CLASSIFICATION: Faculty: 12 month, clinical track
DEPARTMENT: Helen S. Breidegam School of Nursing
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Associate Dean of the School of Nursing and Chair of the Undergraduate Nursing Programs
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: N/A
POSITION SUMMARY: The Helen S. Breidegam School of Nursing at Moravian University is seeking a qualified applicant for a full time position to provide support for its rapidly expanding programs. This position is for a twelve (12) month appointment, with expertise in the area of Maternal and Child Health.
The successful candidate will teach courses required for undergraduate and accelerated BSN students. Effective teaching, community engagement, and student interaction are essential. The faculty member will be expected to teach and serve within the belief of an integrated liberal, professional, and civic engagement arts tradition. The nursing programs embrace an interdisciplinary, creative, and innovative approach to health that works towards advancing health equity and reducing health disparities.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
General
- Participates in ongoing curriculum and course revisions with updates to reflect program outcomes, AACN essentials, professional accreditation standards, Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing nursing standards, as well as current evidence, and best practice.
- Teaches undergraduate students, fostering student learning through positive, constructive student-faculty relationships
- Collaborates with the clinical coordinator, clinical agencies, and faculty to optimize the clinical education of undergraduate nursing students.
- Applies evidence from best educational practices to curriculum and new program development.
- Contributes to the mission and strategic priorities of the University, the College of Health, and School of Nursing.
- Participates in the Nursing Faculty Organization and its standing subcommittees within the School of Nursing
- Contributes to service at the university, profession, and community.
- Complies with University, College, and School policies as outlined in faculty handbooks with regard to issues of employee, patient, and environmental safety and follows appropriate reporting requirements.
Supervision/Mentoring
- Serves as academic advisor for nursing students.
- Establishes positive faculty-student relationships with effective intercultural communications in formal and informal contacts.
- Serves as a professional role model for students in the clinical and classroom settings.
- Recruit, mentor, and evaluate clinical faculty.
- Coordinate appropriate clinical experiences.
Teaching and Scholarship
- Typical teaching load includes teaching 10 courses throughout the year.
- Evaluates student learning outcomes in various classroom and clinical agencies.
- Evaluates student performance in accordance with established standards defined internally by the Nursing Faculty Organization.
- Utilizes pedagogies appropriate for a diverse student population and a pluralistic society.
- Develops a plan for professional growth and maintains a scholarly trajectory.
POTENTIAL ON-THE-JOB RISKS: Risks may occur while in the hospital settings.
All positions are subject to budget availability.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Qualification as a Registered Nurse is required.
- A minimum of two years of clinical experience as a registered nurse is required.
- Eligible for current and unencumbered Registered Nursing license in the state of Pennsylvania.
- Effective verbal and written communication required with other faculty, and administrators,as well as hospital and clinical agency personnel, visitors, and external professional agencies.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- An earned doctoral degree is preferred (candidates with significant progress towards a doctoral degree in Nursing will be considered).
- Demonstrated previous or current competence as a nursing instructor, with experience in simulation, instructional media, technology, and the online learning environment preferred.
TO APPLY: Qualified candidates should attach their (1) letter of interest; (2) curriculum vitae; and (3) names and contact information for at least three references to their online application ” Please attach documents as a PDF file.
