Assistant Professor Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration of the DNP program
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Job Location:
Memphis, TN - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
The College of Nursing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis Tennessee is seeking a full-time non-tenure track Assistant Professor. This position will be responsible for teaching within the Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration of the DNP program. The UT Health Science Center embraces four missions: education research clinical care and institutional service. Responsibilities for this role include clinical practice assignment in addition to educational responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Teaching responsibilities include didactic coursework (online and in person) and clinical supervision of students in the FNP concentration and other programs and courses as needed. Teaching experience at the graduate level with the ability to teach full-scope primary care is desired. Responsibilities for this role include clinical practice placements clinical site visits mentoring FNP student projects and other educational responsibilities. Research/scholarship activities and service responsibilities will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair. Eligibility to practice with clinical partner sites is required. This position is eligible for the Colleges faculty practice plan.
Qualifications
EDUCATION: Doctoral Degree from an accredited university program.
LICENSES: Certification/recertification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse (e.g. FNP) in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee is required.
DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES:
Substantive expertise is required as a Family Nurse Practitioner with at least 1 year of recent clinical practice experience required. Teaching experience at the graduate level with the ability to teach the full scope of primary care is experience in a DNP program is preferred. Demonstration of scholarship-related activities (for example abstracts at conferences published manuscripts and grant funding) is preferred.
Applicants should attach curriculum vitae and photocopies of transcripts to application.
If you need additional information about this position please contact:
Mona Newsome Wicks PhD MSN RN FAAN Professor and Chair
Email: or call
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UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a statewide flagship public academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911 the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering collaborative education research scientific discovery clinical care and public more than 4600 people on its faculty staff and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups and with more than 3200 students across the state UT Health Science Center contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.
Part of the University of Tennessee System the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UTs doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine Dentistry Pharmacy Nursing Graduate Health Sciences and Health Professions. UT Health Science Center spans the state with its four major regional clinical health science locations in Memphis Knoxville Chattanooga and Nashville as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Health Science Center is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the states largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.
Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene a revitalized Downtown the Midtown Arts District many scenic neighborhoods an active medical district and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.
Memphis boasts attractions including Elvis Presleys Graceland the Memphis Grizzlies historic Beale Street the National Civil Rights Museum the second-largest urban county park in the United States and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
Key Skills
- EMR Systems
- Pain Management
- Acute Care
- Primary Care Experience
- Suturing
- Vital Signs Experience
- Dermal Fillers
- Experience Administering Injections
- Pediatrics Experience
- Nursing
- Botox Experience
- Medicare
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