Prospective candidates for faculty positions must hold or be eligible for an unencumbered Arkansas RN license and, if applicable, APRN licensure. Candidates must also agree to a criminal background check and drug screening.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks:
- Health: Medical, Dental, and Vision plans available for staff and family
- Holiday, Vacation, and Sick Leave
- Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
- Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
- Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
- Career Training and Educational Opportunities
- Merchant Discounts
- Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy
Assistant Professor, Nursing Science and Practice Department
Summary of Job Duties:
We are seeking faculty applicants eligible for appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor. The position is a tenure-track, 12-month, full-time faculty position with an academic appointment in the Nursing Science/Practice Department.
Qualifications:
- Ph.D. in nursing or a related field.
- U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, a history of extramurally funded research, a robust publications record, and presentations at scientific conferences are required.
- Evidence of excellent teaching and student mentoring, especially in a PhD program.
- An innovative thought leader with teaching experience in a graduate-level program.
- Evidence of ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
- Demonstrate a scholarly focus in obesity, nutrition/physical activity, geriatrics/gerontology, cancer survivorship, quality of life, social determinants of health, sexual health, cardiovascular health, or health promotion/disease prevention across the life cycle.
- A cross-cutting focus on rural health and health disparities is strongly preferred.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Apply now.
Nursing Undergraduate Faculty
Education Faculty, Full-Time
This is a 12-month, full-time faculty position with the option for non-tenure or tenure-track. The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities primarily within the concept-based Accelerated BSN program in NW Arkansas and engage in the scholarship and service missions of the College of Nursing.
Qualifications:
- Master’s or higher nursing degree required. Doctoral degree, preferred.
- Current unencumbered RN or advanced practice nursing license with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas.
- Two (2) years minimum teaching experience in a baccalaureate nursing program required.
- Experience with simulation or teaching in a concept-based curriculum, desired.
Apply now.
Nursing Graduate Faculty
DNP Nurse Anesthesia Faculty
This is a 12-month, full- or part-time faculty position. The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the DNP CRNA program while also engaging in the scholarship and service mission of the College of Nursing.
Qualifications:
- Doctorally prepared (Ph.D., DNP, DNAP, EdD) in nursing
- Current certification or recertification by the NBCRNA
- Unencumbered RN and APRN license with eligibility for RN and APRN licensure in Arkansas
- Three (3) years of clinical experience as a practicing CRNA
- Teaching experience at the graduate level with ability to teach in all aspects of anesthesia management, preferred
- Demonstration of scholarship related activities (published manuscripts, abstracts at conferences, grant funding), preferred
- Eligibility to practice within the College’s faculty practice plan
- Regional & ultrasound experience, preferred
Applications are now being accepted. Applicant screening will begin immediately and continue until a well-suited candidate is found.