BSN Teaching Track Faculty | College of Nursing Tri-Cities (Richland, WA)

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Washington State University College of Nursing at WSU Tri-Cities is currently recruiting candidates to fill open rank career-track teaching faculty positions in our pre-licensure BSN program. We are seeking applicants for Assistant Professor Associate Professor or Full Professor who are passionate about teaching and working with students in a variety of learning environments with the primary responsibility of teaching.

We are seeking candidates with clinical experience in all nursing specialties including:

• Long Term Care

• Medical Surgical

• Pediatrics

• Obstetrics

• Community Health Nursing

• Psychiatric Nursing

For up-to-date information on programs and courses offered at WSU as well as on the Tri-Cities campus specifically please see the WSU Catalog.

Job Duties:

College of Nursing Teaching faculty are responsible for:

• Teaching undergraduate PL-BSN students primarily in the clinical and laboratory setting with potential didactic opportunities as available if desired.

• Teaching Assistant Professor is 100% teaching.

• Teaching Associate or Teaching Full Professor rank is 90% teaching and 10% professional and university service.

• Advising students.

Posting Closing Date: Applicants must submit their completed application by April 23 2026 at 11:59pm.

This is a full-time (100% FTE) fixed-term position.

This position is overtime exempt.

This is an in-person/on-site role located on the WSU Tri-Cities College of Nursing building in Richland WA.

The appointment term is 9-months with start date of: August 16 2026 through May 15 2027 with the opportunity for a pre-academic appointment starting on August 1 2026.

Academic Salary:

Teaching Assistant Professor Rank:$75652.00 without doctoral; $92063.00 with doctoral degree

Teaching Associate Professor Rank:$78367.00 without doctoral; $104678.00 with doctoral degree

Teaching Professor Rank:$94951.00 without doctoral; $122565.00 with doctoral degree

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110 the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidates current experience education skills and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical dental life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Faculty and AP staff and Total Compensation.

Required Qualifications for Teaching Assistant Professor Teaching Associate Professor and Teaching Professor Ranks:

• Earned Masters Degree in Nursing.

• Possess an unencumbered RN licensure in Washington State.

Additional required qualifications for Teaching Associate Professor Rank

• Currently serving in the rank of an Associate Professor or equivalent at a post-secondary institution OR;

• At least 4years of academic teaching experience with demonstrated expertise in academic advising teaching integration of theory and evidence-based practice in instructional approaches demonstrated leadership engagement and dissemination in local community region state or national professional or health-care related activities.

Additional required qualifications for Teaching Professor Rank

• Currently serving in the rank of a Full Professor or equivalent at a post-secondary institution OR;

• At least eight (8)years of academic teaching experience and expertise and creativity as a master teacher in specialty areas inundergraduate and/or graduate courses and

• Current national or international board certification as a Certified Nurse Educator or in a clinical area as required; Demonstrated mastery in integration of theory and evidence based practice activities into innovative instructional approaches; Demonstrated leadership in college or campus activities pursuing continuous quality improvement of nursing education and the nurse educator role; Demonstrated leadership in college activities policy formation; Demonstrated effective leadership and increased dissemination & engagement in local regional state or national activities.

Preferred Qualifications for All Ranks:

• Experience in teaching clinical and didactic courses and advising students.

• Experience with technology-assisted education modalities.

• Experience working with diverse populations and/or students.

• Demonstrated ability to utilize practice-based research studies to address salient nursing and health care issues.

• Nursing leadership experience and engagement in professional nursing organizations.

• Interdisciplinary/inter-professional collaboration in practice and/or education.

• Experience as a preceptor for prelicensure Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN).

Position Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

Questions regarding the position may be directed to Christina Chacon WSU Tri-Cities Nursing Academic Director at .

Area/College: WSU Tri-Cities College of Nursing

Department Link: Richland Washington 99532

Application Instructions:

External candidates please upload all documents in the Resume/CV section of your application.

Internal candidates please upload all documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application.

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

• Resume/CV

• Cover Letter - please identify field(s) of instructional interest and clearly articulate how your skills and expertise align with the qualifications for this position.

Please note: Finalist(s) will be asked to provide official transcripts by the time of hire.

Background Check:

This position has been designated by the department to require a background check because it requires access to children or vulnerable adults as defined by RCW 74.34 engages in law enforcement requires security clearance interacts with WSU students in a counseling or advising capacity has access to personal identifying and/or financial information unsupervised access to university buildings/property or other business-related need.A background check will not be completed until an initial determination of qualification for employment has been made.

Additional Information:

WSU College of Nursing offers undergraduate and graduate programs in nursing to over 1000 students system-wide at campuses and satellites in Spokane Vancouver and Tri-Cities. Washington State University College of Nursing at WSU Tri-Cities offers: 1) Prelicensure BSN 2) RN to BSN 3) Master of Nursing (MN) 4) Doctor of Nursing Practice-Family Nurse Practitioner 5) Doctor of Nursing Practice-Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

US News and World report consistently ranks WSU College of Nursing graduate programs among the top 40 in the U.S. with our DNP program currently ranked as #28 and our MN program ranked as #39. Our BSN pre-licensure program graduates more than 280 students annually and is the top producer of RNs in alumni and faculty are recognized for their contributions to research and scholarship clinical practice service and leadership at local regional state and national levels.

WSU Tri-Cities is committed to creating a student-ready campus marked by academic excellence career-connected learning and cultural awareness. This commitment is informed by our belief that all students faculty and staff contribute value to our campus culture. We ascribe to an assets-based framework for understanding and celebrating difference and are deeply committed to closing opportunity gaps where they exist. We are proud that almost half of our students are first in their family to attend college and almost half of our students identify as students of color. We believe that this multiplicity is a great strength in the classroom and across the many co-curricular activities in which WSU Tri-Cities students participate and lead.

WSUs Tri-Cities campus is in Richland WA on the west banks of the majestic Columbia this region Richland Kennewick and Pasco make up the Tri-Cities Washington. The campus draws from a regional population of approximately 260000 and is expanding its reach both nationally and internationally also benefiting from a newly-renovated airport. The growing campus has approximately 1600 students who are served by nearly 90 full-time and 250 adjunct faculty members many of whom are full-time researchers and scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory or local science and engineering firms. WSU Tri-Cities is experiencing a time of unprecedented growth and development. Legislative support tremendous community leadership and backing and partnerships with businesses and community organizations have resulted in many exciting new and expanded initiatives in dynamic student engagement research and community collaborations. Visit for more information.

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