General Description

Salary: Starting rates based on position role and length of term ($3,650-$9,950 Lab Instructor) ($5,300-$15,200 Clinical Instructor) ($7,400 Synthesis Instructor)

The Clinical Instructor is responsible for teaching primarily in the clinical and laboratory/simulation settings for students in the MSN (Entry into Practice) program. The Clinical/Laboratory Instructor reports to the Clinical Course Coordinator or Laboratory Course Coordinator when leading a clinical or laboratory group and ultimately reports to the Associate Director for Clinical Practice, MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program. 

Position Term                                                                      

The position term is a semester in duration and renewed based on the program's needs, satisfactory clinical evaluations, and the approval of the Clinical Coordinator of the MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program. (Fall term 8/25/2026 through 12/15/2026)

Responsibilities

• Participate in all mandatory training and/or meetings required before the semester, including site-specific orientation
• Teaching in the clinical/laboratory/simulation settings utilizing evidence-based practice and adult learning principles
• Proactively creates an inclusive learning environment
• Accountable for ensuring complete/assigned clinical hours
• Maintain familiarity with theory content
• Provide standardized learning experiences when applicable
• Follows the direction of the Clinical Coordinator and Program Director of the MSN (Entry into Nursing) Program
• Attends course planning meetings as directed by the Clinical Course Coordinator.
• Ensures that all students in the assigned clinical group have completed compliance requirements for the assigned clinical site by the identified due date
• Prepares and submits incident reports related to student exposures according to site and SON policies.
• Takes students to the Occupational Health Clinic following exposures as directed by the Infectious Disease or Occupational Health official at the clinical site.
• Works collaboratively with nurse managers, staff nurses, and other representatives of the clinical units assigned.
• Meets with students as requested or when necessary to address student performance concerns.
• Works closely with students' clinical course coordinator when a student's performance in clinical/laboratory/course places the student at risk for failure.
• Provides students with a recommended plan for academic improvement as needed and follows up to determine if student performance improves.
• Provides timely feedback to students on their clinical/laboratory/course progress.
• Communicate in writing with the clinical coordinator if they are considering issuing a course warning and when/if it is issued.
• If appropriate, initiate notifications of missed clinical time and/or clinical/laboratory/course warnings.
• Communicate in writing with students and the clinical coordinator if the student is not passing at midterm or at the end of the course.
• Communicate concerns about non-academic student issues to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs
• Reviews patient log and verifies time log in EXXAT

• Able to travel to Johns Hopkins SON and clinical facilities in the Baltimore-Washington area

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a registered nurse
• Master's degree in nursing or DNP  
• Complete compliance requirements of SON and/or clinical site.
• Minimum of 2 years of providing direct patient care as an RN or advanced practice nurse
• Excellent organizational, written and interpersonal communication skills. 
• Ability to effectively manage details and problem solve in a complex environment
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so at Johns Hopkins SON
• Experience as a clinical educator is preferred. 

Application Instructions

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Salary Range

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

Total Rewards

Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Pre-Employment Information

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Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification.

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional vaccine requirements may apply, depending upon your campus. Please contact the hiring department for more information. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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