Professor of Nursing (12 Month)

Central Arizona College seeks an innovative, student-centered nursing educator to serve as a full-time, 12-month faculty member in the RN-to-BSN Program. This remote position provides instruction, mentorship, and academic support to registered nurses pursuing baccalaureate education in a fully online learning environment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in online teaching, timely and meaningful student feedback, active engagement in curriculum development, and a commitment to student success. Faculty are expected to contribute to teaching, scholarship, and service while supporting the mission, vision, and values of the Nursing Division and the College.

Position Note: This position is on a 12 month basis

• Teach post-licensure RN-to-BSN nursing courses in an asynchronous online format utilizing evidence-based instructional strategies.
• Facilitate engaging online learning experiences that promote critical thinking, professional growth, and achievement of course outcomes.
• Provide timely, constructive, and meaningful feedback on assignments, discussion boards, projects, presentations, and other student work.
• Maintain a consistent online presence through virtual office hours, email, discussion forums, and other communication methods.
• Mentor and advise students to support admissions, academic success, retention, degree completion, and professional development.
• Foster an inclusive learning environment grounded in nursing values, professional standards, and respect for diverse perspectives.
• Evaluate student performance using a variety of assessment methods and maintain accurate records of student progress.
• Participate in curriculum development, course revision, program assessment, and accreditation-related activities.
• Utilize current educational technology, learning management systems, and online teaching methodologies to enhance student learning.
• Collaborate with faculty, staff, and community partners to strengthen academic-practice relationships and support program initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with college policies, nursing program requirements, and applicable accreditation standards.

Scholarship

The faculty member will:

• Develop academic excellence through practice-relevant inquiry and scholarly activities.
• Maintain expertise in nursing practice, leadership, healthcare systems, and emerging trends impacting baccalaureate nursing education.
• Contribute to scholarship that supports teaching effectiveness, nursing education, healthcare outcomes, or professional practice.

Service
The faculty member will:

• Engage with faculty, administration, students, and community stakeholders in advancing the mission and goals of the Nursing Program.
• Participate in faculty governance, committee work, accreditation processes, and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Support student recruitment, retention, and program advancement initiatives.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION: Graduate degree in Nursing (MSN or higher) from an accredited institution.Doctoral degree (PhD, EdD, DNP, or related field) in Nursing or a healthcare-related discipline is preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Current Arizona license in good standing and three years of experience in clinical nursing with at least two areas of practice or two specialty areas. Experience teaching nursing in an online format. Experience teaching RN to BSN online preferred.

SPECIAL POSITION CONDITIONS: Face-to-face training is required.

• Evidence of teaching experience, clinical practice, healthcare leadership, systems leadership, or equivalent preparation.
• Demonstrated ability to teach effectively in a fully online environment.
• Experience providing feedback, academic coaching, and student support through virtual learning platforms.
• Proficiency with learning management systems, video conferencing platforms, and educational technologies used in online instruction.
• Strong written communication skills and commitment to student-centered learning.

• Current unencumbered Registered Nurse license in Arizona or eligibility to obtain Arizona licensure.
• Reliable internet access and a professional workspace suitable for online instruction, student conferencing, and participation in college meetings and activities.

Background Verification: As a condition of employment, all candidates accepting an offer of employment for a full-time, part- time, temporary, student worker, or volunteer position, will be required to undergo a Background Verification. Employment with Central Arizona College is contingent upon the successful completion of the background verification. The level the background verification for this position is: Standard level.

All applicants must be at least 18 years of age or older to be considered for this position.

• Knowledge of contemporary nursing practice, healthcare systems, leadership, quality improvement, and population health.
• Ability to develop, implement, and evaluate instructional materials for online learning.
• Ability to promote student engagement, retention, and academic success in a virtual environment.
• Proficiency in educational technologies, including learning management systems, video conferencing, online assessment tools, and collaborative platforms.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with faculty, staff, and administration.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in nursing education.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Duties require some physical effort. Duties performed cause light fatigue of eyes, fingers, or other facilities due to long periods of standing, sitting, and repetitive motion. Duties require little physical effort in work with light to moderate (up to 20lbs) easy to handle materials.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

Significant Level Interpersonal Skills - Position engages in or requires some or all of the following: Develops, motivates, assesses, conducts performance reviews, and rewards other employees; Has significantly high interactions with student, program participants, and/or the public; Provides in depth counseling; Teaches in an open-classroom environment where students are free to confront concepts and question theories; Works with highly confidential information; and/or Interacts on a regular basis with high profile individuals where interactions require well-developed understanding of human behavior and the ability to apply those skills in situations where the outcome is unpredictable. 

WORKING CONDITIONS: 

Job is performed in general office or comparable working area with occasional distractions such as noise, interruptions, or congested work areas with exposure to some disagreeable elements. Some tasks require exposure to external elements. Travel is required.

CAC is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination. CAC strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination on the basis of the following protected classes and/or characteristics, in all of its operations, programs and activities, including but not limited to employment, promotion, admissions and access to all career and technical programs: race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. For more information contact: Laura Shepherd, Title IX Coordinator at 520-494-5106 or [email protected]; Section 504/ADA Coordinator at [email protected] or Human Resources at [email protected].

Important Notice: As a condition of employment, all full time Central Arizona College employee’s automatically become members of the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). This is a pension system that requires mandatory contributions from the employee with a matching contribution from the employer. The 26-27 fiscal year contribution rate is 11.98%. Please note this rate is subject to change on a fiscal year basis. Membership to ASRS is a condition of employment and is not optional unless you are at least 65 years of age and meet the opt out eligibility requirements, or are a retiree from ASRS . Please consider this when applying for this position.

We acknowledge that our institution, Central Arizona College, occupies ancestral lands of the Huhugam, who lived and farmed along the Gila River Basin centuries ago. We thank the Native communities and descendants of these Indigenous people whose stewardship of the land and waterways allows us to be here now: the San Carlos Apache Tribe, Tohono O’odham Nation, Ak-Chin Indian Community,?and the Gila River Indian Community, which is comprised of the Akimel O’otham (Pima) and the Pee-Posh (Maricopa) tribes. Indigenous people from other Native nations also reside in Pinal County. Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized Tribes. All have made innumerable contributions to our region.??