Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor & Director, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Programs

About Northeastern:The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 200 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students.

It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs.

The School of Nursing in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University has developed a research-intensive/teaching/learning environment for students and faculty.

Creating an environment where students thrive begins with the faculty.

Faculty of the School of Nursing is a diverse and committed group of professionals who are highly qualified, nationally known, and characterized by a range of experiences in nursing practice, research, and education that reflect an extensive degree of excellence.

The ultimate goal is to advance the School of Nursing’s position to one of the nation’s top research schools of nursing.

The wide range of programs offered by the School of Nursing from baccalaureate through DNP and PhD degrees highlights the responsiveness of the School to the healthcare needs of individuals and communities in the state, nation, and globally.

The School of Nursing is committed to co-creating an environment conducive to incubating innovative ideas and strategies aimed at creating a more dignified patient-family-centered healthcare system.Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experience-driven lifelong learning.

Our world-renowned experiential approach empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create impact far beyond the confines of discipline, degree, and campus.

Our locations—in Boston; Charlotte, North Carolina; London; Portland, Maine; San Francisco; Seattle; Silicon Valley; Toronto; Vancouver; and the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant—are nodes in our growing global university system.

Through this network, we expand opportunities for flexible, student-centered learning and collaborative, solutions-focused research.

Northeastern’s comprehensive array of undergraduate and graduate programs— in a variety of on-campus and online formats—lead to degrees through the doctorate in nine colleges and schools.

Among these, we offer more than 195 multi-discipline majors and degrees designed to prepare students for purposeful lives and careers.

About the Opportunity:The School of Nursing invites applications from highly motivated candidates for a full-time, 52-week, benefits eligible, non-tenure track faculty position as an Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor and Director of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Programs: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner Programs.

Responsibilities:The Director will provide strategic direction, vision, and leadership for the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Programs: Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program and Family Nurse Practitioner Programs.

This individual holds responsibility for program administrative leadership and management, resource allocation and program development, admissions, clinical placement, ensuring highest quality clinical training experiences for graduate nursing students, maintaining collaborative relationships with clinical agencies and institutions, and continuously developing new relationships and innovative programming in consultation with the Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs and the School of Nursing Dean.

Responsibilities include participation in the development, instruction, and evaluation of Primary Care Nurse Practitioner courses, both didactic and clinical; academic advising; and assisting with clinical placement of students.

The incumbent will fully participate in the School of Nursing and the Bouvé College of Health Sciences faculty meetings and serve on faculty committees.

Anticipated start date for this position is summer/fall, 2021.Qualifications:Qualifications require a degree in nursing and earned doctorate in nursing or related field by the start date of the appointment; and eligibility for an unrestricted RN licensure in Massachusetts with national certification as a family nurse practitioner.

Applicant must have proven excellence in the area of adult education, teaching, and leadership in a major academic setting.

The School seeks candidates whose research, teaching, and service reflect an integration of diversity and inclusion.

Candidates should be prepared to provide evidence of how their research, teaching, and service have prepared them to contribute to the Bouvé College of Health Sciences’ commitment to diversity and inclusion.Preferred Qualifications:Salary Grade: N/A for faculty linesAdditional Information:Salary and rank will be commensurate with education, training, and expertise/record of excellence and includes an outstanding benefits package http://www.northeastern.edu/hrm/benefits/index.html.

Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff.

Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity.