Nursing Faculty

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing required, PhD in a field appropriate to the teaching profession preferred
• Current, unencumbered professional nurse licensure in the state of Tennesee (or eligibility to obtain)
• Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience working in a clinical setting
• Excellent communication skills along with a high level of initiative and prudent judgment
• Technological expertise with learning management systems, simulation equipment, and online platforms, increasingly ability to work with AI
• Create engaging learning environments and exhibit strong conflict management skills
• Collaborating across faculty, Extended Service Team, and clinical partners
• Emotional and social intelligence to recognize student needs, respond with empathy, and create a supportive, inclusive learning environment
• Please see state-specific addendum for any additional requirements that may be needed to teach within your designated specialty (link to Online Faculty Licensure Requirements Document)
• Maintain current regulatory and practice credentials, when appropriate, based on assignment
• For those working within the clinical setting, additional compliance requirements are needed and those requirements are located in the faculty compliance packet. Education and experience must align with regulations in the state
• Experientially prepared to teach assigned courses
• Scholarship Requirements: Demonstrates scholarship congruent with the level of rank. Activities that would be considered as scholarship have three characteristics. Scholarship must be: 1) made public, 2) open to critical review and evaluation by knowledgeable peers and 3) accessible for exchange and use by others
• The Instructor Faculty member is required to demonstrate at least one example within one of the four following focus areas of professional development and scholarship (detailed examples of each rank are outlined in the faculty handbook for reference): Scholarship of Discovery, Scholarship of Integration, Scholarship of Practice/Application, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Maintain appropriate, active, unencumbered licensure or certification as required to work professionally in the discipline Required #CVSA