What are the responsibilities and job description for the Faculty - Health Sciences & Nursing position at Rider University?
Location : Lawrenceville
Job Type : Full-Time
Job Number : Rider00101
Division : Academic Affairs
Department : Health Sciences and Nursing
Opening Date : 01 / 07 / 2025
FLSA : Exempt
Bargaining Unit : AAUP
Special Instructions to Applicants : Documents to be included with online application : CV, Cover letter, a statement on your teaching philosophy for a diverse population, and a statement detailing your commitment to serving a diverse population with supporting evidence.
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Position Overview
The Department of Health Sciences & Nursing at Rider University is seeking candidates for a tenure-track position in nursing at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. This individual will teach courses in the adult-gerontology and / or family / individual across the lifespan tracks within the online Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. In addition, the successful candidate will serve as the Chief Nursing Administrator for this CCNE accredited program. Finally, this individual will contribute to the development of a BSN program at the University.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- PhD (in an appropriate discipline) or DNP
- Demonstrated experience and scholarly record consistent with Assistant or Associate Professor rank.
- 3 or more years of demonstrated experience in departmental, university, and professional leadership positions.
- Demonstrable experience using student focused pedagogy in nursing courses.
- Evidence of an established research program.
- Demonstrated experience advising, and mentoring students.
- Demonstrated experience with curriculum development and growth.
- Satisfactory background and / or DMV checks required.
- Candidates with a demonstrated commitment to support the multicultural population of Rider University and the surrounding communities are highly desired.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Rider University is consistently highly ranked as a best college by U.S. News and World Report and The Princeton Review for student success, academic programs, veteran friendliness, and its sustainability efforts.
Rider University is committed to fostering an inclusive, vibrant living and learning community that embraces students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds and enables them to achieve success.
Rider University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer dedicated to excellence through diversity.
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