ADN Program Instructor



ADN Program Instructor

Salary

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Location

Victoria, TX

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

201400514

Division

Instruction

Department

Allied Health

Opening Date

09/23/2022

Position Summary

Victoria College's Allied Health Department is recruiting for a full-time, nine-month, tenure track Associate Degree Nursing Program Instructor position.  This position is responsible for classroom and clinical instruction and evaluation in an integrated curriculum.  This position is benefits eligible.  

Starting earned monthly salary for the nine-month position is $5,555.89. The earned annual
salary is paid out over 12 months.  In addition to the earned salary, there is an annual market scarcity of up to $5,000.00

Victoria College embraces equity and inclusion and has been a respected community partner in the Crossroads region since 1925 and continues to offer quality, affordable educational opportunities to help our students achieve their dreams.

Victoria has a low cost of living with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. All faculty have a private office, computer, phone, reserved parking, dedicated dining space, access to library and health and fitness facilities and summers off. Optional summer overload classes may be available. Our small class sizes allow opportunities to directly engage students, and all members of the department regularly share in classroom and curricula upgrades and planning.

Duties & Responsibilities

  1. Team classroom teaching, supervising students in clinical practice settings and instructional labs;
  2. Assisting in curriculum evaluation and revision;
  3. Committee work, advising and counseling students;
  4. Sharing ongoing efforts to recruit and retain students;
  5. Attending meetings at other VC campuses
  6. Other duties as necessary.

Qualifications

Required

  • A minimum of a Bachelors’ Degree in Nursing with a Masters Degree in a related field and six graduate hours in nursing from an accredited college or university
  • A minimum of three years of nursing clinical experience preferably in adult medical-surgical nursing and pediatric and/or maternity nursing
  • Current unencumbered Texas Registered Professional Nursing license
  • Basic computer skills and willingness to learn advanced computer skills
  • On-line course development experience or willingness to learn
  • Discretionary judgment regarding confidential information
  • Ability to accomplish basic business tasks, meet deadlines, and ability to learn and interpret policies and procedures
  • Effective communication skills and ability to interact with diverse groups
Preferred
  • Bachelors and Masters’ Degree in nursing from an accredited college or university
  • Teaching experience in an Associate degree nursing program
  • Online course development experience
Unofficial transcripts required with application for all graduate level work.


Physical Demands

  • Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle controls, key pads, etc.
  • Will be required to sit and reach with hands and arms
  • Will be required to stand and walk for a minimum of 6-8 hours during clinical or nursing lab (may include up to a consecutive 12 hour shift)
  • Requires some stooping, lifting and moving during patient clinical demonstrations
  • The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 15-20 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, some color vision, and the ability to adjust focus from documents to computer screen.
  • Hearing of light to moderate sound is required by this job. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The following benefits apply to all full-time positions scheduled to work 30 hours or more each week.  These full-time positions are also eligible to participate in our TRS retirement plan.

Victoria College offers an excellent benefit package for eligible employees that includes group insurance as well as a generous amount of paid time off:

Group Insurance
Health insurance

  • Full-time employees:  100% VC paid; employee pays 50% for dependents
  • Coverage for the new employee/dependents is effective on the 1st of the month following a 60-day waiting period

Optional benefits – available at group rates
  • Coverage for the new employee/dependents is effective on the 1st of the month following hire date
    • Flexible Spending Accounts – health and dependent care
    • Dental
    • Vision
    • Term Life
    • Short and long-term disability
    • Accidental death & dismemberment
    • As an added benefit, Victoria College issues a credit of up to $30 each month to full-time employees to help offset the cost of premiums
Supplemental benefits – offered through Globe Life

Retirement
Participation in the Teacher Retirement System is mandatory (ORP option for eligible employees)
  • Currently, the employee contribution is 8.25%.  The state and Victoria College, together, contribute 8.25%
  • Social security is deducted each pay period
  • Payroll deduction for 403-b and 457 deferred compensation plans are available
Other Benefits
  • Workers compensation insurance
  • Direct payroll deposit
  • Tuition waiver for benefits eligible employees and their dependents through age 25
  • Use of the Sports Center which includes treadmills, rowing machines, exercise classes, etc.
  • Technology training
Paid Time Off
  • Vacation for eligible employees (does not apply to faculty positions).  Effective 90 days after start date
    • Full-time employees:  80 hours up to 10 years of service then 120 hours for 10+ years of service
  • Sick leave
    • Full-time employees:  accrues at 8 hours each month
  • Developmental and professional leave
  • One week at Thanksgiving
  • Two weeks for Winter Break
  • One week for Spring Break
  • Regular holidays
    • Labor Day
    • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
    • Good Friday
    • Memorial Day
    • Juneteenth
    • Independence Day
  • Non-faculty employees get Fridays off during the summer

Agency
Victoria College
Address
2200 E. Red River

Victoria, Texas, 77901
Phone
361-582-2459
361-572-6463