Position Title: Adjunct (Medical/Surgical Clinicals)

Department: Nursing

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

Washburn University's Harmony J. Hines School of Nursing invites applications for adjunct faculty positions to teach medical/surgical clinicals, academic year 2026-2027. Registered nurses interested in working with students and have an active Kansas license are encouraged to apply. Placements are available in both acute and long-term care.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
Availability or class schedule:
• Options of one or two days per week are available.
• Clinical rotations are 8 weeks in length.
Responsibilities
• Include working with a small group of students in the clinical setting assisting with providing patient care.
• Facilitating communication with the agency staff.
• Assisting students with communication to other healthcare providers, patients, and families.
• Ensuring facility documentation is completed by the student.
• Supervising medication administration and completion of skills.
• Grading student work.
• Assisting with on-campus skills checkoffs and simulation.

Required Qualifications:
• BSN
• Minimum of two-year’s experience in the nursing field
• RN licensed in Kansas
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• RN licensed in Kansas
• Official educational transcripts are required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
MSN or working on MSN

Special Instructions to Applicants: Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Dr. Debbie Isaacson, debbie.isaacson@washburn.edu.

Applications will be reviewed as received and based on department need.

   
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