Instructor - College of Nursing

UT Health Sciences; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis seeks a full-time non-tenure Instructor in the College of Nursing to educate and supervise nursing students across didactic coursework and clinical practice.

Responsibilities include clinical supervision, hospital practice assignments, and utilization of skills/simulation labs; research activities will be defined with the Department Chair.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• Experience in recent acute care medical-surgical nursing is required.
• RN license is required.

Responsibilities

• Teach didactic coursework and supervise students in clinical settings.
• Coordinate clinical practice assignments in hospital and skills/simulation labs.
• Engage in research/scholarship activities as determined with the Department Chair.

Skills

Teaching

Acute care nursing

Education

Master’s Degree in Nursing

Job description

Job Description

The University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Nursing is seeking a full-time non-tenure Instructor. UT Health Sciences embraces four missions: education, research, clinical care and institutional service.

Responsibilities

• Teaching responsibilities include both didactic coursework and clinical supervision of students.
• Responsibilities for this role include clinical practice assignment in the hospital, and skills/simulation lab in addition to educational responsibilities.
• Research/scholarship activities and service responsibilities will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION: Master’s Degree in Nursing from an accredited program.
• EXPERIENCE: Experience in recent acute care medical-surgical nursing is required. Teaching experience in professional nursing programs is desired.
• LICENSES: Licensed as a Registered Nurse.

Contact

If you need additional information about this position, please contact:

Dr. Carrie Harvey, PhD, APRN, ACNP-BC, CHFN, FHRS

Professor and Chair

Email: [e-mail] or call 901-448-1193

Benefits

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

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a statewide flagship, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering collaborative 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, UT Health Science Center 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 colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UT Health Science Center 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. UT Health Science Center 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.