Assistant Professor Instruction - School of Nursing Undergraduate Studies

About the role

The University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing at Galveston invites applications for a full-time faculty (non-tenure track) position in the Undergraduate program. Specialty areas include medical/surgical, community and population health, adult & family health, acute & critical care. Founded in 1890, the School of Nursing was the first nursing program in the Southwest and one of the first schools in the U.S. to be affiliated with a university in 1896.

UTMB provides a rich interprofessional environment conducive to teaching, practice, and research across the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Health Professions Sciences, and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. The School of Nursing has a state-of-the-art laboratory for bio-behavioral research, a Community Space for Health and Wellbeing, the Research Innovation and Scientific Excellence center and other faculty resources.

Responsibilities

• Effectively use innovative, state of the art teaching methodologies and learning activities that promote excellence in classroom and online instruction.
• Participate in course design, development, implementation, and evaluation to provide appropriate learning experiences for students.
• Maintain academic excellence in education, practice and/or research through participation in continuing education programs.
• Serves as academic advisor to students.
• Demonstrate an emerging or established leadership within a defined area of nursing practice.
• Exhibits leadership in clinical settings for increased collaboration with nursing colleagues and other disciplines.
• Disseminate scholarly work in peer review publications and present at state, national and international meetings.
• Direct and engage in scholarship that contribute to the advancement of nursing knowledge and nursing science.
• Actively engage in School of Nursing and university committees.
• Participates actively in local, state, national, and international professional organizations.

Requirements

• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Texas.

Qualifications

• An earned doctoral degree in nursing or related field.
• Teaching experience at the university level.
• Clinical experience in their specialty area.
• A defined program of scholarship.