Assistant Professor, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University

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Job Description

Responsibilities Include:

Collaborates with Program Administrator and nurse anesthesia faculty to ensure a curriculum that is consistent with the other advanced nurse practitioner programs offered within the College of Nursing and the educational standards of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs

Organizes the curriculum to ensure logical sequence of teaching and learning: identifies minimum clinical competencies required of all graduates; participate sin the didactic teaching program; maintains program records/files current cumulative student records/files and clinical faculty records/files in collaboration with administrative support staff

Administers anesthesia one day per week in order to maintain his/her clinical expertise and participates in clinical instruction of students when they are assigned to the University affiliated hospital(s)

Participates in recruitment activities of the College and University including the review of program applications and serving on the nurse anesthesia admissions selection committee

Communicates effectively with personnel utilizing appropriate channels maintainingopen channels of communications with students course faculty and staff

Provides an environment conducive to student engagement and participation and the assimilation and enrichment of a diverse student body

Provides oversight for student advisement and remediation

Serves on College committees and shows evidence of an emerging leadership role

Serves as a mentor for didactic and clinical faculty

Represents the College in appropriate University activities

Participates actively in professional organizations

Participates in activities to improve the quality of nursing care to the consumer

Contributes to the nursing profession through scholarly papers presentations and publications in nursing literature

Utilizes contemporary and innovative teaching methodologies in classroom
laboratory/simulation and clinical settings

Develops and begins to implement a scholarly agenda

Participation in College and/or University Committees

Participation in professional organizations at local state or national levels

Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff consistent with the core values of the University.

Position Qualifications Include:

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

Earned doctorate in nursing or an appropriate discipline from an accredited institution

CERTIFICATES LICENSES AND REGISTRATION:

Licensure to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

State Board of Nursing licensure for states where clinical assignments performed

National certification as a Certified Registered Anesthetist

Evidence of continuing education; Professional memberships relevant to areas of expertise

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in a collegiate nursing program OR Two (2) years at the rank of Instructor at an accredited institution or equivalent experience

Five (5) years full-time post-secondary teaching experience at an accredited institution OR Five (5) years full time clinical experience OR combination of the above Evidence of progressive leadership and academic responsibilities

Evidence of effective teaching

Demonstrated scholarly productivity other than doctoral dissertation which may be demonstrated by contributions to the professional literature presentations at national state or local meetings and/or grantsmanship

Participation in College and/or University Committees

Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV; then enter in search box Job ID # REQ-0021468

About Jefferson

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

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Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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