Adjunct Faculty POOL- Clinical Nursing at Clarkston (2025-2026 Academic Year)

Walla Walla Community College


Salary: See Position Description

Job Type: Part Time

Job Number: 2025-1025 CN-CLK

Location: Clarkston, WA

Department: NURSING EDUCATION-CLKSTN

Closing: Continuous


Join our team to help inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services.

Description

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) seeks to develop applicant pools for adjunct faculty to teach course offerings throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. WWCC offers opportunities for adjunct faculty to teach courses at all of our campuses: Walla Walla, Clarkston, Washington State Penitentiary, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, as well as online/remotely.

Part-time/temporary adjunct faculty positions offer flexible hours and the opportunity to assist a diverse group of adult students in achieving their educational goals. WWCC offers a wide range of opportunities in extended learning, dual-credit alternative high school, workplace learning, outreach learning, and personal enrichment programs.

WWCC accepts applications for adjunct faculty positions on a continuous basis, though it does not necessarily imply that there are immediate openings. Applicants who meet the required minimum qualifications and submit a complete application with all required components will become part of the standing pool which the College will draw on as scheduling needs dictate.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit materials at any time. Candidates who are qualified to teach multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply to each discipline's adjunct pool postings to ensure their application is considered. Applications will be reviewed months prior to the start of each quarter.

2026-2026 Quarter Dates
Fall 2025:September 22 - December 10
Winter 2026: January 5 -March 19
Spring 2026:April 1 - June 12
Summer 2026: July 6 - mid August

NOTE: The current pool remains in effect until June 30, 2026. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be contacted directly by the interested Dean or lead, otherwise, your completed application will remain in the pool.

About Walla Walla Community College
At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.

WWCC strives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, not only because diversity fuels excellence and innovation but because we want to pursue justice. We are all responsible for creating a safer, more inclusive environment.

Walla Walla Community College campuses are located on the native lands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people and the Nez Perce tribe. Established in 1967, our attractive 130-acre main campus (Walla Walla) sits on the edge of Titus Creek with views of the Blue Mountains. Additional facilities, include programs at Washington State Penitentiary and Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, extend the College's footprint throughout its four-county district. The WWCC Clarkston campus, located in Clarkston, Washington, is the hub of educational activity in Asotin and Garfield counties.

WWCC offers programs in Agriculture & Natural Resources, Arts, Humanities & Communications, Business & Consumer Services, Education & Social Sciences, Healthcare & Emergency Services, Manufacturing, Electrical & Transportation, Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM), Transitional Studies, Personal & Professional Development. At this time Walla Walla Community College enrolls more than 2,000 students each year: 51% are White, 23% Hispanic, 18% Multiracial, 2% Black/African America, 1% Asian, and1% American Indian or Alaska Native. Our College is an aspiring Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Description:
Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants to create a pool of Clinical Nursing Instructors to teach in the clinical setting at the Clarkston campus.

General Responsibilities:
Faculty members are professional educators with the primary responsibility of providing a quality education for all WWCC students. The relationship of the faculty member to the student is one of teacher, mentor, and facilitator of learning. These positions report to the lead faculty and will be responsible to teach assigned clinical groups, prepare teaching material specific to the clinical agency (as appropriate), assign clinical performance grades, maintain records, and consult with students as required by the lead faculty. Assist full-time instructors in instruction, clinical, and advising of LPN/ADN students.

Essential Responsibilities:
Teaching

• Plan, prepare, and organize a variety of teaching/learning strategies and instructional materials for use in the clinical setting.
• Supervise and facilitate positive learning experiences for students.
• Evaluate students' performance on a systematic basis.
• Prepare and maintain student records related to learning activities.
• Assure provision of safe, quality nursing care by students per established standards of care and agency policies/protocols
• Maintain availability to assist students with learning needs during the clinical experience. Establish times and means of availability to students outside the clinical setting.

