BSN Teaching Track Faculty | College of Nursing Tri-Cities (Richland, WA)

Washington State University • Richland, WA

5d • $75,652 - $122,565 • Onsite

About The Position

Washington State University College of Nursing at WSU Tri-Cities is currently recruiting candidates to fill open rank, career-track, teaching faculty positions, in our pre-licensure BSN program . We are seeking applicants for Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Full Professor, who are passionate about teaching and working with students in a variety of learning environments, with the primary responsibility of teaching. We are seeking candidates with clinical experience in all nursing specialties including: Long Term Care Medical Surgical Pediatrics Obstetrics Community Health Nursing Psychiatric Nursing For up-to-date information on programs and courses offered at WSU, as well as on the Tri-Cities campus specifically, please see the WSU Catalog. College of Nursing Teaching faculty are responsible for: Teaching undergraduate PL-BSN students primarily in the clinical and laboratory setting, with potential didactic opportunities as available if desired. Teaching Assistant Professor is 100% teaching. Teaching Associate or Teaching Full Professor rank is 90% teaching and 10% professional and university service. Advising students. WSU College of Nursing offers undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing to over 1,000 students system-wide, at campuses and satellites in Spokane, Vancouver, and Tri-Cities. Washington State University College of Nursing at WSU Tri-Cities offers: 1) Prelicensure BSN 2) RN to BSN, 3) Master of Nursing (MN), 4) Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner, 5) Doctor of Nursing Practice-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. US News and World report consistently ranks WSU College of Nursing graduate programs among the top 40 in the U.S. with our DNP program currently ranked as #28 and our MN program ranked as #39. Our BSN pre-licensure program graduates more than 280 students annually and is the top producer of RNs in Washington. Our alumni and faculty are recognized for their contributions to research and scholarship, clinical practice, service and leadership at local, regional, state and national levels. WSU Tri-Cities is committed to creating a student-ready campus, marked by academic excellence, career-connected learning, and cultural awareness. This commitment is informed by our belief that all students, faculty, and staff contribute value to our campus culture. We ascribe to an assets-based framework for understanding and celebrating difference and are deeply committed to closing opportunity gaps where they exist. We are proud that almost half of our students are first in their family to attend college, and almost half of our students identify as students of color. We believe that this multiplicity is a great strength in the classroom and across the many co-curricular activities in which WSU Tri-Cities students participate and lead. WSU’s Tri-Cities campus is in Richland, WA on the west banks of the majestic Columbia River. In this region, Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco make up the Tri-Cities, Washington. The campus draws from a regional population of approximately 260,000, and is expanding its reach both nationally and internationally, also benefiting from a newly-renovated airport. The growing campus has approximately 1,600 students who are served by nearly 90 full-time and 250 adjunct faculty members, many of whom are full-time researchers and scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory or local science and engineering firms. WSU Tri-Cities is experiencing a time of unprecedented growth and development. Legislative support, tremendous community leadership and backing, and partnerships with businesses and community organizations have resulted in many exciting new and expanded initiatives in dynamic student engagement, research, and community collaborations.

Requirements

• Earned Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Possess an unencumbered RN licensure in Washington State.
• Currently serving in the rank of an Associate Professor or equivalent at a post-secondary institution, OR; At least 4 years of academic teaching experience with demonstrated expertise in academic advising, teaching, integration of theory and evidence-based practice in instructional approaches, demonstrated leadership, engagement and dissemination in local community, region, state or national professional or health-care related activities.
• Currently serving in the rank of a Full Professor or equivalent at a post-secondary institution, OR; At least eight (8) years of academic teaching experience and expertise and creativity as a master teacher in specialty areas in undergraduate and/or graduate courses, and Current national or international board certification as a Certified Nurse Educator or in a clinical area as required; Demonstrated mastery in integration of theory and evidence based practice activities into innovative instructional approaches; Demonstrated leadership in college or campus activities pursuing continuous quality improvement of nursing education and the nurse educator role; Demonstrated leadership in college activities, policy formation; Demonstrated effective leadership and increased dissemination & engagement in local regional, state or national activities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in teaching clinical and didactic courses and advising students.
• Experience with technology-assisted education modalities.
• Experience working with diverse populations and/or students.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize practice-based research studies to address salient nursing and health care issues.
• Nursing leadership experience and engagement in professional nursing organizations.
• Interdisciplinary/inter-professional collaboration in practice and/or education.
• Experience as a preceptor for prelicensure Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Teaching undergraduate PL-BSN students primarily in the clinical and laboratory setting, with potential didactic opportunities as available if desired.
• Advising students.

Benefits

• WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees