Adjunct Faculty- Graduate Nursing and Health Professions
Adjunct Faculty- Graduate Nursing and Health Professions
Provides instruction for assigned nursing and health professions courses, including developing, delivering, and evaluating theoretical, laboratory, and/or clinical components. Requires a master’s or graduate degree in nursing or a related field; doctoral degree and previous teaching experience preferred.
Summary
Provides instruction for assigned courses during designated academic terms and contributes to the mission, vision, goals, and values of the institution and its academic division. Includes developing, planning, delivering, and evaluating theoretical, laboratory, and/or clinical course components. Participates in ongoing, systematic evaluation processes to support program quality and continuous improvement.
PRINCIPAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
- *Commits to the mission, vision, beliefs and consistently demonstrates our core values.
- *Leads course activities, classroom, lab, and/or clinical as assigned, in alignment with course credits, course objectives, and available resources.
- *Responsible for development, planning, implementation and evaluation of the theoretical, laboratory, and/or clinical components of assigned courses.
- Applies organizational values and philosophy in work activities and interactions with others.
- *Develops as an educator by systematically delivering, assessing, evaluating, and updating assigned courses to improve course quality.
- *Engages with students as scholars by conveying subject matter expertise utilizing evidence-based practice and methods that promote critical thinking.
- *Applies current scholarship in relevant fields to maintain currency of course content and materials.
- Participates in formal and informal department ongoing systematic evaluation of the program and organization, as appropriate.
- *Adheres to all policies and procedures.
- Supports committee decisions and offers input as appropriate in development of educational policies.
- Maintains professional growth and development through seminars, workshops, and professional affiliations to keep abreast of latest trends in field of expertise.
- Participates in meetings, committees and department projects as assigned.
- Performs other related projects and duties as assigned.
(Essential Job functions are marked with an asterisk “*”. Refer to the Job Description Guide for the definition of essential and non-essential job functions.) Attach Addendum for positions with slightly different roles or work-specific differences as needed.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Master’s or graduate degree in nursing or related field of study required. Doctoral degree in nursing or related field of study preferred. Previous teaching experience preferred.