Advising

• Refer students to their academic advisor as needed.
• Facilitate debriefings with students, as needed, in association with student clinical experience.

Program Participation (as contract allows)

• Interact with team teaching members to plan, implement, and evaluate clinical education in the nursing program.
• Interact with agency personnel to coordinate and provide appropriate clinical experiences for students

College Service (as contact allows)

• Promote community awareness of Walla Walla Community College Nursing Program.
• Promote positive, professional relationships with agency nursing staff and educational partners.

Professional Development

• Participate in professional organizations (voluntary)
• Maintain proficiency in clinical nursing education and clinical practice.
• Attend selected professional development activities, as required, to maintain licensure and competency.

Competencies

• With supervision by full-time faculty, have the ability to effectively combine an array of methods to enhance understanding, including demonstrations, lectures, group discussions and activities, individual activities, etc. Understand which teaching methods best serve the student's needs, interests, and ability to learn.
• With supervision by full-time nursing faculty, have the ability to develop accurate standards to measure learning or administer testing or other evaluations to determine effectiveness and ensure a high level of comprehension has been achieved.
• Ability to build constructive working relationships characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation and mutual respect.
• Ability to recognize the value of cultural, ethnic, gender and other individual differences in people.

Required Qualifications:
Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered at the discretion of the college. For remote work, applicants must reside in either WA, OR, ID, CA, IL, PA, or TX.

• Bachelor's degree in nursing and 3 years nursing work experience required.
• Registered or eligible to be a Registered Nurse in Washington state required.
• Experience in medical-surgical nursing required.
• Master's degree in nursing desired.

You don't check every qualification listed? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that traditionally marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification - even if they might be a great fit for the role! If you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every single qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider applying.

Conditions/Terms of Employment

This is a part-time instruction assignment contingent on enrollment and located at the Clarkston, WA campus. Persons hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of lawful employment to work in the United States within three (3) days of employment and provide transcripts. WWCC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Candidate may be subject to a criminal history background check as a condition for consideration of employment. The college is a tobacco free institution. Walla Walla Community College requires all employees to participate in direct deposit for payment of salary.

Compensation
Compensation for an adjunct assistant professor is contingent on enrollment and paid in accordance with the contract between the WWCC Board of Trustees and the WWCC Association for Higher Education. found on the WWCC Human Resources Page. Refer to Appendix C for the adjunct salary schedule. This position is eligible for a Nursing Educator retention bonus of $1,000 per quarter and a signing bonus of $1,000 per quarter, which will be paid on top of the quarterly compensation for teaching. The stipend and signing bonus are exclusively contingent upon State funding appropriated by the College.

Required Application Materials

This position is posted as open until filled and applications will be screened as received. To qualify for consideration, applicants must meet required qualifications and submit a complete application packet that includes the following:

• NEOGOV online application
• A cover letter detailing how you meet the qualifications and competencies for this position
• Curriculum vitae or comprehensive resume
• Contact information for three professional references.
• Answers to all supplemental questions

• Unofficial transcripts for application purposes; official transcripts are required prior to an official start date.

Please ensure you have attached all required application materials as you will not be able to attach any documents after you have submitted your application. If you have difficulty logging into your account, attaching documents, submitting your application, etc., please call NEOGOV Applicant Support at 1-855-524-5627 or email them directly at support@governmentjobs.com.

WWCC reserves the right to not fill this position, reject all applicants, or reopen the position. Applications received during this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies at the College's discretion.

Walla Walla Community College is committed to provide equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all educational and employment applicants as well as for its students and employed staff, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, including gender expression/identity, marital status, age (over 40), the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, the use of trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, or status as a Vietnam and/or disabled veteran, National Guard member or reservist in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Federal Rehabilitation of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable Federal and Washington State laws against discrimination. The Human Resources Office is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations in the application/employment process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (509) 527-4224 - TDD (509) 527-4412, email personnel@wwcc.edu, address: 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla WA, 99362.



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