Title: F0048 - 12 Month Tenure Track - Assistant/Associate Professor

Hiring Range: Commensurate with credentials and experience

Pay Band: 

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website: WWW.NSU.EDU

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Norfolk State University Nursing has an immediate opening for a full-time, 12-month nursing faculty position. The successful candidate will teach nursing theory and skills in the classroom, lab and clinical environments. Teaching assignments may vary depending upon the need of the Nursing Program. Additional responsibilities of the position include academic advising; course development, course and program evaluation and revision; routine office hours; attending faculty meetings; assessment and grading student learning; supporting admissions; and other duties as assigned. Review of applications will begin immediately and the position will remain open until filled.

Diversity Statement
Norfolk State University is particularly interested in candidates who have experience working with students from diverse backgrounds and a demonstrated commitment to improving access to higher education for all students regardless of background. Candidates must include a diversity statement that reflects their commitment to diversity and inclusion and details their experience working in diversity initiatives and/or with students from underrepresented groups.

This nursing faculty position has a wide range of professional responsibilities including but not limited to:

1. Planning and delivering nursing instruction to facilitate student learning.
2. Developing and providing meaningful and relevant learning activities in the classroom and clinical environments.
3. Applying best practices to facilitate teaching and learning processes and principles in an institutional setting committed to continuous quality improvement.
4. Evaluating, developing and maintaining curriculum and instructional materials.
5. Assessing and evaluating student progress toward attaining the learning outcomes established for the courses and program.
6. Documenting student learning, interpreting outcomes, and recording grades.
7. Providing academic assistance and advisement to students.
8. Assisting with student recruitment, admission and retention.
9. Maintaining accurate and appropriate student, instructor, course, and program documentation
10. Creating and maintaining effective collegial relationships with students, faculty, University and clinical agency staff and administration.
11. Modeling professional evidence-based nursing that is sensitive to diverse and multicultural considerations.
12. Establishing and maintaining professional and ethical boundaries with students, co-workers, and others in all learning environments.
13. Participating in University service and events.
14. Perform other responsibilities that may be assigned by the Department Chair.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Earned doctorate (DNP, DNS, PhD, etc.), with specialization in nursing, from a regionally accredited college or university.
2. A current, unencumbered license as a registered nurse or multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing in Virginia.
3. Evidence of current experience in nursing practice (minimum of five years) and teaching sufficient to demonstrate professional competence.
4. Demonstrated knowledge and skills in the following nursing disciplines: fundamentals; community health; women’s health; pediatric, medical/surgical, or mental health; or a combination thereof.
5. Evidence of continuing professional education and a commitment to lifelong learning
6. Ability to engage in scholarly activity
7. Excellent oral and written communication skills
8. Ability to effectively engage with students and ensure excellence in instruction

9. Ability to identify and apply assessment tools and/or methods to determine if learning outcomes were achieved.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Post-secondary teaching experience
2. Experience teaching in the classroom, online and clinical environments
3. Experience in medical/surgical nursing
4. Experience using learning management systems, including Blackboard
5. Experience using patient care simulation software and high-
fidelity simulators
6. Proficiency with computer applications for instructional purposes and clinical documentation
7. Knowledge of higher education accreditation

Special Instructions: 

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Candidates may show interest by submitting via online, the following:
1. A statement of your Philosophy of Teaching, research interest and experience (via cover letter).
2. A current Curriculum Vitae (via resume).
3. Complete Commonwealth of Virginia State Application.
4. Graduate and undergraduate transcripts (unofficial transcripts accepted, however, official transcripts are required of finalist) (via transcripts).
5. Three letters of recommendation (via “other”, or via US mail to the address below)

Application and/or résumé for this position must be submitted electronically by 11:59 p.m. on the closing date through the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Job Board/Recruitment Management System (RMS). Mailed, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered applications and/or résumés will not be accepted. Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of Virginia Employees Only), must attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé. The decision to interview an applicant is based solely on the information received for this position from either the electronic application and/or résumé. RMS provides a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your RMS account to check the status of your application for this position.

Norfolk State University conducts background checks on all candidates identified as a finalist for employment consideration. The type of background check(s) performed are dependent upon the type of position for which you have been identified as a finalist and may include: criminal history, including sexual offender registry checks, reference checks, degree validation, DMV (driving) records, license verification, and credit report reviews. The results of background checks are made available to University employing officials. As a finalist, you will be required to sign an Authorization to Release form. Norfolk State University utilizes Form I-9 and E-verify in the verification of eligibility for employment. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

Contact Information:

Name: Office of Human Resources

Phone: 757-823-8160

Email: NO EMAILED DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their Certificate of Disability (COD) provided by a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor within the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their Certificate of Disability. If you need to get a Certificate of Disability, use this link: Career Pathways for Individuals with Disabilities, or call DARS at 800-552-5019, or DBVI at 800-622-2155.