| Position Summary: New Jersey's premier academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university-wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
School Overview:
The School of Nursing is one of eight schools that make up the Rutgers biomedical and Health Sciences. As part of the Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences division, the School of Nursing (Newark) offers unique opportunities in education, research, and practice at a leading national research university which is the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Innovative academic offerings include bachelor's, master's, post-master's, DNP, and Ph.D. programs that are preparing nurse leaders of today and tomorrow at campus locations in Newark, New Brunswick, and Blackwood, NJ. As one of the nation's largest, most comprehensive nursing schools, the Rutgers School of Nursing is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, evidence-based research and health care delivery, and promotion of community health. The school is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of current and future students through innovative teaching and learning strategies in the undergraduate and graduate programs. Moreover, the school has distance education offerings that include online hybrid options. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a variety of baccalaureate and graduate programs. Position Summary:
The Rutgers School of Nursing is seeking full time faculty qualified to teach clinical and didactic course in Maternity Nursing for our Entry to Baccalaureate nursing program (traditional and 2nd degree). In this role, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with nursing colleagues and colleagues from other disciplines, maintain clinical practice competence, remain actively involved in professional organizations, maintain scholarship in their field, and actively seek opportunities for and participate in School of Nursing faculty governance. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include teaching at the undergraduate level and may include didactic as well as clinical practica courses in all areas of perinatal nursing (Antepartum, Labor & Delivery, Mother-Baby, Nursery etc.)
Willingness to teach other areas of nursing, i.e. foundations, health assessment, leadership when needed
Administrative duties may include program recruitment, student advisement and mentorship, and periodic curricular review and updates.Rutgers School of Nursing is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive community and seeks faculty and staff who embrace this commitment. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. Minimum Education and Experience: Minimum Education/Specialty, License/Certification:
Doctoral degree (PhD or DNP) required-but will consider a strong candidate who is currently enrolled in a doctoral program
Masters degree in nursing
National certification in specialty area of Maternity/ Perinatal Focus.
Current Licensure or eligibility for RN Licensure in New JerseyMinimum Qualifications and Experience: Current clinical experience in Maternity/Perinatal Nursing
Strong teaching backgroundPreferred Qualifications:
Experience teaching baccalaureate nursing students
Experience in academic leadership
Preference will be provided to candidates who demonstrate scholarship (e.g., publications, national presentations) and active participation in community and/or professional organizationsPosting Number: 20FA1230 Location: Rutgers University-Newark |
