Adjunct RN OBGYN Theory Instructor - San Diego

Position Summary

The Nursing Faculty member plans, delivers, and evaluates learning experiences that support course and program outcomes, safe nursing practice, and student success. Faculty serve as educators, evaluators, mentors, professional role models, and contributors to curriculum, governance, program evaluation, and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching, Clinical, and Simulation Instruction

- Teach assigned nursing courses in classroom, clinical, laboratory, simulation, hybrid, or online settings.

- Plan, implement, evaluate, and revise syllabi, learning activities, instructional materials, assignments, examinations, and educational resources.

- Use evidence-based teaching strategies that promote learner engagement, critical thinking, clinical judgment, communication, professional identity, and safe nursing practice.

- Supervise and evaluate students in clinical, laboratory, and simulation environments. Verify readiness for practice and intervene when performance presents an actual or potential safety concern.

- Design and facilitate simulation experiences, including prebriefing and debriefing, using appropriate technology, fidelity, and assessment methods.

- Maintain current clinical competence and comply with clinical agency requirements, patient privacy standards, regulatory expectations, and professional standards.

Assessment, Feedback, and Student Success

- Use valid formative and summative methods to evaluate knowledge, skills, clinical judgment, professional behavior, and achievement of course outcomes.

- Provide timely, specific, constructive, and documented feedback on academic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical performance.

- Maintain accurate and timely attendance, grade, competency, conference, remediation, and other required academic records.

- Identify students experiencing academic, clinical, or professional difficulty. Provide advising, mentoring, remediation, and referral to appropriate support services.

- Apply academic integrity, grading, attendance, progression, conduct, and evaluation standards consistently while protecting confidential information.

Curriculum, Program Evaluation, and Governance

- Participate in curriculum design, mapping, implementation, evaluation, and revision to maintain alignment with Board of Registered Nursing requirements, accreditation standards, program outcomes, current nursing practice, and healthcare trends.

- Collect, analyze, and use course, student, and program outcome data to improve teaching, learning, and program effectiveness.

- Participate in systematic program evaluation, continuous quality improvement, accreditation, regulatory review, and institutional reporting activities as assigned.

- Participate in faculty meetings, committees, shared governance, policy review, strategic initiatives, and program events.

- Collaborate professionally with students, faculty, staff, administrators, clinical partners, and community stakeholders.

Educational Philosophy and Competency Integration

- Integrate Jean Watson’s Unitary Caring Science Theory throughout learning experiences in a manner consistent with the program’s educational philosophy.

- Model compassionate, culturally responsive, relationship-centered, holistic, and patient-centered nursing practice.

- Integrate QSEN competencies: patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.

- Create inclusive and psychologically safe learning environments that promote trust, dignity, inquiry, reflection, accountability, civility, and professional growth.

Professional Development and Scholarship

- Maintain competence in nursing practice, nursing education, instructional technology, simulation, and assigned teaching areas.

- Participate in orientation, faculty development, continuing education, peer review, and evaluation activities.

- Use feedback, outcome data, current evidence, and self-reflection to improve teaching effectiveness.

- Engage in scholarly, professional, or service activities appropriate to the faculty role and institutional expectations.

- Maintain all required licenses, certifications, approvals, health clearances, training, background requirements, and clinical agency onboarding.