Didactic Full Time Nursing Faculty- BSN Online Prelicensure

The job posting seeks fulltime faculty for the BSN online program. Didactic openings will be available in pharmacology pathophysiology complex adult health mental health and nursing fundamentals in the upcoming semesters. Simulation experience will be preferred and candidates must be willing to obtain an Illinois nursing license within 30 days of their start date.

EvidenceBased Teaching/ Learning and Master Instruction

• Takes responsibility for program outcomes by implementing the Colleges philosophy curriculum and course objectives through classroom online or clinical teaching and service to College 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 Assistant Professor 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.

Requires occasional travel for fundamentals skills immersion. 

Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Qualifications Graduate:

• *Graduate degree in nursing and a doctoral degree either in nursing or field of teaching specialty required
• 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
• Must meet all compliance requirements as specified in the Faculty Handbook
• Minimum 2 years of fulltime teaching experience required

*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 2 years of fulltime didactic online teaching experience required
• Experientially prepared to teach assigned courses
• Unencumbered professional nursing licensure. In compliance with Illinois Board of Nursing regulations successful candidates are required to obtain Illinois nursing licensure within 30 days of employment.

Scholarship Requirements: Demonstrates scholarship congruent with the level of rank.

Activities that would be considered as scholarship have three characteristics. Scholarship must be: 1) made public 2) open to critical review and evaluation by knowledgeable peers and 3) accessible for exchange and use by others.

The Assistant Professor Faculty member is required to demonstrate at least one example within one of the four following focus areas of professional development and scholarship (detailed examples of each rank are outlined in the faculty handbook for reference).

• Scholarship of Discovery
• Scholarship of Integration
• Scholarship of Practice/Application
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Additional Information :

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country the expected salary range for this position is between $68637.22 and $124230.14. 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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  You are also eligible to participate in an annual incentive program subject to the rules governing the program whereby an award if any depends on various factors including without limitation individual and organizational performance.

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