Adjunct- Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A.)

Job Code:1103                                    

Department: Certified Nursing Assistant           

Division: Health Professions                

Reports to: Dean of Health Professions              

Positions Supervised: None

Location: Main Campus

Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is currently searching for Adjunct faculty to teach Certified Nursing Assistant (C.N.A) courses offered at any location. Note: this position requires classroom and clinical teaching. This is a POOL position. Application materials for this adjunct position are accepted on an on-going basis due to increasing demand for courses in this subject area.

 

• Conduct all class and clinical sessions according to the state-approved schedule
• Provide instruction, activities, assignments, and assessments to adequately cover all Student Learning Objectives
• Use teaching methods that emphasize application, cooperation and collaboration and engage students actively in their studies, encouraging them to become independent learners with higher-order thinking skills
• Organize and explain content using methods which are appropriate to students with differing abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experience
• Assign and provide feedback for in- and out-of-class work; monitor student progress
• Perform adequate assessment and analysis of assessment according to college requirements
• Reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one's own pedagogy
• Complete and submit all KDADS- required paperwork to the CNA Coordinator by the assigned deadline
• Other duties as assigned

 

Minimum Qualifications and/or Education

• Hold a current Kansas Registered Nurse (RN) license
• Minimum of two years full-time licensed nursing experience (LPN or RN)
• Meet at least one of the following requirements:
  • At least 1,750 hours of experience as a licensed nurse in a setting which demonstrates long-term nursing care, such as an adult care home, long term care unit of a hospital or a state institution for the mentally handicapped
  • Completed (or be able to complete by August 2019) at least 7 hours professional continuing education in “Person Centered Care for the Adult Care Home”
• Meet at least one of the following requirements:
  • Experience supervising nurse aides
  • Experience teaching adults
  • Completed (or be able to complete by August 2019) a course in teaching adults
  • Completed (or be able to complete by August 2019) a professional continuing education offering on supervision or adult education

Preferred Qualifications and/or Education

• Teaching experience in an open enrollment, urban community college
• Experience with a Learning Management System such as Blackboard
• Experience in learner-centered pedagogy

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, talk, hear, walk, sit, and occasionally push or lift items. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Must be able to work a variable schedule/hours to meet operational needs. May require evening and weekend hours. Your appointment is contingent on sufficient enrollments, or on program and scheduling changes.

 

Pay grade level:           

Compensation: $933 per credit hour or $45.81/hour (depending on course delivery methodology)

Employee category: Faculty     

Position Type: Adjunct Faculty/ POOL

FLSA status: Exempt

 

Visit www.kckcc.edu and click on CAREERS for a list of available positions.

• As openings for adjunct faculty become available, candidates may be selected from this pool of applicants.
• Read the job announcement carefully noting the minimum qualifications and required information. Note that information contained in your application materials will be used to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications for the position. Make sure you complete/submit all the documents listed as required.
• During the application process, unofficial transcripts may be submitted. However, please note that upon selection for hire, you will be required to submit official transcripts.
• Ensure that your transcripts show that a degree was awarded or conferred if you are stating that it is your highest level of education completed. If you certify your level of education and it cannot be verified from your transcript(s), your application may not be referred to the selection committee.
• Foreign degrees are acceptable provided they have been translated and/or shown to have equivalency to a United States: Associate, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level degree.
• Documentation verifying completion of a degree, course work within a discipline, or other educational criteria should be electronically attached (uploaded) to your application.
• Three (3) professional references with phone number and email addresses are required.
• A college selection committee is responsible for application review and interviews. The final candidate(s) selected to be hired will be made by the hiring manager.
• Successful completion of a background check on all persons recommended for employment is required Individual hiring departments may elect to administer pre-employment tests, which are relevant to essential job functions as part of the applicant selection/hiring process.

***This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor. This job description may be revised upon development of other duties and changes in responsibilities.

 

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