Registered Nurse Healthcare Trainer/Instructor

Title: Registered Nurse Healthcare Trainer/Instructor

Agency: Blue Ridge Community College

Location: Augusta - 015

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $60,000 - $70,000

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Nestled in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, Blue Ridge Community College has been equipping students, alumni, and employees with the knowledge and experience to transform themselves, the community, and the world for over 55 years. The College’s comprehensive program of instruction includes associate degrees and certificates in occupational/technical and college/university transfer programs. Non-credit workforce training and special interest classes for individuals, business, and industry are also offered. BRCC is a community dedicated to excellence, ethical behavior, and empowerment and has consistently been recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a Great College to Work For.

Full-time classified positions come with generous leave and holiday time, along with very competitive health benefits coverage (to include dental, vision, and short-term and long-term disability), retirement with the Virginia Retirement System, deferred compensation investment opportunities, educational assistance, and access to the college’s Recreation Center.

BRCC is seeking a Registered Nurse-Healthcare Trainer/Instructor to provide instruction for a combination of day, evening and weekend classes for courses included, but not limited to, Nurse Aide, Medication Aide, CPR/First Aid and Patient Care Technician.

Duties include:

• Instruct a mandatory number of healthcare courses per year
• Schedule and supervise clinical experiences for students, to include off-site locations
• Curriculum development and maintenance for these courses
• Lead and mentor instructors
• Maintain healthcare lab
• Assist in administrative tasks related to these courses
• Ensure program quality across healthcare programs by providing instructional support to other healthcare instructors and assisting with student completion efforts. This includes helping students to successfully move through coursework, obtain industry credentials and licensures, and progress to the training level required to meet their professional goals.
• Support adjunct instructors with lab set up and instruction on lab equipment
• Inventory supplies for consumables to meet the needs of all healthcare classes.
• Review strengths and weaknesses of healthcare program effectiveness and provide suggestions and feedback to program manager
• Assist with recruiting and training new and existing instructors
• Participate in outreach efforts for healthcare classes which includes healthcare information sessions
• Provide feedback for future program development
• May occasionally work with employers to identify skill gaps in the workforce and make curriculum and instructional suggestions for the program
• Other duties as assigned

• Current unrestricted Virginia or Multistate Registered Nurse license
• Two years’ experience as a Registered Nurse within the previous 5 years and at least one-year direct client care or supervisory experience in the provision of geriatric long-term care services. (Other experience may include employment in a nurse aide education program or employment in or supervision of nursing students in a nursing facility or unit geriatrics department, chronic care hospital, home care, or other long-term care setting)
• Hold or obtain a certification to teach Nurse Aide and Medication Aide in Virginia AND complete required coursework for teaching Medication Aides. Must maintain certification
• Hold or obtain certification to teach AHA Basic Life Support and First Aid
• Have at least 3 years of medication administration experience as required by the Virginia Board of Nursing to teach Medication Aide instruction courses
• Ability to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds
• Ability to teach in classroom, hybrid, and online formats
• Ability to use various forms of technology, such as Microsoft office and lab equipment and the ability to learn new ones
• Availability to teach day, evening, and weekend classes
• Ability to travel to off-site locations to provide clinical instruction as needed

• Work experience in a clinical setting
• Prior experience in teaching/training related coursework
• Experience teaching students from diverse backgrounds and varying levels of proficiency
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive working and learning environment