Professor of Practice

Description

Job ID

FU9891-0950-1936

Position Classification

FT Faculty UDMPU (9 month)

Position Summary

The McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position with a primary focus on teaching and service. This position supports the School’s mission of educating compassionate, ethical, and clinically competent nurses prepared to serve diverse populations. The successful candidate will contribute to both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs through classroom instruction, clinical teaching, and service to the school, university, and profession. The primary clinical focus for this position is medical-surgical nursing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Teaching:

• Provide high-quality instruction and supervision in the classroom and clinical setting
• Utilize evidence-based teaching strategies to support student learning and clinical judgment development
• Evaluate student performance and provide constructive feedback consistent with course and program outcomes. 
• Participate in curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation

Service:

• Participate in department, college, and university service activities-
• Contribute to program accreditation, assessment, and continuous quality improvement efforts.
• Engage in professional service activities consistent with faculty role expectations.
• Support student advising, mentoring, and professional development as assigned.
  Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in nursing from an accredited institution.
• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Extensive clinical experience in medical-surgical nursing.
• Eligibility for RN licensure in the state of Michigan – Prior teaching experience in a nursing program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) degree or certification.
• Familiarity with simulation-based teaching and clinical judgement models.
• Doctoral Degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.

Physical Requirements

Job may require lifting light weight objects (1 to 10 pounds) with no repetitive bending or stooping. Occasionally lift average weight objects (1 to 10 pounds).

Work Environment

Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a normal office.

Salary/Pay Information

Commensurate with experience.

Anticipated Schedule

TBD

Employee Benefits

At the University of Detroit Mercy we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following: 

· Medical -

      o Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network

· Dental -

     o Option to purchase additional dental plan through Sun Life 

Dental Care is available at the School of Dentistry to the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents (dependents shall be as defined for Internal Revenue Service purposes).

The fee for such services shall be waived for the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents, up to a cap of $3,000 per individual per calendar year. Beyond the $3,000 cap amount, employees will be responsible to pay 25% of any remaining fees for the balance of that year.

· Vision - 

o Option to purchase additional vision plan through Heritage

Vision benefits available at Detroit Mercy Eye Institute

$35 Comprehensive Eye Exam

Contact Lens Exam starting at $7o

50% off Optical Frames

25% off Sun Frames

30% off Prescription Lenses

20% off Prescription Contact Lenses

*Cannot be combined with insurance*

· Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options

· Employee Assistance Program -

     o Provided to everyone in your household

· Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

· Life and AD&D - 

      o One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars

· Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance

· Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children

· Retirement Plan - 

Employees have a choice of the following:

Employees who contribute 3% shall receive an Employer contribution of 6%, and employees who contribute 4% in the plan shall receive an Employer contribution of 8%.

Michigan’s largest, most comprehensive private University, University of Detroit Mercy is an independent Catholic institution of higher education sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and Society of Jesus. Detroit Mercy seeks qualified candidates who will contribute to the University’s mission, diversity, and excellence of its academic community. University of Detroit Mercy is an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer with a diverse student body and welcomes persons of all backgrounds.