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Part-Time Academic Posting

School of Nursing

POSTING DATE:      July 16, 2018

POSITION:                PART-TIME ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR

TERM:                         September 4, 2018 – December 4, 2018

PAY RATE:                 According to CUPE Collective Agreement

Lecturer for NURS5732.03 - Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice (Sections 01 & 06: Fall term of the academic year 2018-2019)

This course uses an evidence-based conceptual approach to critically and comprehensively examine pathophysiologic phenomena relevant to advanced nursing practice. The phenomena examined are commonly encountered in acute and long-term illnesses, are alterations in function involving multiple body systems, are seen across the boundaries of age, disease entities, and clinical states, and are those for which nurses have a major role in assessing, monitoring, managing, and evaluating. Seminars are framed to systematically and critically examine the impact of these pathophysiologic phenomena on cell function, host defense responses, maintenance of vital functions, and neuro-endocrine-immune responses in individuals and groups across the lifespan.

This is a 3 credit hour course consisting of 3 lecture hours per week on Wednesdays, 14:35 – 17:25, from September 4, 2018 until December 4, 2018. This contract runs from September 1, 2018 through December 21, 2018. The part-time academic instructor reports directly to the Associate Director, Graduate Studies.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Development of teaching and learning activities related to the course
• Delivery and co-ordination of the course
• Assessment and evaluation of student learning
• Use of  the Dalhousie Course Management System for course delivery
• Responding to student queries about coursework
• Attending initial instruction with Instructional Learning Online services
• Participation in course discussions within the program
• Develop and administer examinations
• Submission of grades
• Follow up with students as necessary

QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: The successful candidate must hold a graduate degree in Nursing, be a licensed Nurse Practitioner, with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PhD preferred.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, July 27, 2018 @ 4pm or until position filled.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest, their resume and three references (names) with contact information, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.

Please apply by email to angelika.torres@dal.ca (Ms. Angelika Torres, HR/Finance Assistant, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 3J5; Phone: 494-7807)

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The University encourages applications from Aboriginal people, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. All candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.