Assistant Professor & Program Director for Practical Nursing

About the role

Shape the Future of Nursing at Alfred State! Bring Your Nursing Expertise to the Classroom, the Lab, and the Next Generation of Nurses. Are you a passionate nursing professional who loves teaching, mentoring, and helping students discover their potential? Alfred State College is looking for a dedicated Practical Nursing Professor to join our growing nursing team! This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a 50-year-old nursing program with a strong reputation for excellence, while helping shape the future of our rapidly growing Practical Nursing Certificate Program. Whether your passion is the classroom, clinical education, simulation, or mentoring future nurses, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference at every stage of a student's nursing journey.

Why Alfred State?

• Make an Impact. Teach, mentor, and inspire students as they develop the knowledge, confidence, and clinical skills needed to become exceptional nurses.
• Teach in a Cutting-Edge Environment. Our newly renovated nursing building features high-tech simulation laboratories equipped with moderate- and high-fidelity mannequins, giving students hands-on experience in a modern learning environment.
• Join a Team That Supports Your Success. Become part of a collaborative nursing faculty team that includes 10 full-time faculty members, clinical adjuncts, and dedicated support staff who are committed to student success.
• Be Part of Something Growing. Join a nursing department with a 50-year history of excellence, an ACEN-accredited Associate's and RN to BS in Nursing program, and a rapidly growing Practical Nursing Certificate Program.
• Help Build What Comes Next. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to curriculum development, student recruitment and retention, program assessment, clinical partnerships, and the continued growth of our Practical Nursing program.

Responsibilities

As a Practical Nursing Professor, you will:

• Create engaging and meaningful learning experiences in the classroom, skills lab, simulation, and clinical settings.
• Teach and evaluate students while helping them develop safe, competent, and compassionate nursing practices.
• Mentor and advise students throughout their nursing education.
• Contribute to curriculum development, program assessment, and continuous improvement.
• Support student recruitment, retention, and success.
• Help maintain strong relationships with clinical partners.