Community Health Faculty - School of Nursing

Mission or Goal of Unit:

The mission of the School of Nursing is to shape the future of nursing through the power of education, discovery, and collaboration.

Chief Purpose of this position:

VCU School of Nursing invites candidates to apply to the Community Health faculty position. This open rank 12-month term faculty position will serve as faculty with clinical expertise in community health nursing. Faculty hired into this position will primarily teach in the undergraduate program with an emphasis in community health nursing; contribute to curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation; coordinate clinical sections and clinical education sites; clinically supervise students in undergraduate clinical; participate in school governance activities; and implement all roles of term faculty (teaching, scholarship, and service).

Academic rank, and salary are dependent on demonstrated scholarly achievement, certifications, and teaching experience.

Position Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates commitment to contributing to VCU's Quest 2025 (https://quest.vcu.edu/)
• Engages faculty, students, and staff to foster a diverse community at VCU
• Demonstrates an integrated academic life, contributing to the teaching, scholarship, and service missions in an urban research-intensive university with an academic health sciences center
• Participates in all aspects of curriculum including curriculum development, teaching (in classroom and clinical settings), and evaluation
• Maintains a commitment to serving the school of nursing, university, profession and community

Required Qualifications:

• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in Virginia
• Graduate degree in nursing
• Clinical experience in community health nursing
• Documented effectiveness in collaboration and communication
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in higher education including teaching, simulation instruction, accreditation, program review or assessment
• Record of accomplishments in scholarship and professional service

Position Type: Teaching & Research Faculty
Full time equivalent: 100%
Tenure: Ineligible
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department: School of Nursing/Family & Community Health Nursing

ORP eligible : Yes

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Demmie Pennix
Contact Email: dpennix@vcu.edu
Contact Phone: (804) 628-7583