Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Community Nursing Department invites applications for full-time Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor faculty, non-tenure track. The Community Department includes the specialty areas of maternity and women’s health; pediatric and family health; community and population health; and mental health nursing. Applicants in these specialty areas or individuals with expertise in global public health, social determinants of health, community-based management of populations with chronic illness; informatics, social justice, health equity and health disparities, community engaged or participatory approaches are encouraged to apply.
Prospective faculty must be committed to rapid pedagogical, academic, and employment changes as driven by environmental conditions. These are on-site, non-tenure positions.
Minimum Qualifications (Required):
The applicant will have an earned clinical doctorate in Nursing (DNP) or research doctorate in Nursing (PhD) or its equivalent with clinical specialization in one of the following areas maternity and women’s health; pediatric and family health; community/population health; or informatics and data science; 3 or more years of clinical practice experience; and 1 or more years of teaching experience or its equivalent. Based on qualifications, faculty teach across all program levels. Additional responsibilities include student advisement, professional scholarship, and service.
A RN license in Massachusetts or eligibility for licensure is required.
Doctoral candidates (DNP or PhD) will be considered. However, the applicant’s doctoral degree must be conferred by August 1 prior to the September start date. A letter from the applicant’s faculty advisor confirming anticipated degree conferral date must be submitted with application materials.
Preferred Qualifications:
The preferred applicant will have 3 or more years of clinical practice experience; and 3 or more years of teaching experience or its equivalent.
The applicant will have a clinical doctorate in Nursing (DNP) or a research doctorate in Nursing (PhD) with clinical specialization in one of the following areas maternity and women’s health; pediatric and family health; community/population health, or informatics and data science; 5 or more years of clinical practice experience; 5 or more years of teaching experience or its equivalent. Based on qualifications, faculty teach across all program levels. Additional responsibilities include student advisement, professional scholarship, and service.
The preferred applicant will have an established scholarship agenda and/or established leadership role(s) in professional organizations.
SALARY: $90,000-95,000
Additional Information about Nursing in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences:
The College of Nursing and Health Sciences has three departments, Adult Nursing, Community Nursing, and Medical Laboratory Science. Nursing has a total of 34 full-time faculty members and offers undergraduate and graduate programs in two Departments-Adult Nursing and Community Nursing. The undergraduate degree program has approximately 550 baccalaureate students enrolled in the prelicensure traditional and accelerated, and RN to BS tracks. The College also offers graduate nursing programs at the MS, DNP, and PhD level, with approximately 110 students enrolled across the graduate programs. Nursing is committed to building scholarship in the areas of chronic illness, nursing education, and global population health. Nursing has a long-standing teaching and research collaboration with the College of Engineering. Nursing also has a growing portfolio of international collaborations and offers unique clinical experiences through these collaborations. Programs are fully accredited by CCNE.
UMass Dartmouth offers exciting benefits such as:
- 75% Employer-Paid Health Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life Insurance
- Long Term Disability
- State Pension Retirement Plan
- Optional Retirement Savings Plans
- Tuition Credit (Employee, Spouse, & Dependents)
- Twelve (12) paid holidays
- And More!
Benefits for Faculty Federation
To apply please submit a letter of interest, a current CV and the contact information for three professional references.
The review of applications will be ongoing until the position is filled.
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