Prospective candidates 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
Nursing Undergraduate Faculty
Education Faculty
This is a 12-month, full-time faculty position with the option for non-tenure or 1 – tenure-track. The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the undergraduate and graduate programs and engage in the scholarship and service missions of the College of Nursing.
Qualifications:
- Master’s or higher nursing degree required. A doctoral degree is preferred.
- Current unencumbered RN or advanced practice nursing license with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas.
- Three (3) years minimum teaching experience in a baccalaureate nursing program is preferred.
- Recent ICU/Trauma experience preferred.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Clinical Instructor NWA A-BSN
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 is preferred.
- Experience with simulation or teaching in a concept-based curriculum, is desired. APPLY NOW
Nursing Graduate Faculty
Assistant Professor – Practice FNP/PMH
This is a 12-month, full- or part-time faculty position. The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the DNP and MNSc programs while also engaging in the scholarship and service mission of the College of Nursing.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in nursing. Terminal degree (Ph.D. or DNP) in nursing, preferred
- Unencumbered license as a certified registered nurse with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas; APRN licensure, current certification in FNP or PMH specialty, and prescriptive authority
- Two (2) years teaching experience at the graduate level, preferred
- Demonstration of scholarship related activities (published manuscripts, abstracts at conferences, grant funding), preferred
- Eligibility to practice within the College’s faculty practice plan
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Applications are now being accepted. APPLY NOW
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. APPLY NOW
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 the 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. APPLY NOW
Clinic Instructor – Practice AGACNP-BC
This is a 12-month, full-time faculty position. The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the DNP and MNSc programs while also engaging in the scholarship and service mission of the College of Nursing.
Qualifications:
- Terminal degree (DNP or Ph.D.) in nursing, is required.
- Unencumbered license as a certified registered nurse with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas; APRN licensure, current national certification as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP-BC), and current prescriptive authority.
- One (1) year APRN practice experience with expertise in the management of adults across the lifespan in a hospital or specialty clinical setting.
- One (1) year teaching experience at the graduate level, is preferred.
- Two years serving as a preceptor for APRN students.
- Demonstration of scholarship related activities (published manuscripts, presentation of abstracts and/or posters at conferences, grant funding), preferred.
- Eligibility to practice within the College’s faculty practice plan.
Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. APPLY NOW
Nursing Science Research Faculty
Nursing Science Faculty
We are seeking to recruit an individual at the Assistant, Associate, or full Professor level to an academic appointment as a Nursing Scientist in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This is a tenure-track, 12-month, full-time faculty position.
Qualifications:
- Applicants must hold a PhD in nursing or a related field. If the doctoral degree is not in nursing, then a master’s degree in nursing is also required.
- Candidates must hold an unencumbered RN or advanced practice nursing license with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas.
- Other required qualifications include teaching experience in a nursing program, with graduate-level teaching experience preferred.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, a robust publications record, presentations at scientific conferences, and evidence of extramural grant funding are required.
- The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the Graduate Program and pursue a program of funded research. Evidence of an existing program of research is desired.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate a scholarly focus in oncology, gerontology, pediatrics/adolescent health, psychiatric mental health, or genetics/genomics.
- 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 Science Faculty
We are seeking to recruit an individual at the Assistant, Associate, or full Professor level to an academic appointment as a Nursing Scientist in the College of Nursing at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. This is a tenure-track, 12-month, full-time faculty position.
Qualifications:
- Applicants must hold a PhD in nursing or a related field. If the doctoral degree is not in nursing, then a master’s degree in nursing is also required.
- Candidates must hold an unencumbered RN or advanced practice nursing license with eligibility for licensure in Arkansas.
- Other required qualifications include teaching experience in a nursing program, with graduate-level teaching experience preferred.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, a robust publications record, presentations at scientific conferences, and evidence of extramural grant funding are required.
- The candidate will assume teaching responsibilities within the Graduate Program and pursue a program of funded research. Evidence of an existing program of research is desired.
- The successful candidate will demonstrate a scholarly focus in oncology, gerontology, pediatrics/adolescent health, psychiatric mental health, or genetics/genomics.
- 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