Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department Assistant / Associate Professor

Mediabistro; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university is seeking an Assistant / Associate Professor for the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department. This full-time, non-tenure track position will involve coordinating the DNP Psychiatric-Mental Health Concentration, overseeing curriculum and student success. Candidates must hold a doctoral degree and relevant certifications, demonstrating a commitment to education and health care excellence.

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree from an accredited university required.
• Certification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner required.
• Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse in Tennessee required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and teach within the DNP Program, focusing on Psychiatric-Mental Health Concentration.
• Develop and implement policies and ensure compliance with standards.
• Support faculty and advise students on progress and program completion.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Expertise

Teaching

Education

Earned doctoral degree

Job description

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department- Assistant / Associate Professor

Full Time, Non-Tenure Track

This faculty position will be responsible for coordination and teaching within the DNP Program : Psychiatric-Mental Health Concentration. There may be teaching responsibilities outside the PMH DNP Concentration. The UT Health Science Center embraces four missions : education, research, clinical care, and institutional service. Responsibilities include education along with service, leadership, scholarship, and practice / clinical care.

Responsibilities

As Concentration Coordinator responsibilities include :

• Develops and implements policies and procedures in conjunction with the CON faculty to ensure that the outcome criteria, as mandated by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and specialty organizations are met.
• Responsible for concentration specific recruitment and admissions, curriculum review, monitoring program / specialty standards, coordinating clinical practice experiences, and monitoring clinical contracts / placements.
• Provides assistance and support to the concentration faculty and orients preceptors.
• Tracks and evaluates student evaluation of the concentration.
• Actively engages in the identification and expansion of concentration-specific clinical experiences.
• Ensures that the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Instructors of Record (IORs), and faculty advisors are aware of student progression issues.
• Collaborates with Department Chairs to determine faculty assignments within the concentration.
• Allows growth of faculty teaching within the concentration by providing support to IORs who have overall responsibility and oversight of courses to which they are assigned.
• Counsels students to ensure program completion and success by following provided plans of study.
• Recommends needed changes in students' plans of study.
• Functions as a resource for other faculty within the concentration and / or the DNP program when addressing areas of concern related to student performance.
• Reviews concentration content annually to ensure that course content is current.
• Collaborates with DNP concentration coordinators and other inter professional colleagues to promote interprofessional experiences.
• Monitors and tracks concentration certification pass rates and graduation rates.
• Actively engages in concentration-specific specialty organizations.

Teaching responsibilities include both didactic course work and experiential supervision of students. Research / scholarship activities, clinical practice, as well as service responsibilities will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair.

Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree from an accredited university required.
• Certification / recertification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner required.
• Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee required.

Departmental Preferences

• Two or more years of substantive clinical practice expertise as an advanced practice nurse in psychiatric-mental health nursing is required.
• Prior clinical and didactic teaching experience is highly desirable.
• Previous leadership experience and active engagement in appropriate professional organizations is highly desired.

For benefits information, please visit https : / / www.uthsc.edu / hr / benefits / documents / benefits-preview-packet.pdf

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

The University of Tennessee is an EEO / AA / Title VI / Title IX / Section 504 / ADA / ADEA / V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science collegesMedicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

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