Open Rank Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, Charlotte, NC

Northeastern University•Charlotte, NC

2d•$96,000 - $143,000•Onsite

About The Position

Northeastern University’s School of Nursing invites applications for multiple full-time, non-tenure-track, open-rank clinical faculty positions at the Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Clinical Professor, or Clinical Professor level, based at its Charlotte, North Carolina campus. Faculty will teach in the undergraduate prelicensure nursing program across didactic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings. Anticipated start dates are July 2027, August 2027, and January 2028. The School seeks candidates with expertise in one or more priority areas: lab coordination; mental health or public health; simulation; and medical-surgical nursing. Depending on their area of expertise, faculty may teach and coordinate nursing skills laboratories, teach psychiatric-mental health or public and community health nursing, design and facilitate simulation-based learning, or teach medical-surgical nursing. The role also includes curriculum development and evaluation, student advising and mentoring, and service to the school, college, and university. Candidates must be prepared to work with global student populations. Faculty are supported through mentoring and Northeastern faculty development resources, including the ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development and the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research (CATLR). Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter identifying their content-area interests, a one-page teaching statement addressing instructional and mentorship experience, pedagogical philosophy, teaching plans and goals, and strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations, a copy of their RN license, and contact information for at least three professional references. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The position offers a 52-week salary range that varies by rank: Assistant Clinical Professor, $96,000–$119,000; Associate Clinical Professor, $116,000–$130,000; and Clinical Professor, $126,000–$143,000. Starting salary depends on factors including education, experience, location, knowledge, expertise, and skills. Northeastern offers a benefits package for eligible employees that includes medical, vision, and dental coverage, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness and life benefits, retirement benefits, and commuting and transportation benefits.

Requirements

Doctoral degree (PhD, DNP, EdD, or related doctorate) in nursing or a related field by the appointment start date. Candidates without a terminal degree may be considered case by case, with the expectation that the degree will be completed within two years of hire.
Master’s degree in nursing (MSN) by the appointment start date.
Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in North Carolina, or a multistate Nurse Licensure Compact RN license, by the appointment start date.
Clinical expertise in one or more of the listed content areas: lab coordination, mental health/public health, simulation, or medical-surgical nursing.
For simulation positions, simulation expertise with CHSE certification or completion of INACSL training by the appointment start date.
Appointment at Associate Clinical Professor rank or higher requires at least five years of academic or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

Expertise in prelicensure nursing education.
Specialty certification, such as CNE, PMH-BC, PHNA-BC, CMSRN, or CCRN.

Responsibilities

Teach undergraduate prelicensure nursing courses across didactic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings.
Develop and evaluate curriculum aligned with the AACN Essentials and the NCLEX-RN test plan.
Advise and mentor students.
Participate in school, college, and university service.
As applicable, teach nursing skills laboratory courses and coordinate lab sections, including scheduling, orienting lab faculty, and ensuring consistency of skills instruction and evaluation across sections.
As applicable, teach psychiatric-mental health and/or public and community health nursing in classroom, simulation, and clinical settings.
As applicable, design, facilitate, and debrief simulation-based learning consistent with INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.
As applicable, teach medical-surgical nursing in classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings.
Work with global student populations.