Associate Professor of Nursing

The Associate Professor of Nursing will play a vital role in educating the next generation of nurses through classroom, clinical, simulation, skills lab, and online teaching. The successful candidate will enhance the work of the School of Nursing by expert teaching, advising students, assisting in clinical coordination, participating in faculty and professional development and committees, continued scholarly development, and resourceful and innovative collaboration with faculty and staff.

What You Will Do

Teach courses and/or clinicals in the undergraduate nursing catalog, plan directed learning activities, select or formulate test items, complete course evaluations, manage courses in the OBU adopted digital learning portal, develop and disseminate syllabi, design and deliver online or hybrid courses, engage students in virtual learning environments, maintain active online presence, and provide regular virtual office hours and communication.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate strong pedagogical skills at the undergraduate level in both classroom and clinical environments, communicate clearly and effectively, and assess student ability and adjust teaching as appropriate.

Requirements

• Master of Science in Nursing and current nursing license in Oklahoma
• 2 years of nursing experience
• Strong pedagogical skills at the undergraduate level in both classroom and clinical environments
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
• Proficient skills with current online education software
• Proficient skills with classroom and office audio/visual hardware and software
• Ability to assess student ability and adjust teaching as appropriate
• Ability to advise students
• Ability to relate to colleagues in the OBU community and serve as a representative to the professional community beyond OBU
• Sufficient mobility and physical stamina to walk about the campus to visit various offices; to travel to local, regional, and national locations; and transport moderately heavy items to offices and classrooms

Benefits

• Premium contributions for nationwide family-friendly Health and Dental coverages
• Free life insurance that includes accidental death and dismemberment equal to an employee’s base salary
• Optional employee-paid ancillary benefits like vision, hospitalization, critical illness, accident, additional employee-paid family life insurance coverages, and education benefits at OBU and other institutions of higher education
• Generous paid time off that includes annual granted vacation time, accrued sick leave, six annual holidays, and week-long breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas that include energy conservation days
• Employer matching opportunity for retirement investments in a 403(b)(9) plan administered by GuideStone
• FREE family membership to the OBU Recreation and Wellness Center or RAWC
• Global outreach university mission trips
• Cafeteria discounts
• Parking privileges