Open Rank Faculty Positions in Nursing

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Our Kennesaw campus is located at 1000 Chastain Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Our Marietta campus is located at 1100 South Marietta Parkway, Marietta, GA 30060.

Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for nine-month, tenure track, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor of Nursing faculty positions in the Wellstar School of Nursing that begins August 2024. Rank is determined at the time of hiring and will be commensurate with experience.

Positions report to the Director of the Wellstar School of Nursing. Primary teaching responsibilities will be in undergraduate or graduate classroom and clinical courses. Other responsibilities include participation in ongoing curricular assessment, scholarship and creative activities, and service in departmental, college, and university committees.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Program development expectations
•  Recruitment expectations
• Dissertation/ project /thesis supervision
• Student teaching/clinical supervision
• Advising
• Working with a student success mindset

Teaching assignments will be based on earned degrees and SACSCOC Faculty Credentials Guidelines.

• An earned terminal degree, or the foreign equivalent, in Nursing or Nursing Education (PhD, DNS DNP), Education (EdD) or a related field. Candidates who did not complete a BSN to PhD or BSN to DNP degree, must possess a master's degree in nursing, or the foreign equivalent. BSN to PhD or BSN-DNP graduates are not required to hold a master's degree. 
• An active RN license in Georgia or eligibility for a Georgia nursing license.

The required degree must be earned by start date.

• Prior teaching experience in Adult health, Community health, Psychiatric/Mental health, Parent/child or Women's health nursing and/or Informatics, Skills and Simulation lab.
• Evidence of scholarship and creative activities.
• Prior success in obtaining intramural or extramural funding.
• Experience in a clinical practice.

Review of applications will begin immediately.  For full consideration, please apply by March 15, 2024. 

For questions about this faculty opening, please contact Susan Dyess, [email protected] , 470-578-4786.

For technical support or assistance completing a job application, please contact the Shared Services Center at (877) 251-2644 or [email protected] .

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Per the University System of Georgia background check policy, all final candidates will be required to consent to a criminal background investigation.  Final candidates may be asked to disclose criminal record history during the initial screening process and prior to a conditional offer of employment.  Applicants for positions of trust with screening results which confirm a disqualifying criminal history will be immediately disqualified from employment eligibility.

All applicants are required to include professional references as part of their application process.   Some positions may require additional job-based screenings such as motor vehicle report, credit check, pre-employment drug screening and/or verification of academic credentials.

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