Adjunct Clinical Assistant, Associate or Full Professor – Nurse Anesthesia - College of Nursi...

About the role

The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville seeks a dynamic and engaging Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) faculty for a part-time, adjunct position at the Clinical Assistant, Associate or Full Professor rank.

Responsibilities

• Teaching and student support:

  • Conduct didactic, simulation, laboratory, and/or clinical teaching as assigned by the Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs.
  • Provide academic and clinical guidance to students within the scope of the assigned course or clinical responsibilities and refer significant academic, clinical, conduct, or progression concerns to the course director and Program Administrator/Concentration Coordinator.
  • Evaluate student learning and performance using established course objectives, evaluation tools, grading criteria, and program policies, and provide timely, constructive feedback.
  • Maintain appropriate documentation of student attendance, performance, clinical experiences, and evaluation outcomes as required by the program, college, university, and accrediting bodies.

• Curriculum and course contributions:

  • Contribute to student scholarly projects when assigned and appropriately qualified and assist with curriculum and course activities such as course coordination, evaluation materials, and simulation development.
  • Participate in program and course review and revision as requested and within the scope of the adjunct assignment.
  • Review and revise assigned instructional content to reflect program outcomes, the AACN Essentials, applicable COA standards, Tennessee Board of Nursing requirements, current evidence, professional standards, and best practices.
  • Teach graduate nursing courses in the Nurse Anesthesia Program and, when appropriately qualified and assigned, contribute to DNP scholarly-project courses.
  • Apply evidence-based educational practices to curriculum development, teaching, simulation, student evaluation, and clinical instruction.

• Clinical education:

  • Supervise nurse anesthesia students only when assigned, appropriately credentialed, and authorized by the program and clinical site.
  • Collaborate with the Program Administrator/Concentration Coordinator, course director, clinical coordinator, and clinical partners to support student orientation, clinical objectives, schedules, supervision, evaluation, and achievement of required clinical experiences.
  • Promptly report concerns related to student performance, patient safety, supervision, clinical-site quality, or the learning environment through established program channels.
  • Maintain compliance with clinical-site requirements, including credentialing, orientation, health documentation, confidentiality, safety, and other applicable institutional requirements.
  • Support a clinical learning environment that promotes patient safety, professional conduct, respectful communication, student well-being, and progressive development of competence.

• Program participation and service:

  • Participate in the evaluation and ongoing enhancement of the Nurse Anesthesia curriculum as relevant to the faculty member’s assigned responsibilities.
  • Contribute to the goals and strategic priorities of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, College of Nursing, and University within the scope of the adjunct appointment.
  • Attend required program, course, orientation, calibration, and faculty-development meetings related to the adjunct assignment.
  • Collaborate effectively with faculty, staff, students, and clinical partners to support interprofessional academic, clinical, simulation, and scholarly opportunities.
  • Maintain professional competence, required licensure and certification, and current knowledge relevant to assigned teaching responsibilities.
  • Complete required university, college, program, and clinical-site training within established timelines.
  • Perform other instructional or program-related duties as assigned by the Program Director Administrator/Concentration Coordinator and consistent with the terms and effort allocation of the adjunct appointment.

Qualifications

• Completed a doctoral degree or terminal degree appropriate to the field.
• Licensed or certified to practice the profession where appropriate.
• Experience as a practicing CRNA for 3+ years.
• Successful classroom and/or clinical teaching experience.

Benefits

This position is open to those who qualify and can be appointed as one of the following ranks in the College of Nursing: Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor. Rank appointment is dependent on education and qualifications relative to the university and college standards and will be determined by academic leadership in accordance with faculty handbook, policies, and procedures.