

We are currently seeking highly qualified adjunct instructors to teach RN students in multiple disciplines.

It is the belief of the faculty of the Nursing Department at Glendale Career College that each member should have defined responsibilities and that the Nursing Department accepts the responsibility of supporting its members in the achievement of both departmental and individual professional goals.

All faculty must follow the Department of Nursing Faculty Handbook of Glendale Career College and the College Handbook.

Faculty must meet the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) requirements and be approved by the BRN.

Jean Watson’s Theory of Caring

• Nursing Faculty will be responsible for sharing Watsons Theory of Caring with their student body and making this theory an integral part of nursing practice.
• Faculty will develop essential strategies to accomplish these goals by weaving the tenets and language of the caring theory into clinical practice this will include but not be limited to:
  1. Exemplifying carative factors during unit meetings
  2. Listing of the carative factors in both theory and clinical
  3. Sharing articles on the caring theory.
  4. Incorporating carative factor questions into competency validations, exams, assignments, and post clinical conference.

Quality Safety Education for Nurses QSEN

• Faculty need to understand how to integrate QSEN throughout their nursing courses and curriculum.
• Systematic in the way we provide care in a meaningful way.
• Faculty are required to integrate QSEN into nursing education because it focuses its attention on the system learning for the student in a clinical situation.
• Faculty will be responsible to join discussion groups that explore Watson’s caring theory to their own work and/or to discuss Carative Factors in their individual classes.
• Faculty will serve as catalysts that will help students integrate Watson’s Nursing Theory and Ten Carative Factors into their clinical practice. Faculty need to be visionaries that will force this new theoretical concept.
• Faculty will institute QSEN throughout their course to emphasize a culture of safety throughout the program from Beginning through Advanced Level Courses.
• The faculty will integrate QSEN into their individual courses in the following areas:
  1. Patient centered care
  2. Teamwork and collaboration
  3. Evidence based practice
  4. Safety
  5. Quality improvement
  6. Informatics
• Faculty will teach nurses not to just view themselves by what they are individually doing for a patient they must learn that healthcare organizations and systems are characterized by complex multi-levels and multi-functional systems.
• Faculty can broaden the students learning by not only focusing on personal effort in a single situation but to bring the students understanding to focus on a sequence of events with possible multiple causes for both individuals and populations.

The Nursing Process

• It is an expectation that the nursing process be used throughout the nursing curriculum and in each individual course.

Specific Levels of Faculty as required by BRN Regulation:

1. Content Expert: Section 1425(d) As assistant instructor shall meet the following minimum qualifications:
   1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college which shall include courses in nursing, or in natural, behavioral or social science relevant to nursing practice;
   2. Direct patient care experience within the previous five (5) years in the nursing area to which he or she will be assigned, which can be met by:

• One (1) year’s continuous, full-time or its equivalent experience providing direct patient care as a registered nursing in the designated nursing area; or
• One (1) academic year of register nurse level clinical teaching experience in the designated nursing are or its equivalent that demonstrated clinical competency.

1. Instructor: an approved instructor by the BRN which is master’s-level prepared and teaches theory/clinical courses and coordinates the designated nursing area in both theory and clinical settings; instructors are typically content experts who teach theory and supervise assistant instructors and clinical teaching assistants.
2. Assistant Instructor: an approved assistant instructor by the Board who is baccalaureate-level prepared and teaches in a designated nursing area.
3. Clinical Teaching Assistant: an approved clinical teaching assistant is approved by the BRN with at least one year continuous, full-time experience as a registered nurse in a designated nursing area within the past five (5) years.

Qualifications * Current license as a Registered Nurse to practice in the state of California.

• BLS required. ACLS & PALS as required by the nursing staff specific to the unit of support.
• Certification in area of clinical specialty preferred.
• Master’s Degree in Nursing for Instructor level with a clinical focus that includes advanced education composed of didactic and supervised clinical practice in a specific area of advanced practice registered nursing.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing or related area for assistant instructor level or clinical teaching assistant level.
• Two years of successful work experience in nursing with two years in specialty preferred. Must have demonstrated leadership skills and able to adjust schedule to meet patient and staff needs.
• Clinical knowledge in specialty area. If hired in area with a substantial different clinical knowledge set, the candidate will be expected to demonstrate clinical expertise in the practice are with 6 months to a 1- year time frame.
• Demonstrated skills at the level of advanced practice nurse in area of practice
• Demonstrated ability at the level of an advanced practice nurse to utilize evidence to develop, teach, guide, and implement practice standards and polices.
• Proven problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Able to articulate and demonstrate nursing theory and practice.
• Ability to speak, read, and write fluent English.
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to work with others as a team to ensure quality patient care.
• Computer skills
• Able to work with a minimum of supervision