Bozeman
Faculty Position
Vacancy Announcement
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Montana State University Bozeman Faculty Position Vacancy Announcement |
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| Search Number | 7431-2 | ||||||||||
| Starting Date | August 16, 2008 | ||||||||||
| Salary | Salaries are competitive according to AACN faculty salary information. | ||||||||||
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Departmental Information |
Montana State University-Bozeman is a comprehensive, land grant university with approximately 12,000 students in its baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs. The College of Nursing is the oldest state institution offering nursing education in Montana and the only Montana institution offering a master of nursing degree. The MSU College of Nursing, accredited by CCNE, has been educating nursing students since 1937. The baccalaureate program is offered on four campuses throughout the state: Bozeman, Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula with an additional site in Kalispell. Unique opportunities exist within both the undergraduate and graduate programs to recruit and work with Native American students and their communities. Students access graduate courses through teleconference, web-based courses, and interactive video. The College's graduate degree program currently focuses on the preparation of family nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists with an adult acute and chronic care option. The College has been nationally recognized in the areas of rural nursing practice, theory development, research, and preparation of health care providers to serve rural states. | ||||||||||
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Duties and Responsibilities |
Currently, the College is seeking faculty eligible for tenure track positions, beginning fall semester of the 2008-2009 academic year. The following interest areas are preferred: a.) Billings campus - medical surgical or maternal child nursing and b.) Great Falls campus acute care medical surgical nursing. Faculty members have opportunities for teaching in both the undergraduate community-based curriculum and graduate programs. Tenured/tenure track faculty members are expected to establish a focused program of research and to successfully seek extramural funding. Research efforts are supported through the College of Nursing Office of Research and Scholarship, workload adjustment, and a small block grant program. All members of the faculty are expected to engage in professional/college/university service and to provide nursing leadership in Montana and beyond through active participation in professional nursing organizations. | ||||||||||
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Required Qualifications |
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Preferred Qualifications |
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The Successful Candidate Will |
be able to work successfully in a collaborative environment. | ||||||||||
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Application Procedure |
Screening of applications will begin on November 1, 2007 and
continue until positions are filled. Applications should include:
(1) a letter addressing each of the required and preferred
qualifications in the order listed above, (2) a complete
curriculum vitae including relevant course work, skills and
teaching experience, and (3) the names, addresses, phone numbers
and e-mail addresses (if available) of three professional
references and (4) copies of transcripts. E-mail or computer disk
applications are acceptable. Electronic submittals must be
followed with a signed cover letter/letter of application to be
mailed to the address listed below. Send application materials
to:
Montana State University College of Nursing | ||||||||||