Assistant Professor, Nursing (Three Positions)

Palomar College; San Marcos (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee health insurance

Life insurance $80,000

Long-term care insurance

Employee Assistance Program

CalSTRS retirement

Voluntary insurance options

Job summary

Palomar College in San Marcos, CA invites applications for three Assistant Professor, Nursing positions in the Nursing Education department. The roles involve teaching lecture, clinical, and campus lab instruction across Medical- Surgical and Maternal Health/Obstetrics tracks, with scheduling across multiple times.

Two openings are for Medical-Surgical Nursing and one for Maternal Health/Obstetrics; the faculty will contribute to student success, participate in service, and support accreditation

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing is required.
• Current license or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse in California is required.
• One year of professional experience providing direct patient care as a bedside RN within the past five years in Medical-Surgical or Maternal Health/Obstetrics nursing.
• Eligible for approval as a Medical-Surgical or Maternal Health/Obstetrics instructor by the California State Board of Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Teach a variety of courses in Nursing including lecture, clinical instruction, and campus lab instruction.
• Clinical instruction may be scheduled at various times including Monday–Sunday and may change.
• Two openings are for Medical-Surgical Nursing and one for Maternal Health/Obstetrics Nursing.

Skills

Clinical teaching

Education

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Assistant Professor, Nursing (Three Positions)

Department: Nursing Education

College: Palomar College

Date Opened: 09/28/2026

Close Date: 11/10/2026

Primary Function

The Assistant Professor, Nursing (Three Positions) is primarily responsible for teaching a variety of courses in the discipline of Nursing. Specifically, these courses include lecture, clinical instruction, and campus lab instruction. Clinical instruction may be assigned to various times of the day on any day of the week (Monday – Sunday), and the assignment may be changed at any time. Two openings are for Medical‑Surgical Nursing, and the third opening is for Maternal Health/Obstetrics Nursing.

Salary

• Starting salary range: $77,011.42 – $122,363.70 annually.
• Academic training and teaching experience will form the basis for salary computation as determined by placement on the regular salary schedule of the College. A maximum of step 8 at the appropriate salary grade will be awarded to new faculty. For a salary estimate, visit www.palomar.edu/hr/employees/classifications/salary/ and use the links in the Full-time Faculty section.

Benefits

• Insurance fully paid for employees and their eligible dependents: four medical plans, dental HMO, and the vision plan(additional plans are available that require employee buyup/monthly contribution)
• $80,000 employee term life/accident insurance policy(additional buy up options available)
• Employee long-term care insurance
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) – Free counseling, financial,legal, personal and professional development resources
• Additional buy up options available for other voluntaryinsurance benefits
• Enrollment in CalSTRS (California State Teachers RetirementSystem)

The estimated maximum value of this employer-paid benefits packageis approximately $31,245.84 annually

Minimum Qualifications

1. A Master's degree in nursing.
2. Current license or eligibility for licensure as a RegisteredNurse in the State of California.
3. One year of professional experience providing direct patientcare as a bedside RN within the past five years in Medical-Surgicalor Maternal Health/Obstetrics nursing (direct patient careexperience as a registered nurse, which includes registerednurse-level clinical teaching experience, in the content/clinicalarea).
4. Eligible for approval as a Medical-Surgical or MaternalHealth/Obstetrics instructor by the California State Board ofNursing.

Only coursework completed at, and degrees awarded by, accreditedinstitutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education will be considered as satisfying the minimum qualifications. Coursework and degrees that are completed outside of the United States are required to have transcripts evaluated (evaluation to U.S.equivalency and a course by course analysis) by an appropriate U.S.credentials evaluation service. For a list of credentialsevaluation agencies accepted by Palomar College, visit NationalAssociation of Credentials Evaluation Services (NACES) website at https://www.naces.org/index, or the Association of International Credential Evaluators, Inc. (AICE) website at http://aice-eval.org/.

NOTE: For professional experience, a “year” is defined as equivalent to 40 hours per week for 10 months.

Diversity Statement

Palomar College serves over 30,000 students from a variety of backgrounds and we are proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our student body is rich in its diversity. Click here to see a quick overview of our student demographics on our recent Student Fact Sheet.

Palomar College is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, access and antiracism. We are dedicated to empowering students to succeed and are guided by our core values; some of which are the following:

• Access - We make education possible for everyone.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - We recognize and respect diversity, seek to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, and strive to address inequities. All positions require cultural competency which includes the sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,socioeconomic,cultural, disability, sex, gender identity, sexualorientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff.

Palomar College is an Equal Opportunity Employer(EOE).