[Hiring] Nursing Faculty @Covista

Role Description

The BSN Online Program is seeking experienced, full-time nursing faculty to support didactic instruction. This role also includes primary teaching responsibilities within the Health Assessment sequence (NR-302 and NR-304), supporting student development in foundational and advanced assessment skills essential for clinical decision-making.

Faculty will teach the following courses:

• NR-302: Health Assessment I
  • Introduces foundational principles and techniques of nursing assessment.
  • Includes patient history taking, interview and communication strategies, and physical examination methods.
  • Emphasis on conducting comprehensive health assessments incorporating physical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and spiritual components.
  • Laboratory portion supports development of cognitive and psychomotor skills through hands-on practice.
• NR-304: Health Assessment II
  • Builds on prior knowledge focusing on application of comprehensive assessment findings to clinical decision-making.
  • Students learn to identify patient education needs, integrate assessment data, and document findings professionally.
  • Lab component advances psychomotor competency in assessing various systems with an emphasis on experiential learning.

Evidence-Based Teaching/ Learning and Master Instruction

• Takes responsibility for program outcomes by implementing the College’s philosophy, curriculum, and course objectives.
• Develops curricular/teaching innovations in the annual preparation and revision of assigned courses.
• Assumes responsibility for all autonomous aspects of individual teaching loads.
• Monitors clinical agencies for appropriateness for student clinical experiences.
• Plans clinical experiences and provides direct/indirect supervision and evaluation of nursing students.
• Provides oversight for clinical preceptors/mentors and coordinates their evaluation.
• Provides documented feedback to students on performance based on course outcomes.
• Communicates up-to-date information about agency/clinical policies and expectations.
• Posts developed clinical assignments consistent with students’ knowledge base and learning needs.

Professional Role Model/ Chamberlain University Care

• Serves as a positive professional role model for students.
• Assists in students' professional/social development.
• 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 programs.
• Participates in academic advisement and counseling for students.
• Provides opportunities for student and graduate evaluation of curriculum and teaching effectiveness.
• Provides recommendations regarding budgetary needs for the University.

Nursing Practice Expertise

• Demonstrates scholarship through the Scholarship of Teaching, Discovery, Application, or Integration.
• Maintains current course materials and content, applying evidence-based teaching principles.
• Requires occasional travel for fundamentals skills immersion.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in nursing and a doctoral degree in nursing or field of teaching specialty required.
• Professional nurse licensure required.
• Maintain current regulatory and practice credentials based on assignment.
• Excellent communication skills with a high level of initiative and prudent judgment.
• Minimum 2 years of full-time teaching experience required.
• Must comply with state regulations for teaching within designated specialty.

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of full-time teaching experience required.
• Experientially prepared to teach assigned courses.
• Unencumbered professional nursing licensure.
• Active, compact RN nursing license preferred.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match.
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy.
• 12 Paid Holidays.