Open Rank Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, Boston, MA

Northeastern University•Boston, MA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Northeastern University’s School of Nursing invites applications for multiple full-time, 52-week, non-tenure-track, open-rank clinical faculty positions at the Assistant Clinical Professor, Associate Clinical Professor, or Clinical Professor rank. Positions are based at the Boston, Massachusetts campus, with anticipated start dates of July 2027, August 2027, or January 2028. Faculty will teach in the undergraduate prelicensure nursing program in didactic, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings. Areas of expertise sought, in priority order, include simulation; mental health or public health; pediatrics; and medical-surgical nursing, including pathophysiology. The School of Nursing educates students across campuses in Massachusetts and North Carolina, offering programs from BSN and Accelerated BSN through DNP, nurse practitioner specialties, and PhD. Its education is grounded in experiential learning and includes classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical education. Clinical faculty receive mentoring and access to faculty development resources, including the ADVANCE Office of Faculty Development and the Center for Advancing Teaching and Learning Through Research. Candidates should be prepared to work with global student populations. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter identifying their content-area interests, a teaching statement, a copy of their RN license, and contact information for at least three professional references. The teaching statement should describe instructional and mentorship experience, pedagogical philosophy, teaching plans and goals for Bouvé College of Health Sciences, and strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

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.
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.
Preparedness to work with global student populations.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Teach undergraduate prelicensure nursing courses.
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.
For simulation-focused positions, design, facilitate, and debrief simulation-based learning consistent with the INACSL Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice.
Teach psychiatric-mental health and/or public and community health nursing in classroom, simulation, and clinical settings, depending on content area.
Teach pediatric nursing in classroom, simulation, and clinical settings, depending on content area.
Teach medical-surgical nursing and pathophysiology in classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings, depending on content area.