Assistant Professor of Undergraduate Nursing (9-Month)
About The Position
As part of a diverse community of faculty and staff who represent many faith systems and worldviews, Marian University seeks qualified applicants for a full-time Nursing Faculty position. Reporting to the Assistant Dean of the Leighton School of Nursing (LSON), this position will promote Marian University’s Catholic mission and identity by providing didactic, clinical, and laboratory instruction and by working collaboratively with course coordinator and clinical lead faculty. Faculty are responsible for teaching, service and scholarship to Marian University and LSON, including participation in LSON and college-wide meetings and committees. Faculty members must support the overall philosophy and goals of the nursing program and Marian University. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Actively engage the Catholic Franciscan mission and identity of Marian University by modeling the Franciscan Sponsorship Values, honoring the legacy of the founding congregation, promoting unity in diversity, and integrating the Catholic Franciscan intellectual traditions in courses, programs, and services. Assists in developing, planning, implementing, evaluating and modifying the total nursing curriculum. Collaborates with other faculty to ensure the design of nursing course reflects the philosophy, organizing framework, appropriate level objectives, and curriculum flow of the program. This includes selection of required textbooks in collaboration with other faculty, book representatives and completing textbook ordering process. Develop, administer, and evaluate courses each semester. Establishes clinical rotations for students in collaboration with Director of Community Outreach. Monitors academic status of students enrolled in the course and provides academic counseling of students making unsatisfactory progress in collaboration with Director of Nursing Student Success and Academic Success Coaches at partner sites. Maintains written documentation records of student counseling, and performance. Assesses and provides clinical orientation for students and preceptors. Assists with student recruitment, pinning and other activities. Participates in other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum of three years’ experience in the practice of nursing required
- Knowledge of and commitment to the mission of Marian University.
- Must be willing and able to advance the University mission.
- Current unencucumbered licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Indiana.
- RN licensure in additional states may be required to teach at partner sites.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and in a team environment.
Nice To Haves
- Prior academic teaching at undergraduate level preferred.
- An earned doctorate degree in nursing is preferred.
- Candidates with either proven or presumptive potential to obtain an appropriate terminal degree to be considered.
Responsibilities
- Actively engage the Catholic Franciscan mission and identity of Marian University by modeling the Franciscan Sponsorship Values, honoring the legacy of the founding congregation, promoting unity in diversity, and integrating the Catholic Franciscan intellectual traditions in courses, programs, and services.
- Assists in developing, planning, implementing, evaluating and modifying the total nursing curriculum.
- Collaborates with other faculty to ensure the design of nursing course reflects the philosophy, organizing framework, appropriate level objectives, and curriculum flow of the program.
- Develop, administer, and evaluate courses each semester.
- Establishes clinical rotations for students in collaboration with Director of Community Outreach.
- Monitors academic status of students enrolled in the course and provides academic counseling of students making unsatisfactory progress in collaboration with Director of Nursing Student Success and Academic Success Coaches at partner sites.
- Maintains written documentation records of student counseling, and performance.
- Assesses and provides clinical orientation for students and preceptors.
- Assists with student recruitment, pinning and other activities.
- Participates in other duties as assigned.
- Teaching, service and scholarship to Marian University and LSON, including participation in LSON and college-wide meetings and committees.
- Support the overall philosophy and goals of the nursing program and Marian University.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
