Adjunct Faculty, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University

The Jefferson College of Nursing (JCN) has been recognized as a key component of Thomas Jefferson University's mission to define the future of clinical care.

We are seeking visionary, creative educators to support our BSN curriculum which is guided by the core themes of practice excellence, population health, inter-professional collaboration, and innovation. Adjunct faculty supporting JCN's Headache Medicine Program will facilitate effective student learning in a variety of clinical educational settings across the care continuum and provide guidance for students across multiple care transitions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop educational content and provide teaching and mentorship to students delivering care to an individual, group, or community.
• Work with instructional designers to develop teaching methods and media designed to reach students of varying educational and experiential backgrounds to allow each student the opportunity to master the objectives of the course.
• Facilitate a discussion board with feedback, posted readings, and/or assignments consistent with student's level of knowledge and skills and individual learning needs.
• Evaluate assignments and other written work in a timely manner.
• Evaluate and provide documented feedback to student on level of performance based on course objectives.
• Remediate students as required or needed.
• Inform course coordinator of all student and agency issues and concerns.
• Orient and maintain current knowledge related to agency/clinical policies, procedures, and expectations with the assistance of the agency/clinical personnel.
• Comply with all applicable regulatory rules and standards.
• Report to the Program Director; a course coordinator will also provide direct oversight.

Qualifications

Master's degree required, Doctorate degree preferred.

• Clinical or academic expertise in headache medicine
• Excellent communication and teaching skills with a high level of initiative

Closing Statement

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University , home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health , nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.