Description

Salary: Starting rates based on position role and length of term ($3,650-$9,950 Lab Instructor) ($5,300-$15,200 Clinical Instructor) ($7,400 Synthesis Instructor)

Status: Part Time

The Clinical Instructor is responsible for teaching primarily in the clinical and laboratory/simulation settings for students in the MSN (Entry into Practice) program. The Clinical/Laboratory Instructor reports to the Clinical Course Coordinator or Laboratory Course Coordinator when leading a clinical or laboratory group and ultimately reports to the Associate Director for Clinical Practice, MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program. 

Position Term                                                                      

The position term is a semester in duration and renewed based on the program's needs, satisfactory clinical evaluations, and the approval of the Clinical Coordinator of the MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program. (Fall term 8/26/2024 through 11/18/2024)

Responsibilities

• Participate in all mandatory training and/or meetings required before the semester, including site-specific orientation
• Teaching in the clinical/laboratory/simulation settings utilizing evidence-based practice and adult learning principles
• Proactively creates an inclusive learning environment
• Accountable for ensuring complete/assigned clinical hours
• Maintain familiarity with theory content
• Provide standardized learning experiences when applicable
• Follows the direction of the Clinical Coordinator and Program Director of the MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program
• Attends course planning meetings as directed by the Clinical Course Coordinator.
• Ensures that all students in the assigned clinical group have completed compliance requirements for the assigned clinical site by the identified due date
• Prepares and submits incident reports related to student exposures according to site and SON policies.
• Takes students to the Occupational Health Clinic following exposures as directed by the Infectious Disease or Occupational Health official at the clinical site.
• Works collaboratively with nurse managers, staff nurses, and other representatives of the clinical units assigned.
• Meets with students as requested or when necessary to address student performance concerns.
• Works closely with students' clinical course coordinator when a student's performance in clinical/laboratory/course places the student at risk for failure.
• Provides students with a recommended plan for academic improvement as needed and follows up to determine if student performance improves.
• Provides timely feedback to students on their clinical/laboratory/course progress.
• Communicate in writing with the clinical coordinator if they are considering issuing a course warning and when/if it is issued.
• If appropriate, initiate notifications of missed clinical time and/or clinical/laboratory/course warnings.
• Communicate in writing with students and the clinical coordinator if the student is not passing at midterm or at the end of the course.
• Communicate concerns about non-academic student issues to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs
• Reviews patient log and verifies time log in EXXAT

• Able to travel to Johns Hopkins SON and clinical facilities in the Baltimore-Washington area

Requirements

• Current licensure as a registered nurse
• Master's degree in nursing or DNP  
• Complete compliance requirements of SON and/or clinical site.
• Minimum of 2 years of providing direct patient care as an RN or advanced practice nurse
• Excellent organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills. 
• Ability to effectively manage details and problem solve in a complex environment
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so at Johns Hopkins SON
• Experience as a clinical educator is preferred. 

Application Instructions

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