Nursing Faculty - Mental Health Specialty

Do you remember the professor who encouraged you to believe in yourself and in your ability to be the successful nurse professional you are today Now you can be that professor with Chamberlain College of Nursing where our mission is to provide extraordinary care for students. Every day you can create the aha moment of sudden insight and comprehension that may forever influence their nursing careers. 

As part of Chamberlains nursing faculty team benefits include:

• A competitive salary with the opportunity for annual merit increases.
• Immediate benefits eligibility on the FIRST day of employment including medical dental vision and 401K with a 6% company match.
• A generous PTO plan including paid semester breaks plus additional personal time off and 11 holidays throughout the year.
• Tuition assistance and the opportunity for career advancement.

If you are passionate about nursing and advancing your career through the power of education we encourage you to apply today to our full time Houston campusbased position today. 

We are looking for a new faculty member who can assist in teaching psychiatric nursing/mental health courses. 

Position Overview

EvidenceBased Teaching/ Learning and Master Instruction

• Takes responsibility for program outcomes by implementing the Colleges philosophy curriculum and course objectives through classroom online clinical teaching and service to the University community health system and profession.
• Develops curricular/teaching innovations in the annual preparation and revision of all assigned course(s).
• Assumes responsibility for all autonomous aspects of individual teaching loads.
• Monitors clinical agencies for appropriateness for student clinical experiences and ability to meet clinical course outcomes.
• Plans clinical experiences for and provides direct/ indirect supervision and evaluation of nursing students delivering nursing care to an individual or group of individuals.
• In cooperation with clinical agencies and University departments provides oversight for clinical preceptors/ mentors for student clinical experiences and coordinates and evaluates those preceptors/ mentors.
• Provides documented feedback to students on level of performance based on course outcomes.
• Provides student remediation within assigned courses.
• Communicates uptodate information about agency/clinical policies procedures and expectations
• Posts developed clinical assignments consistent with students knowledge base skill competency and learning needs.

Professional Role Model/ Chamberlain University Care

• Serves as a positive professional role model for students assisting in their professional/social development.
• Serves as an informal leader mentor and role model for other faculty and staff in the areas of customer service collaboration communication excellence and general professionalism.
• Mentors new faculty members.

Commitment to Professional Nursing

• Participates in professional activities outside the University

Professional Service

• Contributes to the development implementation and evaluation of the programs and the philosophy of the University.
• Participates in academic advisement and counseling for an assigned group of students while participating in assessment of potential and real counseling concerns for all students with whom the faculty come into contact.
• Contributes to the development and evaluation of student admission progression retention and graduation policies within the University.
• Provides opportunities for student and graduate evaluation of curriculum and teaching and program effectiveness.
• Provides recommendations to the program leader regarding budgetary needs for the University.
• A faculty member at the rank of Instructor demonstrates significant leadership within the University by accepting or initiating as part of the workload responsibility for activities such as:
  • Chairing or serving on University committees
  • Chairing and/ or serving on work groups that contribute to preparation for accreditation visits
  • Gathering and analyzing data related to course curriculum and program review to foster continuous quality improvement
  • Serving as course coordinator course lead or Subject Matter Expert (SME)
  • Documenting actions taken in faculty and committee meetings as appropriate

Nursing Practice Expertise

• Demonstrates scholarship through the Scholarship of Teaching Discovery Application or Integration congruent with expectations of assigned rank.
• Demonstrates a practice of scholarly teaching characterized by keeping course materials and content current applying principles of evidence based teaching participating in and welcoming peer review of teaching and reflection on ones own teaching.

Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

• * Masters Degree in Nursing
• Professional nurse licensure required
• Please see statespecific addendum for any additional requirements that may be needed to teach within your designated specialty (link to Online Faculty Licensure Requirements Document).
• Maintain current regulatory and practice credentials when appropriate based on assignment
• Excellent communication skills along with a high level of initiative and prudent judgment
• For those working within the clinical setting additional compliance requirements are needed and those requirements are located in the faculty compliance packet.

• *Education and experience must align with regulations in the state. Complies with the rules and regulations of state authorization agencies which may include the higher education board and/or licensing board in multiple states.

  Teaching Requirements

• * Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience working in a clinical setting
• * Experientially prepared to teach assigned courses

Additional Information :

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country the expected salary range for this position is between $53520.90 and $93918.96. Actual pay will be adjusted based on jobrelated factors permitted by law such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health dental vision life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalems Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
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Equal Opportunity Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime