Full Time Faculty, Certified Nursing Assistant

NorthWest Arkansas Community College (NWACC) provides quality and affordable higher education to empower lives and strengthen communities within Northwest Arkansas and surrounding areas.

As the largest community college in Arkansas, NWACC is recognized as a leader in education. NWACC offers a full range of associate degrees, certificates and workforce training programs that prepare students for rewarding futures and careers.

NWACC employees are dedicated to fostering a diverse educational community and cultural learning environment that supports student success.

The full-time 9-month Certified Nursing Assistant faculty member reporting to the Director of Secondary Career and Technical Education and is under the Secondary Career Center. This position facilitates high school students through effective instruction, curriculum development, and assessment. This Position is responsible for delivering high- quality education within assigned courses, supporting student success, and maintaining program standards. This position will be used to teach at the two Secondary Career Center locations.

Essential Duties:

• Facilitates student learning, provides effective instruction and performs evaluations of student learning for all assigned classes, using each course's standard course outline as a guide.
• Obtains the approved paperwork for the Nursing Training Assistant Program (NATP) and maintains student files as required by the Arkansas Office of Long Term Care (OLTC).
• Sustains memorandums of understanding for clinical sites required by Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Patient Care Assistant (PCA+) courses and assists with scheduling.
• Completes all paperwork required to have Headmaster testing on-site for state licenser.
• Works with other faculty and administrators in developing program curriculum, standards, and policies, including reviewing and participating in textbook selection process where appropriate.
• Assign grades, maintains course/student records in accordance with FERPA regulations, and submit grade and records by established deadlines.
• Schedules, supervises, debriefs, and evaluates students in clinical, internship, observation, and field experience, and similar setting as appropriated for the course or program.
• Serves students via email, phone, or personal conferences. the method of contact and hours of availability should be clearly communicated to supervisors and to students through the course syllabus each semester.
• Meets all classes and other scheduled responsibilities such as office hours and meeting at the designated times.
• Other duties as assigned.

Rate of pay: determined by faculty scale placement (education and years of experience)

Completed applications received by 12/22/2025 will be assured full consideration. Late Applications will be reviewed as necessary to fill the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate degree or higher in related field
• Minimum of two years of teaching or professional experience in the related field

Required license/certifications:

• Registered Nurse with and active license and two (2) years nursing experience including at least 1 year of long-term care nursing experience in the last ten (10) years

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in discipline or related field
• Teaching experience at the secondary or postsecondary level

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong communication and collaborations skills
• Ability to integrate technology into instruction
• Flexibility to adapt to diverse learning environments and schedules
• Ability to design engaging instructional materials and assessments
• Knowledge of FERPA and academic integrity standards
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Experience with learning management systems (e.g. Canvas)
• Knowledge of competency-based or experiential learning models

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations.
While performing the functions of this job, the employee is:
Frequently:
• Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding
• Sitting
• Standing
• Walking
Constantly:
• Hearing
• Repetitive motion
• Talking

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; and/or visual inspection at distances close to the eyes.

Environmental Conditions:
 

The following work environment characteristics are representative of those encountered by employees while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

The work environment typically consists of a professional office setting with a moderate noise level, including sounds from conversations, office equipment, and occasional movement of staff. Lighting is standard for office spaces, and the temperature is controlled to remain within a comfortable range. Employees may occasionally need to visit other areas, such as storage rooms, conference spaces, or outdoor locations, where environmental conditions may vary. Infrequently, exposure to louder noise levels or physical activities, such as moving lightweight materials, might be required.

NWACC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy.