Clinical Instructor (CCKK)

This role is a vital connector between the college and affiliated healthcare institutions. The Clinical Instructor collaborates closely with the Clinical Posting Unit (CPU) Executive, the Nursing Programme Coordinator, and the Head of Programme to manage all aspects of nursing clinical placements.

• Acts as liaison between the college and the hospital/health care facilities authorities.
• Liaises with the Clinical Posting Unit (CPU) Executive, Programme Coordinator (Nursing) and Head of Programme (Nursing) for all matters pertaining to clinical posting.
• Liaises with the CPU Executive on students’ transportation and hostel arrangements (for areas outside of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah).
• Plans and prepares clinical posting roster according to the semester clinical posting objectives:

1. Incidental teaching
2. Case presentation
3. Bed-side teaching
4. Group discussion
5. Health education sessions

• Orientates students to the clinical area on their first day of clinical posting every semester. Organises, carries out and records teaching sessions in the clinical areas:
•  Demonstrates and teaches students in carrying out procedures that are not within their level of training, but of which will be beneficial to the students.
• Supervises and assesses students in carrying out procedures in the clinical areas.
• Signs logbooks for students deemed competent in carrying out procedures at the students’ expected standards.
• Conducts running Assessments (30%) and Evaluations of students (10%) before the end of clinical posting.
• Monitors students’ attendance and maintains a record of absenteeism throughout clinical posting.
• Summarises the students’ attendance at the end of the clinical posting period.
• Compiles and submits all reports and clinical posting forms/documents to the CPU Executive (or to the Programme Coordinator Nursing) / Head of Programme (Nursing), in the absence of CPU Exec.)
• Attends to students’ welfare and safety in the clinical areas

• Candidate must possess a bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Nursing with at least five (5) years of clinical experience. Having a Post Basic is an added advantage
• Have a valid Annual Practising Certificate (APC)
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Able to work effectively and efficiently as a team member as well as independently
• Able to communicate effectively and work with the management and other staff; and
• Possess own transport to be able to commute to the students’ clinical area