Assistant/Associate Professor, Nursing - Critical Care/Adult Health (9 Mo, TT)
Assistant/Associate Professor
Critical Care/Adult Health Nursing
(9-month, Tenure Track)
Samford University’s Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing invites individuals interested in serving in a Christian university environment to submit an application for a full-time, nine-month faculty position. The successful candidate will be appointed as a tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor, depending upon experience and qualifications. Responsibilities as a faculty member include teaching, scholarly activity, and service. The individual hired in this position will be responsible for classroom teaching, clinical supervision, and simulation of undergraduate nursing students in courses with critical care or adult health content. The position may be associated with two or more courses each semester depending on need. The person filling this position must be willing to work days, evenings, and occasional weekends as need dictates.
Qualified candidates will hold a doctoral degree in nursing from a CCNE, CNEA, or ACEN accredited school of nursing, hold an unencumbered RN license in the state of Alabama and have a clear background check. Candidates must have a minimum of five years of critical care or adult health clinical practice experience within the last 10 years. Previous teaching experience, including clinical supervision of undergraduate students is preferred.
The College of Health Sciences is an innovative initiative for Samford University. The college includes four schools: Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, School of Health Professions and School of Public Health. The college offers multiple degree programs and majors within the health sciences with an interprofessional education focus that reflects today’s team approach to health care delivery and professional practice. The college affords faculty special opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Samford University (samford.edu) is a leading nationally ranked Christian University. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th oldest institution in the U.S. and the largest privately supported and fully accredited institution for higher learning in Alabama. Located in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Homewood, with 425 full-time faculty and more than 6,100 students representing 45 states and 16 countries, Samford is ranked #2 in the nation for student character development and #8 in the nation for the quality of career preparation provided to students as listed in The Wall Street Journal (2025). The University is dedicated to the promotion of rigorous academic inquiry in a Christian setting. The University seeks and prefers employee applicants of the Christian faith and offers competitive salaries with a generous benefits package. Samford University and the Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing embrace diversity in their faculty, students, and staff and encourage applications from those who would add to the diversity of our academic community.
Review of applications will begin November 5, 2024 and applications will be accepted until December 5, 2024. Please submit (combined into one PDF) a cover letter, application for faculty position, curriculum vita with names and contact information of three references, application for faculty position, and faculty applicant Christian mission statement. Salary and rank are dependent upon qualifications, clinical experience, previous experience as a nurse educator or in providing clinical oversight of students in the clinical arena. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States, as Samford will not sponsor any employment visas for this position.
Materials should be sent to
Subject line: Critical Care/Adult Health Nursing, TT
“Application for Faculty Position” can be found at:
(https://www.samford.edu/departments/files/Human_Resources/application-for-faculty-employment.pdf)
“Faculty Applicant Christian Mission Statement” can be found at:
