Assistant / Associate Professor Nursing

Bemidji State University (BSU) invites qualified applicants to join our team as an Assistant or an Associate Professor of Nursing. BSU’s Nursing Program is an established and fully accredited nursing program with over a 30-year history of providing baccalaureate-educated nurses to the region. The Program’s mission is to engage in scholarship that supports the development of critical thinkers, creative problem solvers and innovative leaders in care delivery; to teach and support professionalism and professional values in the care of individuals and populations across diverse cultures, ages and environments; and to educate the baccalaureate nurse generalist for a future that includes lifelong learning and professional practice. The Program is focused on mentoring students on their educational journeys and through their career planning processes, providing the support and resources necessary for students to achieve their goals. 
 
BSU’s Nursing Program offers two tracks to complete the baccalaureate degree — a four-year track for students just beginning their education and a two-year track for students who are licensed Registered Nurses with an associate degree or diploma.  The focus of the Program is to give students broad, practical experiences along with the deep, technical education required of a nurse. The Program applies a student-centered approach that mentors students throughout their educational journeys.  With its proximity to the region’s American Indian population, BSU has a unique opportunity to develop nurses with cultural awareness. The Program includes cultural-care coursework aimed at producing practitioners attuned to a variety of patients and their diverse needs.
 
Responsibilities of the Assistant or Associate Professor of Nursing include:

• Teaching courses in the prelicensure nursing program track  as primary workload. Potential exists to evolve teaching load in the  RN-BS completion program track. The RN-BS completion program track includes online didactic courses and possible travel to distance sites for experiential student activities. 
• Teaching courses that include, but are not limited to, general on-campus classroom nursing theory courses, lab/simulation nursing classes in the state-of-the-art lab, and on-site clinical nursing courses.
• Contributing to a program of scholarship within the discipline, student advising, service to the University and community, and other associated faculty duties.
• Providing interdisciplinary involvement in activities that support BSU’s Shared Fundamental Values.
• Contributing to a collegial and supportive environment that advances the goals of the Department, including curriculum development, assessment, and other departmental governance activities.
• Assisting with programmatic accreditation.
• Advancing your education while working as a Nursing department faculty member. The Inter Faculty Organization (IFO) master agreement allows faculty members to enroll in courses at any university in the Minnesota State System without payment of tuition or fees (except laboratory and special course fees). Up to thirty (30) credits per year are allowed. In addition, a faculty member’s spouse/domestic partner, or dependent children may share this right within the credit limit, but with waiver of tuition only.

• Master's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution. (Upon hire, candidate must be enrolled in, plan to enroll in, or have completed a terminal degree program with the requirement to complete within five years of appointment. Terminal degree required for promotion and tenure).
• Experience teaching in nursing education.
• Unencumbered Minnesota RN licensure at the start of employment.
• Public Health Nurse (PHN) certification.
• Meet the background study requirements according to Minnesota Statutes and clinical facilities' requirements.
• A strong desire to interact with students on campus in a faculty/advisor role.
• Experience working with diverse cultures and populations in a clinical and/or educational setting, including nontraditional and underrepresented students.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, or PhD in nursing or an associated health care, leadership, or education field.
• Experience teaching at graduate level and/or baccalaureate nursing education.
• Experience with rigors necessary to maintain program accreditation, particularly CCNE accreditation.
• Nursing experience in practice and/or clinical teaching experience in an acute care setting within the last five years.
• Simulation certification and/or demonstrated experience in teaching with simulation and/or experience with telehealth nursing.
• Experience with care of the family in acute care setting.
• End of Life Nursing Education (ELNEC) certification.
• The ability to design and deliver online courses using Desire to Learn (D2L) or similar software.
• Evidence of successful quality teaching and demonstrated experience with assessing student learning.
• Demonstrated commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism and equitable student success for all students.

TO APPLY:

External Applicants: Apply for Vacancy Posting JR0000003715, on our career site:  https://minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Minnesota_State_Careers or at https://minnstate.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Minnesota_State_Careers/job/Bemidji/State-Univ-Faculty---Asst-Assoc-Prof-of-Nursing_JR0000003715. 

Internal Applicants: All current employees will need to log in to the career site in Workday to apply for the position. Employees will search for “Browse Jobs – Employees” in Workday via the search bar at the top to view open positions.

If you have any questions, please contact Mary Miller at mary.miller@bemidjistate.edu