Assistant Professor of Nursing- Psychiatric Nursing

Berea College is accepting applications for a full-time three-year appointment to begin August, 2013.  This nine-month teaching position offers an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse educator to help shape the future of Berea College’s baccalaureate nursing program.  Berea College has been educating nurses since 1889, and its Nursing Program founded in 1898, has been cited as the oldest nursing program west of the Allegany Mountains.

Qualifications for appointment as an Assistant Professor include at minimum a master’s degree in nursing with advanced practice certification (earned doctorate in nursing or related field preferred) and 3 – 5 years of recent experience in undergraduate nursing education.  Successful candidates must have or be able to obtain an unrestricted Registered Nurse license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.   Rank and salary are commensurate with education and experience.

Clinical expertise and teaching experience are required for teaching Psychiatric Nursing.   Additional courses assigned will be based on qualifications and experience.

Successful candidates will be committed to full-time faculty work, which includes both didactic and clinical instruction, academic advising and mentoring of students, curriculum development, and active participation in program committees.   Please send application letter including a current C.V., transcripts, a statement of teaching philosophy, and three letters of reference to Carol Kirby, Chief Nurse Program Administrator, at kirbyc@berea.edu. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2012, and continue until the position is filled.

Berea College, in light of its mission in the tradition of impartial love and social equality, welcomes all people of the earth to learn and work here.