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Practical Nursing Faculty
Job Description
Role:
Garden City Community College is a vibrant and dynamic community college located in the heart of the rural Southwest Kansas high plains region. Officially designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the College serves a student population which reflects the area’s rich diversity. The College serves approximately 2,000 students across multiple populations including on-campus, online, and area high schools and has a history of strong program options in both transfer and technical education. The College is located in Garden City, a community with a recent history of robust population growth. Garden City has many amenities including arts and culture, plentiful shopping, and daily jet service to Dallas.
Garden City Community College is a vibrant and dynamic community college located in the heart of the rural Southwest Kansas high plains region. Officially designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the College serves a student population which reflects the area’s rich diversity. The College serves approximately 2,000 students across multiple populations including on-campus, online, and area high schools and has a history of strong program options in both transfer and technical education. The College is located in Garden City, a community with a recent history of robust population growth. Garden City has many amenities including arts and culture, plentiful shopping, and daily jet service to Dallas.
This is a full-time, tenured track, 172-day faculty position covered by the Negotiated Agreement. Supervision is provided by a Department Director, Dean of Technical Education, and the Vice President for Instruction. The primary assignment is to provide instructional services and learning facilitation for students in the Nursing Department. The primary assignment is to provide instructional services and learning facilitation for students in the Nursing Division by offering a variety of nursing-related courses.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Professional Responsibilities: participating in local, state and national professional organizations; staying informed of current trends in nursing education and practice; serving as a role model for students, graduates and Registered Nurses; and maintaining Kansas RN licensure
- Institution Responsibilities: participating in college activities (general faculty meetings, in-service, committees); responding to assignments, schedule, budgets and carrying out any additional responsibilities or duties the administration deems necessary within the guidelines and policies established by the President and the Board of Trustees.
- Curricular/Program Responsibilities: cooperatively developing, implementing, evaluating and revising (as needed) curriculum in both didactic and clinical areas; interpreting the programs philosophy, policies, objectives and student role to clinical learning sites and follows the established policies/protocols of the clinical learning sites whether observational or hands on; planning, providing, supervising and evaluating learning experiences for students in class, campus lab and clinical learning sites; counseling, advising, and referring students as necessary for recruiting.
- Performing other relevant tasks as assigned.
Performance Measurements:
- Strong commitment to quality teaching, student learning, and academic excellence.
- A commitment to serve diverse communities including but not limited to socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds.
- Learner-centered, able to lead the learning process to inspire, motivate, and help students to succeed.
- Appreciation and respect for the student’s role, contribution, and responsibility in the learning process.
- Commitment to develop learning outcomes and design alternative approaches to learning.
- Ability and willingness to apply knowledge of academic or occupational areas in designing strategies related to learning outcomes.
- Commitment to integrate new technologies and strategies into the learning process.
- Commitment to using technologies and instructional support resources to address unique needs of each learner.
- Intellectual and ethical qualities that evoke confidence and respect.
- Enthusiasm, flexibility, openness to change, and willingness to experiment and innovate.
- Commitment to continuing education and professional development.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
Knowledge and Skills:
Required:
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) and current license to practice nursing in the state of Kansas.
- One year of work experience in a hospital setting.
Preferred:
Preference will be given to those candidates who establish the highest level of professional competency as evidenced by:
- Community college teaching experience at multiple skill levels.
- Ability to communicate effectively in speech and writing.
- Knowledge of computer-assisted learning strategies.
- Ability to motivate and teach students of diverse learning styles and backgrounds.
- Commitment to the discipline through involvement in professional organizations and activities.
- Clear evidence of sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
Physical Requirements
Ability to stand and sit for extended periods; speak and hear clearly in group settings and at distances of 30 feet; maintain physical mobility, alertness, and composure; utilize appropriate presentation materials and equipment; and transport self and equipment to various campus/community/area sites as needed.
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