Teaching Professor - Nurse Practitioner

While this position welcomes applications from individuals external to the University, current Academic Teaching Staff is first notified of available positions and will receive first consideration in accordance with the terms of Schedule D of the Academic Collective Agreement prior to considering external candidates. Please indicate your internal status using the "Advertisement" drop-down menu when applying.

This position is a part of the Association of the Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA).

This position has a term length of 12 months from the date of hire.

Salary will be commensurate with experience in accordance with the Academic Teaching Staff (ATS) agreement.

Location

Work primarily takes place at North Campus Edmonton.

Department/Faculty Summary

The Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta is consistently ranked within the top two nursing programs in Canada and currently 9th globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject). As the largest nursing faculty in the country, we are one of only six in Canada to offer a full range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Our priorities include:

• Providing students with exceptional learning opportunities in undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Maintaining excellence in research through mentorship and support.
• Enhancing the integration of teaching, research and practice.
• Infusing global citizenship into all aspects of academic nursing.
• Fostering Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) in teaching, research and practice.

Visit us at www.nursing.ualberta.ca to learn more about the Faculty of Nursing.

Position Summary

Do you have a commitment to learner-centred innovative teaching and learning practices and continuous quality improvement? Do you bring a solution-focused and strengths-based approach to teamwork and teaching? Are you able to effectively use and adapt to teaching, educational and practice technologies? If so, this may be the position for you!

The Faculty of Nursing is accepting applications for a full-time Career status Teaching Professor position for our Nurse Practitioner (NP) Program. Current Teaching Professors with NP designation, who are not 12 months are encouraged to apply. We are interested in receiving applications from individuals who have demonstrated expertise as a Nurse Practitioner in Family All Ages, and Acute Care. The Faculty encourages applications from Indigenous scholars. We also encourage applicants with experience in curriculum development.

A Teaching Professor is an Academic Teaching Staff position with a workload of 80% teaching and 20% service, reporting to the Associate Dean, Undergraduate. The position will be a 12-month, career status position with a full-time teaching load of up to 8 courses dependent on credit load.

A Teaching Professor under the Academic Teaching Staff Agreement shall be a scholar who:

• Has teaching and/or teaching-related responsibilities as their primary academic responsibility, such teaching shall involve University credit courses;

• Actively participates in the planning, delivery and evaluation of courses specified in a manner consistent with the curriculum and operational guidelines established by the Faculty of Nursing;

• Shall demonstrate scholarship and remain current and competent in the discipline or profession;

• Shall contribute to service and provide evidence of contributing to the University, Faculty and/or the nursing profession beyond their teaching responsibilities.

Duties

Actively contributes to the teaching team for the course(s) in their teaching assignment. This includes but is not limited to:

• Attendance at teaching team meetings.
• Participation in the development and improvement of course learning evaluation(s) such as:
• Exams (including the exam blueprint, test items and analysis);
• Assignments (including assignment descriptions and marking rubrics);
• Clinical competencies/clinical evaluation tools (as appropriate);
• Participation in the development and sharing of learning activities;
• Teaching the course concepts in a manner that ensures the stated learning outcomes and course objectives are met and are consistent among course sections;
• Participates in ongoing and end-of-semester course evaluation and improvement efforts, including contributing to the course report;
• Engaging in peer-to-peer mentorship with other teaching team members such as coaching, teaching observations, sharing resources, best practices and constructive feedback;
• Providing mentorship to others in the teaching team and beyond.

Accesses Curriculum

• Ensuring there is alignment to course learning outcomes, concepts, and schedule content delivery.
• Becoming aware of and ensuring continuity of learning and levelling of curricular concepts are maintained between and among courses in the undergraduate program(s).

Supports the learning and progression of students through courses by:

• Acting as the first line of support for students;
• Fostering safe and supportive learning environments for all students;
• Developing relationships with students in order to engage in learner-centred teaching approaches;
• Communicating proactively and connecting students to supports (e.g. FoN services, staff, faculty, and University resources).

Participates in ongoing professional development activities, and curriculum renewal efforts in a manner that demonstrates engagement, collaboration and commitment to continuous improvement.

Service contributions may include:

• Leadership in the development, design, implementation and evaluation of curriculum, courses and syllabi;
• Leadership in the governance of the Faculty and participation in University governance;
• Leadership responsibilities for professional organizations;
• Reviewing scholarly works;
• Contributing to Undergraduate and Master students; work (e.g. capping report evaluation, teaching preceptorship, Honors student co-supervision, mentoring visiting scholars).

Minimum Qualifications

• Current registration and in good standing with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) is required.
• A master's degree in Nursing is required, Ph.D. is preferred.
• Nurse Practitioner Designation is required.
• Knowledge of and experience with nursing clinical education experiences.
• Demonstrated teaching excellence, teaching at the post-secondary level preferred.
• Facilitation, negotiation and problem-solving skills and an ability to handle challenging student situations.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (e.g. team building, conflict resolution, advocacy, emotional intelligence & self-awareness).
• Knowledge of the Faculty’s diversity and inclusivity activities (EDI).

How to Apply