Nursing Program Faculty

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and deliver learning experiences for nursing students to make maximum use of class/lab/clinical time.
• Teach assigned nursing education load.
• Evaluate student performance.
• Discuss evaluations with students and return evaluation to student file.
• (Evaluation of student performance includes evaluation of papers, projects, and journals, and returning these to students in timely fashion.)
• Attend meetings and participate in committees as assigned.
• Participate in the design and development of new health professions programs and in the revision of current health professions programs based on assessment data.
• Comply with the Missouri State Board of Nursing Minimum Standards
• Perform other duties as assigned.

  QUALIFICATIONS

  • MSN preferred
  • Teaching experience preferred
  • RN, MSN-in-Process within one year of graduation mandatory
  • Current, unencumbered, Missouri nursing license
  • Approval by the Missouri State Board of Nursing as a faculty member
  • For graduate programs: MSN and PhD, EdD, or DNP required

  EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

  • For undergraduate pre-licensure programs: MSN preferred, teaching experience preferred, RN, MSN-in-Process within one year of graduation mandatory, current, unencumbered, Missouri nursing license, approval by the Missouri State Board of Nursing as a faculty member
  • For graduate programs: MSN and PhD, EdD, or DNP required, teaching experience preferred, current, unencumbered, nursing license in the state where the faculty resides

  PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

  • For face-to-face courses: Frequently stand for at least one hour consecutively. Operate classroom audio-visual equipment. Speak loudly and clearly enough to be understood by students.
  • For online courses: Sit for extended periods of time

  COMMUNICATION

  • The Faculty Member Must Be Able To Utilize Effective Communication With Peers, Students, Clients And Their Families, And Other Healthcare Providers.
  • This Includes, But Is Not Limited To Ability to read at a competency level that allows one to safely carry out the essential functions of an assignment (examples: handwritten documentation, printed policy and procedure manuals, clinical guidelines and instructions, course syllabi).
  • Ability to effectively interpret and process information.
  • Ability to effectively communicate (verbally and in writing) with students, peers, clients/families, healthcare professionals, and others within the community.
  • Ability to access information and to communicate and document effectively via computer.
  • Ability to recognize, interpret, and respond to nonverbal behavior of self and others.

  OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES

  • The faculty member must be capable of exercising good judgment, developing empathetic and therapeutic relationships with students, clients and others, and tolerating close and direct physical contact with a diverse population.
  • This includes, but is not limited to: