Job Description

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Essential Functions of Position

1. Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
2. Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
3. Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
4. Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
5. Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

• Providing leadership in the organization, administration, and compliance of the LVN program;
• Serving as the liaison with the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) and other regulatory agencies to ensure program complies with established criteria standards;
• Serving as a liaison with off-site facilities for clinical instruction in addition to continuously seeking additional clinical locations and maintaining positive relations with partners;
• Maintaining program accreditation with the various governing agencies including evaluating the program and preparing documents for operations of the LVN program;
• Preparing application renewals, facility approval applications and coordinating clinical orientations for faculty as necessary;
• Staying abreast of current educational and health trends;
• Providing leadership in curriculum evaluation and revision for currency and relevancy;
• Assessing, revising and submitting curriculum and instructional plans to stay up-to-date with industry trends and ensure program compliance with governing agencies;
• Participating in securing regular, adjunct, and substitute faculty, when necessary and preparing the faculty approval applications with the governing agency and clinical sites;
• Supervising student selection procedures, facilitating orientations, monitoring enrollment and preparing approval forms for students to be at clinical sites;
• Supervising the maintenance of student records including preparing documents for audits and completing documentation for student completers;
• Monitoring clinical lab groups;
• Monitoring enrollment and making recommendations according to trends and fiscal demands;
• Managing program budgets and developing budget recommendations;
• Communicating with facility administrators and evaluating clinical facilities;
• Conducting regular faculty meetings including leading program advisory committee meetings with community partners;
• Mediating issues involving students and staff;
• Be available for students including supporting efforts to facilitate career connections for students;
• Preparing annual reports to the BVNPT and other health careers related reports as required;
• Teaching Licensed Vocational Nursing (LVN) and related courses, implementing, evaluating, or modifying curriculum;
• Responsible for the instructional duties of the LVN program as assigned, including preparing for and instructing theory classes and hospital clinical laboratory experiences;
• Taking lead or team member responsibilities in designated clinical settings;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching and working assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Hold a current California active license as a Registered Nurse; and

• Bachelors degree from an approved school; and

• Have a minimum of three years experience as a registered nurse; one year shall be in teaching or clinical supervision, or a combination thereof, in a state approved registered nursing or vocational or practical nursing, or psychiatric technician school within the last five years; or a minimum of three years experience in nursing administration or nursing education within the last five years; and

• Have completed a course or courses offered by an approved school with instruction in administration, teaching, and curriculum development.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities;
• Willingness to examine and remediate ones instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
• Willingness to work with community and campus organizations;
• Experience in general nursing with a minimum of five (5) years relevant clinical experience and two (2) recent years of acute care experience in the clinical area of instruction;
• Preparation through education and/or experience in providing quality instruction in theory and clinical settings;
• Demonstrated ability to objectively evaluate student performance in theory as well as clinical classes;
• Experience in providing instruction in medical-surgical nursing;
• Demonstrated ability to work well in diverse settings (pediatric, psychiatric, perinatal, and medical-surgical);
• Experience in or potential for matriculation in pediatric, perinatal, and psychiatric specialties;
• Demonstrated ability to develop collegial relationships with peers;
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective liaison and to maintain a harmonious relationship and acceptance into clinical facilities (hospitals, clinics, subacute areas); and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment

Salary and Benefits

Selection Procedure

Additional Information

Additional Information about the Position

• We proudly provide quality instruction and strong community partnerships that support students academic and workforce goals.
• We offer innovative and life-changing opportunities in a diverse, inclusive and equitable environment.
• We value our students personal and social growth through responsive and interactive college experiences.
• We inspire hope and promote a passion for learning.
• We transform students lives through high quality college programs and services resulting in degrees, certificates, transfer programs, and career skills.

• Connection and Collaboration
• Equity and Inclusivity
• Trust and Accountability

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