Nursing Tenure-Track Faculty

Parkland College; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 56,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental benefits

Life insurance

Retirement plans

Flexible spending (FSA)

Job summary

Parkland College seeks a Nursing Tenure-Track Faculty member for on-campus, full-time appointment in Champaign, IL. The starting salary is $55,513.88–$74,616.65 and will be commensurate with credentials, teaching experience, and education.

The role includes teaching, advising, and governance responsibilities within the Parkland Academic Employees bargaining unit. Faculty will teach, mentor students, coordinate clinical activities, and participate in program evaluation and accreditation

Qualifications

• Master's degree in nursing.
• Current registered nurse licensure.
• Five (5) years of clinical and/or teaching experience in nursing.
• Background in nursing across the continuum of care.
• Post-offer, pre-employment background check required (Illinois School Code and healthcare fraud screening).
• Knowledge of national curricula, accreditation, and licensure requirements.
• Current in credentials to teach lecture, lab, and clinical.
• Ability to learn the Parkland information system.

Responsibilities

• Provide classroom instruction per college philosophy, objectives, and course outlines.
• Advise and mentor students and participate in governance.
• Coordinate clinical facilities and ensure timely documentation and spaces.
• Maintain accurate scholastic records and submit progress reports by deadlines.
• Participate in student recruitment and retention efforts.
• Collaborate with faculty to maintain and improve courses and programs.

Skills

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Nursing Tenure-Track Faculty

This position is an on-campus, full-time, tenure-track appointment based in Champaign, Illinois covered by the Parkland Academic Employees (PAE) collective bargaining unit. The starting salary range is between $55,513.88 - 74,616.65, commensurate with certifications, years of teaching experience, and education received.

We welcome applications through Sunday, November 22, 2026. All applications will receive equal consideration after the submission deadline.

Tenure-Track Faculty teach a full-time load as per the Parkland Academic Employees (PAE) bargaining agreement. They advise and mentor students and participate in governance of their departments and the college.

Essential Job Functions

Teaching Functions

• Provide classroom instruction in accordance with the stated philosophy, objectives, and established course outlines of the college and conduct program evaluation.
• Perform professional clinical duties in accordance with established policies and procedures of the clinical faculty, the Health Professions Division, Parkland College, and Illinois state law.
• Maintain all professional credentials required to teach in area of discipline; meet essential qualifications to teach lecture, lab, and clinical in the discipline.
• Inform students of course regulations, evaluation procedures, and other information pertinent to the course; prepare a course syllabus for each course and post with other course information on the college's Learning Management System (LMS) by date set by the College.
• Format tests and quizzes; obtain questions from lecturing faculty; administer tests and answer questions.
• Post and distribute information needed for students on Kaplan tests and monitor testing to assure all students have completed testing and remediation, where appropriate.
• Maintain regular office hours to ensure availability for student consultation; provide assistance to students in a timely manner.
• Advise and/or mentor students.
• Participate in the instruction of other classes if needed and availability allows.
• Maintain accurate scholastic records of students; submit required reports on student progress according to published deadlines.
• Participate in student recruitment and retention efforts.
• Participates in college-wide shared governance, including Parkland College Association (PCA) Senate, its committees, administrative committees, and accreditation committees.

Clinical Course Functions

• Coordinate all clinical facilities; complete course paperwork required by the clinical units and provide necessary information to the Faculty Chair Nursing Programs in a timely manner to assure clinical spaces are reserved.
• Determine and communicate clinical start dates and coordinate lecture-lab-clinical topics.
• Coordinate all clinical communication between course faculty and the clinical units; assure completion of clinical orientation for new faculty.
• Assist the Faculty Chair Nursing Programs in evaluating clinical faculty and make recommendations to the Faculty Chair Nursing Programs regarding Part-Time Faculty and other personnel matters.
• Assure that all clinical requirements are met, and the College is in compliance with clinical units.
• Assure completion of clinical rotation schedule, hospital orientation, and electronic medical record competency.
• Work closely with advisory and faculty committees to maintain and improve the quality of courses and programs.
• Assist in program evaluation and accreditation procedures.
• Work with faculty to facilitate text selection.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Dean or Faculty Chairs

Minimum Requirements

• Master's degree in nursing.
• Current registered nurse licensure.
• Five (5) years of clinical and/or teaching experience in nursing.
• Background in nursing across the continuum of care.
• Prospective new hires will successfully complete a post offer, pre-employment criminal background check. The background check review includes, but is not limited to, exclusionary offenses per the Illinois School Code and Title IV of the Higher Education Act, and nationwide healthcare fraud and abuse scan.
• Knowledgeable concerning national curricula, national accreditation, national registration, and requirements for state certification and licensure.
• Is current in all professional credentials required to teach in area of discipline; meet essential qualifications to teach lecture, lab, and clinical in the discipline.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to engage professionally with a diverse population of faculty, staff, students, and other members of the campus community.
• Ability to learn the Parkland information system and new programs as technology changes.
• In an effort to comply with SURS return-to-work restrictions for employers (40 ILCS 5/15-139.5), candidates for employment at Parkland College must either not be a SURS annuitant or must be willing to suspend his/her SURS annuity upon employment. This applies to all SURS annuitants except those receiving their annuity under either the Self-Managed Plan (SMP) or by lump sum payment.

Robust benefits, including medical insurance with no monthly premiums, dental, life, disability, retirement plans, flexible spending, dependent care, EAP, work/life balance with generous paid time off, and tuition waiver. More information on the benefits package may be found online at our Benefits page.

Sponsorship for work authorization is not available for this position. Parkland College is not an E-Verify employer.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position; however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Equal Opportunity Employer