Assistant/Associate Professor, Nursing

Location : Athens Campus

Job Type : Full-Time Faculty - 9 Month

Job Number : 202400044

Division : College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Department : Nursing

Opening Date : 06 / 06 / 2024

Founded in 1897, Piedmont University is a private, comprehensive liberal arts university with an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students at campuses in Demorest and Athens, Georgia.

Description

The Assistant / Associate Professor of Nursing is a non-tenure track position that requires the ability to cultivate collaborative relationships with university administrators, faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Responsibilities include teaching, service, limited scholarship, and implementation and evaluation of nursing courses and student learning. Faculty are expected to model exemplar professional behavior through work with students, peers, and community colleagues and to provide student support to include mentoring, advising, recruiting, and student clinical placement.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Effective classroom, lab, and clinical teaching and interacting with students in a professional manner;
• Maintaining accurate and secure records of student grades, attendance, and advisement;
• Maintaining high standards of professionalism in the content, objectives, teaching, and grading of all courses;
• Maintaining an understanding of college policies and the curriculum and degree requirements of their respective colleges;
• Participating in departmental, school, and college faculty meetings and serving on committees as appropriate;
• Contributing to the ongoing operation of their respective departments and colleges;
• Assessing their teaching effectiveness via annual portfolios and evaluating courses formally in accordance with official college procedure;

Assuring their availability to students, faculty, staff, and administrators by posting and keeping reasonable office hours, as determined by the dean of their respective colleges

Maintaining a professional level of scholarship by continuous study, research, and attendance and participation at professional meetings. These activities are supported by the college through departmental travel funds and the faculty development program.

Typical Qualifications

Education and Experience

MSN required, Doctorate preferred

Currently clinical practice

Previous nursing education experience preferred

Licenses and Certification

Active RN license for Sate of Georgia

Valid Georgia Driver's License (or obtained within 30 days of hire date) and satisfactory MVR.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Organization and multi-tasking

Previous teaching experience in ASN or BSN program

Working knowledge of Office products (word, powerpoint)

Previous experience with online student management or LMS preferred

Meet all clinical requirement standards required by clinical partners (annual TB, COVID-19, active CPR, immunizations, annual or required vaccines, completion of required onboarding and orientation for agency assigned.

Ability to collaboratively and effectively work in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Supplemental Information

Environmental, Physical, and Visual Acuity Factors

Work will be performed inside environmental conditions : Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. Incumbents will perform primarily sedentary work, exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Incumbents will regularly get up and down from a seated position, reach, bend, and stand throughout the day.

Incumbents must have close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures, transcribe, view a computer terminal, and read extensively.

Non-Discrimination Policy

Piedmont University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity within its faculty, staff, and students.

It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Piedmont University has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity within its faculty, staff, and students.

It is the policy of Piedmont University not to discriminate in its educational programs, activities, or employment on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Inquiries or complaints from students or employees concerning the prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sex in this statement should be directed to :

Coordinator for Title IX, Amy Brown, JD

Daniel Hall 303D

Demorest, GA 30535

706) 778-8500 x1504

Inquiries or complaints from students, other than on the basis of sex, concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in the statement should be directed to :

504 Coordinator, Amy Brown

Daniel Hall, - Room 303D

1021 Central Avenue

P.O. BOX 10

Demorest, GA 30535

706) 778-8500

oars@piedmont.edu

Inquiries or complaints from employees concerning any of the prohibitions of discrimination in this statement should be directed to :

Letitia Roller

Director of Human Resources

Daniel Hall - Room 208

1021 Central Avenue

P.O. BOX 10

Demorest, GA 30535

706) 778-8500 x 2858

We offer a benefits package to full-time 9-month and 10-month employees, including :

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Flexible Spending Accounts

TIAA 403(b) Retirement - with up to 4% employer matching

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability Insurance

Holidays

Educational Assistance Program (Employees and their dependents)

On-campus Fitness Center and access to Habersham County's Ruby Fulbright Aquatic Center