Rural Certified Nurse-Midwifery Lecturer Positions
University of Colorado
- Colorado
- $46.92 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Ensuring the learning experience provided in the learning area is congruent with the overall course objectives and education program standards.
- Content area includes the core competencies for basic midwifery practice: antepartum, intrapartum, post-partum care, well-woman care, contraceptive care, problem oriented GYN care, primary care for women, and well-newborn care.
- Encourage a culture of belonging, grounding learning in mutual responsibility and respect, life-long learning, diversity and ethics, as well as personal and professional development.
- Serves as the liaison between CU Nursing/Course coordinator/SD, preceptors, and the rural clinical sites where students are assigned. Will discuss learning needs and course objectives to personnel with the clinical facility. Required to access CU Nursing information systems, Email, Canvas, InPlace, or similar programs/systems utilized for tracking student clinical experiences. Site coordination includes consistent site visitation to ensure high quality learning experience for student in the rural midwifery track.
- Evaluation: collaboration with course coordinator/SD will track evaluative data (that is tracking systems such as InPlace, Student Clinical Evaluations), and sharing data with student they are directly supervising. Final eval will be responsibility of the lecturer in collaboration course coordinator/SD. Will participate in evaluation of preceptors and clinical sites. Will provide preceptor orientation for new preceptors and serve as a resource for existing preceptors.
- In collaboration with SD and rural midwifery track leadership, will be responsibility for content development and content teaching within the rural midwifery track. Serve as principal coordinator of rural midwifery track mentors for students within the rural midwifery track.
- Will participate in CU College of Nursing Midwifery Rural Track Intensives up to 4 times per year . Will also attend clinical conferences (4.0 hrs/month), which will primarily be via teleconference and will periodically occur on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.
- Develop and deliver course content on the professional work of rural midwives for the purpose of preparing new graduates for clinical practice in rural settings. The Lecturer will draw upon their experiential expertise in addition to published literature to develop the learning materials in collaboration with Rural Track leaders and faculty.
- Along with the Midwifery Specialty Director, the Lecturer will participate in the admissions process, including interviewing potential students for the rural midwifery track.
- Current certification by the American Midwifery Certification Board.
- Current or eligible for licensure as a Certified Nurse-Midwife in the State of Colorado.
- Graduate degree from an accredited institution within midwifery.
- One year experience practicing as an accredited midwife within a rural health care system or community setting.
- Currently practicing in midwifery.
- Must have current and ongoing BLS
- Neonatal resuscitation provider
- Must be willing and able to travel to clinical sites and the Anschutz Medical Campus as needed for job related duties.
- Has current or previous experience precepting for midwifery programs, nurse practitioner programs, or within medicine.
- Doctoral degree – DM (Doctorate of Midwifery), PhD, or DNP
- Familiarity with email, electronic communications, student related software, and distance meeting software such as zoom.
- Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and orally.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution.
- Demonstrated commitment and ability to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Ability to critically think and problem-solve to achieve program objectives.