It’s a great time to join Marymount University!  We are looking for faculty and staff who are passionate about providing excellent service to ensure a high quality student experience and collaborative working environment.

The Malek School of Nursing Professions (MSNP) prepares competent nurses and leaders for successful careers in healthcare. The MSNP offers both online and in-person programs to meet flexible learning needs in our baccalaureate and graduate programs, which include a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), an accelerated second-degree BSN, a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN). Our faculty are dedicated to providing a high-quality and personalized student experience and a collaborative working environment. Guided by the mission of our founders, the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM), to achieve unity through diversity, Marymount honors our diversity as a source of strength. Our differences inspire intellectual curiosity and collectively allow us to tackle the world's challenges. We seek to foster an inclusive community where everyone is fully respected and celebrated. All faculty report to the Director of MSNP. 

Note that the duties, responsibilities, and required qualifications listed below are baseline requirements for all nursing faculty. Additional duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required depending on your specific faculty role, such as clinical instructors, laboratory and simulation faculty, professors of practice, or tenure-track/tenured faculty. This is a 12-month faculty appointment.

Essential Functions

• Contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation the philosophy and objectives of the nursing education program.

• Collaborate with other faculty members to design, implement, teach, evaluate, and revise the curriculum.

• Teach online and in-person courses as assigned.

• Mentor graduate and undergraduate students.

• Assess student learning to support learning, grading, and progression of individual students, as well as program-level assessment to support ongoing evaluation and continuous improvement.

• Contribute to developing student admission, progression, retention, and graduation policies within the MSNP and MU shared governance processes.

• Provide direct and indirect clinical supervision of APRN students when needed.

• Work collaboratively with nursing colleagues and clinical partners

• Provide service activities to the department, college, and/or university, as well as demonstrate continued engagement with the academic and practitioner community in their field

• Maintain current licensure and certification

• Conduct scholarship to support clinical practice, advancement of the profession, or innovation in teaching and learning, including dissemination of research through peer-reviewed journals and professional conferences.

• Participate in academic advisement and counseling of students in accordance with requirements of the Financial Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 USC § 1232g), including respecting rights for privacy, requirements for ongoing training and compliance, and appropriate record-keeping. 

Practice Track

• Titles include Assistant Professor of Practice, Associate Professor of Practice, and Professor of Practice

• Workload Distribution: 75% Teaching, 5% Scholarship, 20% Service

• Essential job functions include teaching across various formats (online and in-person), maintaining current clinical practice knowledge through active clinical practice and/or professional development, mentoring students, engaging in professional service, and contributing to practice-based scholarship or teaching innovations

​Specific Expectations for Professors of Practice​

• Not eligible for tenure

• Primary focus is on teaching, service, and professional practice, with a limited expectation for scholarship focused on teaching or practice improvement

• Teaching roles are primarily didactic instruction and course management, with clinical lab, simulation, and clinical education negotiated within workload when needed

• Expected to engage in service, particularly related to their professional field

• Renewable appointments based on satisfactory performance and need

• Evaluated annually

Non-Essential Functions

• Assume professional responsibilities as requested by the Director of MSNP.

• Engage in and document ongoing professional development in clinical practice, teaching and learning.

• For faculty directly involved in leading clinical simulation, engage in and document professional development in simulation pedagogy.

• Maintain evidence of education and experience necessary to indicate that they are competent to teach each assigned course on an ongoing basis.

• Support the documentation of actions taken in faculty and committee meetings using a systematic plan of evaluation to support program review and evaluation in accordance with regulatory and accreditation standards.

• Contribute to the University, College of Health and Education, and Malek School of Nursing Professions functions and events, including new student orientation, admissions events, and onboarding, residencies, pinning, and commencement.

• Other duties and responsibilities are specific to faculty rank and whether a faculty member is tenure/tenure-track. These specific duties and responsibilities are outlined in the Marymount Faculty Handbook.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Current license or a multistate licensure privilege to practice nursing in Virginia as a registered nurse without any disciplinary action that currently restricts practice.

• Every member of a nursing faculty supervising the clinical practice of students, including simulation in lieu of direct client care, shall meet the licensure requirements of the jurisdiction in which that practice occurs and shall provide evidence of education or experience in the specialty area in which they supervise student clinical experience for quality and safety.

• Master’s degree in nursing, education, public health, or a related field by the date of appointment is required; a doctorate degree is preferred. Faculty with a graduate degree in a field other than nursing must have a bachelors in nursing. 

• Faculty who do not have a graduate degree will be responsible for meeting requirements for an exception to this requirement in accordance with Virginia Board of Nursing (VBON) policies, including providing evidence of enrollment and progression through a graduate program of study.

• In exception to the above, faculty strictly providing instruction in topics other than nursing shall not be required to hold a degree in nursing or a license as a registered nurse.

• At least two years of direct client care experience as a registered nurse prior to employment by the program

• Prior experience teaching at the college or university level, is preferred.

• Faculty members who supervise clinical practice by simulation shall also demonstrate simulation knowledge and skills in that methodology and shall engage in ongoing professional development in the use of simulation.

• Evidence of ability to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts through teaching, scholarship, and service

Marymount University is an equal opportunity employer. Marymount University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected bases under applicable federal and local laws and regulations in any of its programs or its activities, including employment and admission.  The university also expressly prohibits any form of sex discrimination and sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, dating and domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, sexual exploitation and stalking in any of its programs or activities, including employment and admission.  For more information, please visit:  https://marymount.edu/student-life/health-wellness/title-ix-2/