Assistant Clinical Professor - Wilkes-Barre, United States - Wilkes University

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Job Description

Wilkes University invites applicants for a full time, Assistant Clinical Professor in the undergraduate department of the Passan School of Nursing beginning August 2024. The Passan School of Nursing offers both undergraduate and graduate programs and is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).

The successful candidate is responsible for clinical instruction within the undergraduate program. The position requires specialization in medical surgical nursing and includes clinical based teaching in various healthcare and community settings. Working hours can vary from 6, 9, or 12 hours per day with clinical shifts scheduled during the days, evenings or weekends. Travel up to a 100-mile radius is possible. Clinical time may also be assigned in the Clinical Nursing Simulation Center on campus. Effective teaching, mentoring, and advising are expected of all clinical faculty. A Master of Science in Nursing is required. Eligibility for licensure in Pennsylvania, demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching, and current clinical competence is required. The ideal candidate should have prior experience teaching at the college level. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Wilkes University is an independent, comprehensive university dedicated to academic excellence in the liberal arts, sciences, and selected professional programs. The University has approximately 2,000 students at the undergraduate level and over 1,500 full time equivalent students at the graduate and first professional levels.

Its institutional focus is on developing strong mentoring relationships with each of its students and contributing vitally to economic development of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The University is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, a revitalized city that is located on the lovely Susquehanna River and is within two and one-half hours driving distance of New York City and Philadelphia.

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Wilkes University is constantly seeking to become a more diverse community and to enhance its capacity to value and capitalize on the cultural richness that diversity brings. The University strongly encourages applications from persons with diverse backgrounds. Wilkes University does not discriminate in its employment practices or in its educational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, pregnancy, sex/gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, marital or family status, military or veteran status, or genetic information.

Employment at Wilkes is contingent upon the results of a thorough background screening.