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Job Title: Assistant Professor / Associate Professor
Taleo Number: 2400000ID
Job Type: Full-Time (12-month)
Category: FACULTY
The UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER College of Nursing Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention invites applications for the position of a full-time (12-month) non-tenure track position as faculty in the DNP Program for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Concentration.
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER:
UT Health Science Center has educated more than 53,000 health care professionals on three campuses across the state – Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga. The Health Science Center campuses include colleges of Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Patient care, professional education, and research are carried out at hospitals and other clinical sites across Tennessee.
- One of the first DNP programs in the country.
- Accredited since 2009.
- Offers traditional BSN and accelerated BSN tracks.
- Offers BSN-DNP and MSN-DNP tracks.
- Offers dual DNP-PhD.
- DNP specialty tracks include Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Anesthesiology, and Nurse Midwifery. Dual options include Adult Gerontology Acute Care-FNP, Psych Mental Health Nursing-FNP, and Pediatric Primary Care and Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner concentrations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The university embraces four missions: education, research, clinical care, and institutional service, and responsibilities will include these missions. Teaching responsibilities include both didactic course work (online and in person) and clinical supervision of students in the PMH NP concentration and other programs/courses as needed. Research/scholarship activities, as well as service responsibilities, will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee required, as well as certification/recertification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Earned doctoral degree from an accredited university required.
Academic rank is commensurate with degree and academic experience.
Two or more years of substantive psychiatric-mental health expertise, including clinical practice expertise as an advanced practice nurse in psychiatric-mental health nursing is preferred. Prior teaching experience is preferred. Prior leadership experience is desired. Expertise in clinical teaching and active engagement in the appropriate professional organization is desired.
If you need additional information about this position, please contact:
Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Chair
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department
UTHSC College of Nursing
874 Union Avenue, Suite 334A
Memphis, TN 38163
(901) 448-6250; Email: mwicks@uthsc.edu
Qualified applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity
and equity.
To apply for this position, please click on the Taleo Number above.
Date Posted: Nov. 15, 2024
Job Title: Assistant/Associate Professor
Taleo Number: 240000026K
Job Type: Full-time (12 months)
Category: FACULTY
The UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER College of Nursing Dept. of Acute & Tertiary Care invites applications for the position of a full-time non-tenure track position as faculty in the Doctor of Nursing (DNP) program.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The UT Health Science Center embraces four missions: education, research, clinical care and institutional service. This faculty position will be responsible for final development, coordination and teaching within the DNP Program: Nurse Executive Concentration. There may be teaching responsibilities outside of the Nurse Executive Concentration. The UT Health Science Center embraces four missions: education, research, clinical care and institutional service. Position includes educational responsibilities along with service, leadership, and scholarship responsibilities.
As concentration coordinator responsibilities include:
- Develops and implements policies and procedures in conjunction with the CON faculty to ensure that the outcome criteria, as mandated by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and specialty organizations are met.
- Responsible for concentration specific recruitment and admissions, curriculum review, monitoring program/specialty standards, coordinating clinical practice experiences, and monitoring clinical contracts/placements.
- Provides assistance and support to the concentration faculty and orients preceptors.
- Tracks and evaluates student evaluation of the concentration.
- Actively engages in the identification and expansion of concentration-specific clinical experiences.
- Ensures that the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, IOR, and faculty advisors are aware of student progression issues.
- Collaborates with Department Chairs to determine faculty assignments within the concentration.
- Allows growth of faculty teaching within the concentration by providing support to IORs who have overall responsibility and oversight of courses to which they are assigned.
- Counsels students to ensure program completion and success by following provided plans of study.
- Recommends needed changes in students’ plans of study.
- Functions as a resource for other faculty within the concentration and/or the DNP program when addressing areas of concern related to student performance.
- Reviews concentration content annually to ensure that course content is current.
- Collaborates with DNP concentration coordinators and other inter professional colleagues to promote interprofessional experiences.
- Monitors and tracks concentration certification pass rates and graduation rates.
- Actively engages in concentration-specific specialty organizations.
Teaching responsibilities include both didactic coursework and experiential supervision of students. Research/scholarship activities along with service responsibilities will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair.
QUALIFICATIONS
Earned doctoral degree from an accredited university required. Certification/recertification as an Executive Nurse preferred. Must be eligible to sit for certification.
Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee required.
Substantive expertise is required as a Nurse Executive with completion of a DNP degree in Nurse Executive or Nurse Leadership. Expertise in teaching and active engagement in appropriate professional organizations is highly desirable. Evidence of scholarship, including research and/or grants, is desirable. Academic rank is commensurate with degree and experience.
UT HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
UT Health Science Center has educated more than 53,000 health care professionals on three campuses across the state – Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The UTHSC campuses include colleges of Health Professions, Dentistry, Graduate Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. Patient care, professional education and research are carried out at hospitals and other clinical sites across Tennessee.
- One of the first DNP programs in the country.
- Accredited since 2009.
- Offers BSN-DNP and MSN-DNP tracks.
- Offers dual DNP-PhD.
- DNP specialty tracks include Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Anesthesiology, Family Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and Nurse Midwifery. Dual options include Adult Gerontology Acute Care-FNP, Psych Mental Health Nursing-FNP, and Pediatric Primary Care-Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner concentrations.
If you need additional information about this position, please contact:
Sherry Webb, Associate Professor and Chair, Acute & Tertiary Care Department
UT Health Science Center College of Nursing
874 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163
(901) 448-4148
Email: swebb14@uthsc.edu
Qualified applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and equity.
To apply for this position, please click on the Taleo Number above.
All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment and admissions without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, or covered veteran status.
Eligibility and other terms and conditions of employment benefits at The University of Tennessee are governed by laws and regulations of the State of Tennessee, and this non-discrimination statement is intended to be consistent with those laws and regulations.
In accordance with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, The University of Tennessee affirmatively states that it does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or disability in its education programs and activities, and this policy extends to employment by the University.
Inquiries and charges of violation of Title VI (race, color, national origin), Title IX (sex), Section 504 (disability), ADA (disability), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (age), sexual orientation, or veteran status should be directed to the Office of Equity and Diversity (OED), 920 Madison Avenue, Suite 825, Memphis, Tennessee 38163, telephone 901.448.7382 (V/TTY available). Requests for accommodation of a disability should be directed to the ADA Coordinator at the Office of Equity and Diversity.