NURSING - Faculty-Nursing

Job Classification

  Faculty Full-Time (75-100%)

Position summary

The Undergraduate Assistant/Associate Professor/Professor of Nursing holds a faculty appointment and has academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the School of Nursing. This individual demonstrates competence in   program development/organization, didactic, clinical education, teaching, and curriculum development at the undergraduate level. 

Qualifications summary

• Graduate degree in Nursing from an accredited institution is required


• DNP or PhD in related field from an accredited institution is preferred


• At least 2 years current teaching experience as a nurse educator  preferred.


• Current Michigan RN licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Michigan


• Evidence of scholarship and publications preferred.


• Ability to work well in teams


• Ability to form strong student and peer relationships

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

• Participate in skills and simulation lab for clinical group(s) with assistance from skills/simulation lab person.


• Create/Review and update applicable syllabi for courses assigned.


• Evaluate students' course work, lab and practicum for assigned courses.


• Participate in accreditation preparation and visit when applicable.


• Maintain weekly office hours as required by policy to be available to students.


• Participate in scholarship, service and teaching activities as required by Andrews faculty policy.


• Participate in nursing school activities like graduation, dedication, pinning, recruitment, advising etc.


• Participate in collecting assessment data for the school.


• If teaching online, abide by the online contract and requirements for teaching.


• Other duties that may be assigned from School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, and University levels. 

Supervisory responsibilities

This position has no regular supervisory responsibilities

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Nursing (MSN, DNP) minimum requirement;  PhD in related field.


• At least 2 years current work experience as a nurse educator 


• Ability to work as a team member


• Ability to teach using current technology


• Dynamic presenter/speaker


• Ability to form good student and peer relationships


• Ability to establish relationships with clinical sites in various communities.

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

• Able to create documents, spread sheets and tables with Microsoft Office, Excel


• Able to work with PowerPoint, Zoom and or TEAMs

Interpersonal interactions

• Must be comfortable interacting with students in an advisory role.


• Must be comfortable interacting with multiethnic and multinational faculty and student population.


• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Physical demands

• Must be able to keep up with the physical demand required for students’ practicum rotation within the healthcare settings if needed.

Work environment

• Classes will be taught mostly in Marsh Hall, or other buildings on Andrews University


• Practicums at hospitals, clinics in the community and remote oversight for online students.


• Online courses will be taught through the Course Learning Management System (LearningHub).