Clinical Instructor, School of Nursing and Midwifery Job Aga Khan University

Job Purpose/Summary

The clinical instructor is responsible incorporating evidence-based practice into teaching activities at SONAM. The person is responsible for teaching in primarily clinical and laboratory settings (CIME) as well as classroom teaching at the School of Nursing & Midwifery (SONAM). Assists faculty in creating high quality clinical experiences for students as liaison between faculty, clinical sites and Center for Innovation in Medical Education (CIME) laboratory.

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Responsibilities 

• Coordinates skills lab (CIME) nursing clinical activities and ensures courses get equitable opportunities for lab and simulation usage.
• Work with course leads to ensure lab requirements for each course is met and ensure all equipment and supplies are available as per learning plans.
• Work with course leads to prepare CIME related practice modules, skills check forms, software use etc.
• Work with course leads on skills practice sessions and assessments e.g. OSCE
• Coordinate with CIME team to ensure students are oriented and facilitated in their clinical skill practice in CIME.
• Facilitates clinical placements in conjunction with course leads.
• Facilitates orientation of students to new clinical sites.
• Ensures all correspondents with clinical sites are completed each semester and permissions for use obtained.
• Seeks new placement sites as necessary in conjunction with SONAM administrators.
• Organizes clinical placements scheduling, attendance, and on-site assessments and troubleshoots any placement issues.
• Ensures all required student documentation is completed as required.
• Participate clinical site regulator inspections, semester evaluations and recommend as necessary.
• Utilize innovative and student engaging strategies in teaching and learning of courses as allocated.
• Ensure course outlines, lesson plans and any other teaching and learning materials are uploaded on the learning management platform e.g., Moodle on a timely manner.
• Planning and implementing teaching/learning sessions in class and in clinical areas.
• Preparing lesson plans and maintaining records to monitor student progress, achievement, and attendance. Assist with supervision of undergraduate students.
• Participate in the development, administration and marking of exams and other assessments.
• Engage in research in identified areas of interest in clinical practice and teaching / learning.
• Participate in professional scientific conferences.
• Publish research findings in peer reviewed journals.
• Identify an area of clinical practice relevant to expertise and subjects taught.
• Develop periodic clinical practice objectives to meet learning needs. 
• Using identified objectives, engage in clinical practice.
• Maintain a current nursing practice license and basic life support (BLS) certification.
• Pursue higher academic qualifications as required by the Commission of University Education (CUE).
• Develop and maintain personal faculty portfolio.
• Identify and attend continuous development programmes.
• Participate in faculty and departmental seminars, workshops aimed at building capacity, sharing research outcomes and building interdisciplinary collaboration within and outside the department.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing/Midwifery from an accredited and recognized university. 
• Be registered with the Nursing Council of Kenya and have current licensure.
• Must have current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Should have at least 2 years of clinical practice 
• Clinical preceptor experience is an added advantage
• Should possess excellent communication/interpersonal, organizational, and counselling skills.

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