Adjunct Faculty - Clinical, Jefferson College of Nursing, Graduate Programs

Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend orientation session to the course and clinical teaching responsibilities.
• Attend periodic clinical faculty meetings.
• Perform clinical site visits as assigned. Initial visits will occur before mid-semester.
• Interface with clinical preceptor as JCNrsquo;s representative and liaison, encouraging communication and clinical professional relationships between clinical preceptor and the Jefferson College of Nursing.
• Provide a narrative summary of site visits, to course faculty and Senior Associate Dean, with important/salient points about the studentrsquo;s progress in clinical and the preceptorrsquo;s impression of the student.
• Provide weekly evaluative feedback to students on clinical logs.
• Notify course faculty when students not meeting expected clinical performance.
• Place students in danger of failing on clinical jeopardy in conjunction with JCN course faculty and create plans for remediation with students.
• Notify the Senior Associate Dean and course faculty of any problems or concerns with the clinical preceptor and/or clinical site.
• Maintain ongoing communications with Senior Associate Dean and course faculty.
• Facilitate completion of student evaluations by clinical preceptors.

Qualifications

• Masterrsquo;s degree in nursing (MSN) from an accredited institution.

  • Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

  • State Board of Nursing licensure for states where clinical assignments performed.

  • National specialty certification as applicable to teaching assignments.

  • Current license to practice as a certified registered nurse practitioner in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as applicable to teaching assignments.

  • State Board of Nursing advanced nursing practice licensure for states where clinical assignments performed.

  • Evidence of continuing education.

  • Professional memberships relevant to areas of expertise.

Jefferson Health delivers state-of-the-art healthcare services to patients throughout the Delaware Valley and southern New Jersey. Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) provides more than 7,800 students from nearly 40 states and 40 countries with 21 st century professional education. We have 30,000 employees.

Jefferson Health , with 14 hospitals (three are Magnet-designated by the ANCC for nursing excellence) and 50+ outpatient and urgent care locations, offers a broad range of primary and complex, highly specialized care that touches the lives of more than four million patients annually . This year, U.S. News amp; World Report has ranked Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as the 16 th best hospital in the nation, and among the nationrsquo;s best in 11 specialties. Jefferson Health also includes the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center; it is one of only 69 such centers in the nation.

Thomas Jefferson University, nationally recognized for advancing groundbreaking developments in healthcare education and research, recently combined with Philadelphia University, internationally known for architecture, design, engineering, textiles and more. Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) has nine colleges and three schools dedicated to interprofessional and transdisciplinary approaches to learning that offer a vibrant and expandable platform for professional education. Through this unique model, we are preparing our students for current and yet-to-be-imagined careers.

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