Nursing Affiliate Instructor

Department

Nursing

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for affiliate faculty. Screening of applicants will take place when positions come available. The number of these temporary, part-time, non-tenure track academic positions varies from semester to semester, depending on the needs of the program. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

About the University

Established in 1965, Metropolitan State University (MSU Denver) was founded to serve students who were underrepresented in higher education whose life paths and experiences did not fit the traditional mold. Sixty years later, the University continues to serve over 16,000 of Colorado's extraordinary and diverse students, providing them with the foundation on which to build their unique aspirations. As the third largest public institution of higher education in Colorado, MSU Denver is a model university for today's college students.

Proud of its federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution that also offers graduate programs (gHSI) and the only Seal of Excelencia certified institution in Colorado, the University serves the most diverse undergraduate student population in the state, as well as the most first-generation students. Through affordable, flexible, and holistic education, MSU Denver helps students build essential skills grounded in a multicultural and global perspective that lead to undergraduate and graduate degrees, and career and life success.

Position Summary

The Department of Nursing at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) invites applications for PT NUR/CLN/Clsrm/Sim/Lab affiliate faculty teaching positions. Affiliates teach classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical components of courses to RN-BSN Completion students, Traditional, and Accelerated BSN students.

For more information about the Department of Nursing in our College of Health and Human Sciences, please visit: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Responsibilities

* Teach classroom, simulation, laboratory, and clinical components of courses to RN-BSN Completion students, Traditional, and Accelerated BSN students offered in traditional semesters, utilizing on-ground, hybrid, or online formats.

* Will work and interact with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff

An affiliate faculty member's duties may include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment;

providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies. The ability to adapt and learn new modes of instruction is highly encouraged. Candidates need to be sensitive to the educational needs of a diverse student population.

Required Qualifications

* Must have a minimum of a graduate degree in nursing from a Nursing Education Program with national nursing accreditation

* If the individual has a graduate degree in a field other than nursing, they must have a bachelor's degree in nursing and demonstrate evidence that the graduate degree is in a field relevant to the area(s) of responsibility

* An active unencumbered Colorado nursing license

* At least two (2) years of full-time, or equivalent, professional nursing clinical experience

* At least one (1) year of nursing experience in the field of instruction

Preferred Qualifications

* Participation in a clinical scholar/preceptor program

* A professional nursing certification

Terms of Employment

Affiliate faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, usually on a…