Faculty - Prelicensure Nursing

Herzing Brand•Nashville, TN

About The Position

Herzing University is hiring a Faculty member for Prelicensure Nursing. The position includes teaching and learning, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and academic and institutional service. Faculty members are expected to bring nursing subject matter expertise, communicate effectively, demonstrate pedagogical mastery and operational excellence, promote diversity, assess student learning, use technology to enhance teaching and learning, and pursue continuous improvement. These competencies support faculty success in the classroom and inform the University's faculty hiring, evaluation, and development process. The role calls for knowledge of nursing career paths and professional demands, along with the ability to inspire students to achieve highly in preparation for those careers. Candidates should be motivated, have integrity and enthusiasm for teaching, embrace Herzing's mission, and adapt to the needs of adult learners. The position requires travel to off-site meetings or conferences and may involve observing students in off-site clinical settings. Faculty must be able to meet the stated physical requirements, including extended standing or walking for programs with a clinical component. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; the university does not sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

Requirements

Master of Science in Nursing; consideration may be given to candidates currently enrolled in an accredited MSN program.
Active and unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the State of Tennessee.
At least two years of relevant nursing experience.
Knowledge and understanding of nursing career paths and professional demands.
Ability to inspire students and adapt teaching to the needs of adult learners.
Authorization to work for any employer in the United States.
Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time; move about campus and clinical settings; communicate verbally; visually or otherwise identify, observe, and assess; and operate program-specific equipment, computers, audiovisual equipment, and clinical equipment.
For programs with a clinical component: ability to stand and/or walk for extended periods, reach in any direction, manipulate objects with finger dexterity, see and hear within normal parameters, and lift up to 25 pounds.
Ability to travel to off-site meetings or conferences and off-site clinical settings.

Nice To Haves

Doctorate preferred.
Medical-surgical, pediatrics, mental health, and/or maternity nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Teach and support student learning.
Participate in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Contribute to academic and institutional service.
Apply subject matter expertise, effective communication, pedagogical mastery, and operational excellence in teaching and faculty work.
Promote diversity and assess student learning.
Use technology to enhance teaching and learning.
Pursue continuous improvement.
Travel to off-site meetings or conferences, and observe students during clinical education at off-site clinical settings as needed.