Nursing Adjunct Faculty

Baptist Memorial Health; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Memorial Health in Memphis, TN, is seeking an on-site nursing instructor to educate BSN students and supervise clinical learning. The role operates under the Academic Dean and Program Chair, coordinating courses and evaluating outcomes.

The position involves classroom and clinical instruction, communicating policies, and staying current with teaching trends and curricular resources to support program goals. Requires a Master's degree and state licensure.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in teaching or professional discipline; or Master’s Degree with a minimum of eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline or Master’s Degree in a related or academically appropriate discipline and the terminal degree/certificate in the professional discipline.
• Work or teaching experience equivalent to two (2) years of post-secondary teaching in the discipline.
• Current license/certification to practice in the State of Tennessee as appropriate to professional practice areas.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates and delivers courses as needed.
• Evaluates student learning outcomes for expected course and program competencies.
• Participate in classroom and/or clinical instruction.
• Communicates institutional and program policies and goals to students, faculty, staff, and clinical affiliates as appropriate.
• Communicates course learning outcomes and expected student competencies.
• Participate in activities to remain current with advances in knowledge base, teaching and learning strategies, professional practice, trends, issues, and curricular resources.
• Participates in the assessment of Program Learning Outcomes as needed.
• Perform other accountabilities as assigned or directed.

Education

Master’s degree in teaching or professional discipline

Graduate coursework: eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in teaching discipline

Terminal degree/certificate in the professional discipline

Job description

*** This position is on-site in Memphis, TN ***

Job Summary

Educates students in BSN nursing professional courses by providing instructional experiences that support mission and goals of university and/or program. Under the administrative direction of the Academic Dean and/or general direction of the Program Chair.

This position is a clinical position directly supervising students in clinical learning.

Job Responsibilities:

• Coordinates and delivers courses as needed.
• Evaluates student learning outcomes for expected course and program competencies.
• Participate in classroom and/or clinical instruction.
• Communicates institutional and program policies and goals to students, faculty, staff, and clinical affiliates as appropriate.
• Communicates course learning outcomes and expected student competencies.
• Participate in activities to remain current with advances in knowledge base, teaching and learning strategies, professional practice, trends, issues, and curricular resources.
• Participates in the assessment of Program Learning Outcomes as needed.
• Perform other accountabilities as assigned or directed.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge/Education/Experience:

Master’s degree in teaching or professional discipline; or Master’s Degree with a minimum of eighteen (18) graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline or Master’s Degree in a related or academically appropriate discipline and the terminal degree/certificate in the professional discipline. Work or teaching experience equivalent to two (2) years of post-secondary teaching in the discipline.

Professionalism and Scholarship:

Demonstrates basic currency with trends, issues, and practices in the profession or discipline.

Licensure, Registration, Certification:

Current license/certification to practice in the State of Tennessee as appropriate to professional practice areas.