Professional Registered Nurse Tutor - Health Sciences (PT)

• We are seeking Professional Registered Nurse (RN) Tutors for our Nursing Program at both Passaic and Sussex campuses.
• The RN tutors should have strong interpersonal and communication skills to support academic learning and student success.
• The primary responsibilities of an RN Tutor are to aid students in understanding complex concepts and theories in nursing, prepare for exams/quizzes, assignments, and various projects.
• RN Tutors will help students improve their study skills and test-taking abilities.
• RN Tutors also help with time management, develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills, and apply theoretical knowledge to clinical practice.
• Tutors provide individual and/or group tutoring to students across a broad range of nursing content and throughout their lifespan.

This is a part-time, hourly position.

Examples of Duties

• Facilitate and/or help organizing and teaching tutoring workshops for nursing students.
• Provide subject-specific content to help nursing students in understanding key concepts to improve academic performance.
• Provide remediation to nursing students.
• Develop individual learning plans for students with assistance from faculty.
• Develop and implement NCLEX-RN and test-taking strategy workshops.
• Conduct medication calculation workshops and administer retests (as needed).
• Maintain records of student participation in group and individual reviews and monitor student performance.
• Participate in Nursing Staff Meetings and professional development activities to improve tutorial skills.
• Assist students with exam/quiz review, homework, projects, subject matter test preparation, NCLEX-RN test review, papers, research and other academic tasks
• Make appropriate referrals to other campuses and community resources as needed.
• Accurately report and document interactions with tutees using Blumen, the internal record keeping system.
• Provide regular and ongoing communication regarding student performance to assigned faculty/staff and Associate Dean of Nursing.
• Perform mid-semester and end-of semester performance review (as needed).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in nursing required.
• New Jersey Registered Professional Nurse License (active and unencumbered).
• Understanding of computer-assisted instruction and computer testing.
• Degree is preferred in the subject area.

The completion of a background check will be required for the selected candidate.

Compensation

The hourly pay for this position is $17.

Benefits

• New Jersey Sick Leave: Earn 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked with a maximum of 40 hours of leave per benefit year. (Eligible to use after successful completion of probationary period.)
• Employee Assistance Program provides free, confidential, limited counseling services, work-life assistance, legal and financial guidance.
• Commuter Benefits: Free parking access is provided on site. An optional Transit Pre-Tax Plan is available which allows employees to use pre-tax dollars to purchase eligible transit expenses.
• NJ Defined Contribution Retirement Program provides eligible members with a tax-sheltered, defined contribution retirement benefit, along with life insurance and long-term disability coverage. (Must meet eligibility requirements.)