Faculty- Open Track - Nursing

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain professional experience in your field
• Contribute to the design of and teach didactic, laboratory, and clinical practicum courses in the Nursing program as assigned
• Provide personalized mentoring to nursing students
• Work with minimum supervision, maintain effective communication with colleagues, and use successful initiative to problem solve
• Participate in service activities for the school
• Participate in shared governance activities both at the School and University level

Qualifications

• Doctorate in Nursing preferred from an accredited program
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Illinois
• Certification in area of specialty preferred
• Evidence of excellent teaching ability or potential
• Scholarship potential and an interest in engaging students in research or translating research into practice preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a proficiency in English, written and spoken
• Enthusiasm toward serving a diverse student population

Additional Expectations

• Supervisory Responsibility: None
• Work Environment: Classroom, laboratory, clinical agency sites, and Online
• Physical Demands: Interaction with students in the classroom, clinical, laboratory, or virtual settings via course LMS, email, and occasional phone calls. Travel and interaction with patients and health care providers in Chicago area and surrounding clinical settings. Interactions with faculty, staff, and other constituents across the University in person, via phone call, email, and distance technologies.