Associate Professor - Nursing

Job Title:Associate Professor

Department: Nursing Practice

Location: St. Lawrence Health, Canton-Potsdam Hospital Main, Potsdam, NY

Hours Per Week: 40 scheduled weekly hours

Schedule: Full-Time, 8-hour shifts, days are 8 am -3 pm, evenings are 3 pm -10 pm

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides leadership for all academic programs

• Works with the Program Coordinator and the Dean of Academics and to facilitate appropriate program development, implementation, evaluation and assessment

• Ensures systematic review of programs to ensure quality and current course content, best practice and achievement of regulatory standards;

• Performs other duties as assigned by the President, Program Coordinator and/or the Dean of Academics;

• Serves on committees as assigned/approved;

• Reports to the relevant program coordinator.

Personnel Duties:

• Participates in interviewing and makes recommendations for hiring of faculty;

• Arranges for coverage of classes during absences and emergency leaves;

• Promotes rapport within the department, campus, and community;

• Posts and keeps a minimum of three office hours per week that are convenient to students who seek assistance with counseling, academic advising, and coursework;

• Maintains punctuality in meeting assigned classes and clinical responsibilities;

• Models professional behavior and standards of practice while in the workplace;

• Functions as a change agent and leader by promoting innovative practices in educational environments;

• Participates in professional development opportunities that increase one’s effectiveness in the role;

• Participates in a minimum of 23 continuing education hours per year:

o For nursing

• 10 per year must be related to the NLN Nurse Educator Core Competencies;

• 5 must be related to content that is taught; and,

• 8 may be in anything else.

• Makes recommendations regarding equipment, software purchases, and equipment maintenance contracts.

Administration:

• Participates in budget planning process;

• Attends and participates in faculty meetings;

• Participates in accreditation reviews and reports;

• Participates in developing programs, evaluating and revising student policies, organizational framework and revising curricular offerings;

• Participates in recruitment, orientation, and coordination of students and faculty;

• Participates in the orientation and advisement of students.

Committee/Meeting Responsibilities:

• Attends and participates in at least one of the program committees;

• Serves as a member of the assigned program Advisory Committee;

• Participates in organization-wide committees when requested.

Advising:

• Serves as an advisor for students;

• Provides guidance in the students’ academic and personal development;

• Develops remediation plans with students;

• Schedules regular meetings with students who are at risk to be unsuccessful in a course or the program;

• Assists students in identifying and utilizing resources that may contribute to their success.

Curricula:

• Implements syllabi, including all course requirements and assignments, for all students;

• Curriculum Chair and the Program Coordinator;- Submits suggestions for changes in syllabi, course or program to the Curriculum Chair and the Program Coordinator;

• Designs and implements new curriculum;

• Participates in the evaluation of curriculum;

• Ensures curricula reflects institutional philosophy, mission, current healthcare trends and community needs.

Instruction:

• Maintains control of the classroom;

• Develops assigned course and clinical syllabi to reflect the college philosophy, theoretical constructs, course description, and objectives and curriculum;

• Utilizes a variety of teaching methods to accommodate the learning styles of the students;

• Provides for opportunities for active student involvement through practice and application;

• Demonstrates a command of the subject matter;

• Demonstrates considerations for diverse cultural backgrounds;

• Models and encourages a collaborative faculty-student relationship;

• Provides or utilizes course materials (handouts, interactive notes, technology) that enhance student learning and follows the course syllabus;

• Models professional behavior and standards of practice;

• Performs additional responsibilities for faculty performing clinical supervision in an affiliating agency including;

• Participates in clinical orientation as required by the institution;

• Completes validations as required by contract with clinical agencies, orients students to clinical facilities;

• Participates in the development and implementation of clinical assignments for students at the clinical setting;

• Supervises students in patient care area in collaboration with staff;

• Conducts pre and post conferences with students;

• Schedules make-up clinical as needed;

• Maintains ongoing weekly evaluation of individual student progress in the clinical area;

• Provides timely ongoing verbal and written feedback to students;

Evaluation:

• Provides the evaluation of students in both didactic and clinical courses;

• Participates in peer evaluations when requested;

• Participates in the evaluation of their peers and Program Coordinator when requested;

• Reviews student evaluation summaries of assigned courses and utilizes the feedback for planning and implementing future courses;

• Participates in program planning in response to student/program evaluation feedback and employer satisfaction surveys.

Workload:

• Full time, Part Time and Per Diem faculty have the responsibility of classroom/clinical/lab/sim responsibilities as assigned.

• Full Time Faculty will have a teaching load of no more than 24 academic credits in a given academic year.

• Part Time and Per Diem faculty will have a teaching load of no more than 12 academic credits in a given academic year; Load may be divided between theory and clinical instruction if needed.

• Faculty are also required to have 2-4 office hours per week, attend all course/faculty meetings, and participate in graduation/pinning, and special events.

• Faculty also have professional responsibilities that are critical to maintaining competence as well as are integral to the functioning of the college/parent institution, such as participating in committee work, service to the institution etc. This expectation is noted below as a percentage of time as part of faculty position and will be mutually agreed upon with the Dean of Academics and faculty.

• Professional Development/Scholarship/Clinical Currency up to 104 hours per year.

• Service to the institution/parent organization up to 104 hours per year.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• - Credit to clock hours conversion 

• Semester = 15 weeks 

• 1 credit = 

• 15 hours of lecture 

• 30 hours of laboratory/simulation 

• 45 hours of externship/clinical

Community Relations Duties:

• Participate as assigned on program specific advisory boards involving the major stakeholders served by the college;

• Participates in publicizing and disseminating information about the program.

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REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher learning recognized by the US Department of Education

• Must hold the appropriate terminal degree for the program of which they will be teaching in

• Professional license applicable for program of study (ie. RN, RT, Surgical Tech, etc.) required. Non-Clinical teaching, license not required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Nurse Educator certification for nursing;

• Two years of teaching in a college or university