Faculty Preceptor

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

Job Description

We are looking for a Vocational Nursing Faculty Preceptor to join our team. Facilitate current and new faculty training and development.

• Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing innovative techniques in faculty training
• Model professional workplace behaviors and practices
• Provide an orientation for all newly hired Vocational Nursing faculty including a review of policies and procedures, curriculum content, Canvas, CourseKey, Campus Vue, and basic computer skills
• Assess new and existing faculty learning needs and develop a plan to meet learning goals, collaborate with Program Directors, Lead Faculty and Faculty Development to meet learning objectives
• Facilitate completion of programmatic training topics by working with hiring managers
• Meet with new faculty on a regular basis to ensure their ongoing success, assist in problem-solving, and provide new faculty support during the initial 90-day hire period
• Coordinate the transition of new faculty from faculty development orientation to the campus of hire
• Assist new and existing faculty in developing a sense of belonging and engagement with the College
• Assist in the coordination of mock skills check-off, theory observations and clinical training with hiring managers
• Develop faculty training materials for programmatic orientation as required to meet orientation goals
• Conduct orientation exit meetings to discuss and review processes and assess faculty readiness. Provide constructive feedback to faculty member and hiring manager
• Articulate training expectation  clearly; focus on faculty strengths
• Assist with curriculum review and program instructional materials, including LMS and electronic resources
• Submit required program reports and forms to the Assistant Dean or designee in a timely manner
• Keep current with new technologies and safety regulations
• Participate in professional development; maintain licensure CE requirements  and remain current with College updates
• Actively participates in College committees as assigned
• All other duties as assigned

Salary range: $85k - $110k

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current licensure in California
• Graduate of an approved School of Nursing; minimum of BA/BS, MSN preferred
• Experience which demonstrates:  Current knowledge of nursing practice; ability to mentor faculty in classroom, lab and clinical settings; ability to work independently without close supervision; broad knowledge of nursing sciences and teaching modalities; strong communications skills verbal and written

Additional Information

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 10 paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program