Job Number: 493161
Job Title: Adjunct Instructor - Clinical Nursing
Opening date: Dec 19, 2023 8:00am
Closing date: Dec 19, 2024 11:55pm
Summary: Adjunct (part-time) faculty in this position teach courses primarily in the clinical setting at all levels of Nursing training. Nursing adjunct faculty can also teach in labs, simulation labs, and some didactic courses. In-person teaching is required for this position; there are no remote work opportunities.
Description:
Title: Adjunct Instructor - Clinical Nursing
Posting Closes at 11:55 PM on: 12/19/2024
Hours Per Week: Up to 28 Hours
Compensation Type: PT Faculty-Pay Based on PT Salary Schedule
New Hire Starting Pay: Rate of pay is based on the required qualifications of this position.
Employee Classification: Adjunct Instructor
Level: Adjunct-BD
Division: HHS Division - 405000
Department: Nursing - 405313
Campus Location: LCC Downtown Campus
Position Type: Regular/Continuing
Bargaining Unit: MAHE
To view the applicable labor contract, visit the Labor Relations web site.
For information about the benefits offered, please visit the Benefits web site.
In-person teaching is required for this position.
**This position will be assigned to teach or provide services to students enrolled in a clinical rotation or practicum located at a third-party health care provider site. Third-party health care providers may require the College to show proof that employees have been vaccinated in order to participate in activities at their sites.**
Adjunct Positions are filled by semester on an as needed basis. Applicants in this applicant pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy. Review of applications will then stop for the semester once the vacancy has been filled.
Adjunct (part-time) faculty in this position teach courses primarily in the clinical setting at all levels of Nursing training. Nursing adjunct faculty can also teach in labs, simulation labs, and some didactic courses. Depending upon program needs and the candidate’s qualifications, teaching assignments will be predominantly at clinical sites with the possibility of on campus assignments at the Downtown Lansing and Livingston campuses. In-person teaching is required for this position; there are no remote work opportunities.
Clinical adjunct faculty encourage, collaborate, support, correct, stimulate, and challenge students to think critically in helping students plan for their patients’ optimal wellness, recovery, and rehabilitation. Faculty need to discuss assignments with unit managers and staff nurses as well as maintain ongoing verbal and written recording and reporting with them. Adjunct faculty are expected to work collaboratively with senior department faculty, department coordinators, and the Program Director to develop course content consistent with official course syllabi and accreditation standards. Duties include preparation of course materials, delivery of instruction to students (in the clinical and lab setting), assessment and grading, and assisting students outside of class. Additional responsibilities may include participation in course assessment, department/program meetings, advisory board meetings, professional development activities, and other duties as needed. Faculty must demonstrate a commitment to the diversity of a multi-cultural population, as well as work effectively in a team-based environment, seeking continuous improvement and adherence to the community college philosophy.
Part-time Teaching Faculty Assignments/Workload
Teaching Load Limits. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each part-time Teaching Faculty member shall be accountable for teaching workload subject to the following limits:
a. Adjunct Instructors shall not exceed twelve (12) workload hours of teaching during Fall Semester and twelve (12) workload hours of teaching during Spring Semester, together with all associated preparation (including customary updates/maintenance of assigned courses), assessment and evaluation, and student consultation/office hours; and
b. Adjunct Instructors shall not exceed ten (10) workload hours of teaching during Summer Semester, together with all associated preparation (including customary updates/maintenance of assigned courses), assessment and evaluation, and student consultation/office hours.
c. Increases in workload will not change the part-time status of bargaining unit members.
Professional Activities and Duties
In addition to or in lieu of teaching assignments, part-time Teaching Faculty may be given non-teaching assignments such as course development or revision, curriculum development, student advising, leadership assignments, etc., provided their workload does not regularly exceed the nominal equivalent of twenty-eight (28) clock hours per week or 1456 clock hours in an academic year.
Nothing contained in this section is intended to modify the minimum workload opportunities or obligations of part-time Teaching Faculty as set forth in Article XIII. Employment Practices.
General Adjunct Instructor Requirements:
Primary duty and responsibility of teaching students in instructional settings;
Functioning as the principal source of instruction and the faculty of record in the instructional setting for a course, class, workshop, etc., offered for academic credit (i.e., designated by the College as responsible for the course, class, workshop, etc., including assigning the grade); and
Being responsible for curriculum planning and development; preparation and delivery of course content in accordance with student needs; comprehensive assessment and grading in the assigned course, class, workshop, etc., offered for academic credit.
Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.
