Saint Martin’s University Looking for Assistant Professor – Nursing Full Time

Date of Best Consideration: Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. 

Compensation: $73,000 to $74,000 annually; 9-month contract paid over 12 months

Benefit Package:

• Free/discounted tuition:
  • Free tuition for you and a spouse to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree at SMU
  • Free tuition for dependents to earn a bachelor’s degree at SMU
  • 50% discount for PhD program for you at SMU
• Tuition Exchange: Saint Martin’s is part of three nationwide tuition exchange programs where a dependent could go to a private university and apply for free tuition. There are typically limited seats per institution, but many of our employees have their children on free tuition at private universities across the country.
• Retirement: After 1 year of employment, the university contributes up to 8% of your salary into your 403B retirement account at no extra cost to you. SMU also offer a ROTH option to employees.
• Additional vacation time: Federal and Catholic holidays, including 11 days off from Christmas Eve to New Years
• 3 annual personal days and standard vacation/sick leave
• Health care benefit package:
  • Medical Insurance (3 plans)
  • Dental Insurance (2 plans)
  • Vision Insurance
  • Flexible Spending
  • Critical/Accident & Hospital Supplemental Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Paid Family & Medical Leave
  • Employee & Family Life Insurance
• Free parking
• Access to university sporting events
• Access to university theatre and music performances

Assistant Professor – Nursing

Saint Martin’s University, a private Catholic, Benedictine university located in Western Washington is expanding its BSN nursing program and invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Nursing position to begin in August 2022. 

The Nursing program has undergone significant growth in the past three years, adding a traditional BSN and an LPN to BSN program to established RN to BSN program. The Department of Nursing moved into the 12,000 square foot Bruno and Evelyn Betti Nursing Education Center with new state-of-the art learning labs, classroom and faculty offices in Summer 2020 to accommodate the growth. 

The nursing students in the nursing program are a diverse and consist of both traditional and transfer undergraduate BSN students. In 2021 the nursing program was one of 26 US nursing programs awarded a $2.2 million four-year HRSA Nursing Workforce Diversity grant. The purpose of grant is to increase and assist the number of nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds to become baccalaureate-prepared (Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)) registered nurses (RNs), by providing financial and academic support.

Saint Martin’s University and the College of Arts & Sciences’s Department of Nursing are fully committed to creating an accessible, supportive environment and an experience that recognizes diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and cultural competence as integral components of workplace success.

Applicants whose work incorporates a global perspective of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity in higher education are encouraged to apply.

Faculty Responsibilities

The candidate will be expected to teach pre-licensure BSN, LPN to BSN and RN to BSN students. Candidates with expertise in population health, acute care or chronic disease nursing are encouraged to apply. Teaching of didactic, clinical, and learning labs will be expected depending on faculty expertise. Simulation education experience or willingness to gain simulation training is preferred.

Saint Martin’s University strongly values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), especially as it guides the work of teaching and learning. The university is focused on faculty that can promote equity-focused teaching, mentoring, and community across the university. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the University’s goals in these areas. Contributions might include working on school-community events, mentoring students, building equity-focused partnerships with others across the university, and supporting student communities centered on BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+ students.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have an earned PhD in Nursing, a Doctor of Nursing Practice or EdD with a Nursing Education focus by hire date, and licensed or eligible for an RN license in Washington State.

SAINT MARTIN’S UNIVERSITY

Established in 1895, Saint Martin’s University is the educational mission of Saint Martin’s Abbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, whose members pray, work, and live together on the University campus. The physical beauty of Saint Martin’s 300-acre campus reflects the rich intellectual and spiritual nature of its presence in the Pacific Northwest. 

Essential features of University life are animated by its Benedictine identity and its participation in the centuries-old traditions of Catholic intellectual thought and the search for truth. 

Thus, the University honors students and guides them towards achieving academic excellence. Superior teaching is the expected norm. Rooted in the long tradition of the liberal arts, the University curriculum cultivates creativity and the ability to communicate and pursue ideas; critical thinking and independent inquiry; academic proficiency; the formation of sound ethical judgments; and service to humanity. 

Reflecting the Benedictine virtue of hospitality, the University welcomes and, indeed, seeks students and employees not only from the Pacific Northwest, but also from other parts of the nation and the world at its main and extension campuses. Saint Martin’s treasures persons of all ages, religions, and nationalities as it encourages cognizance of diverse viewpoints and an appreciation of all cultures.

Ranked by Niche as the second (#2) most diverse private college in Washington State in 2020. Saint Martin’s is extremely proud of our student diversity. Our university treasures persons of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, nationalities, orientations, races, and religions. In particular, we know that students educated in an ethnically diverse setting perform better academically and reap greater professional success than their peers from more homogeneous learning environments. We proudly celebrate that our student population is 51% undergraduate and 32% graduate students of color. We are committed to pursuing an employee community that reflects a similar, if not the same percentage.

Therefore, we intentionally encourage and request that members of historically underrepresented groups apply to join this community. All of us, from all backgrounds, are making a commitment to do and be better for our students, faculty, and staff.

For the complete job description and to apply, please visit our website at WorkatSaintMartin’s .

APPLICATION MATERIALS – Please submit the following along with your online application:

Cover letter that includes (a) relevant qualifications, and (b) research and teaching interests,

Curriculum vitae,

Unofficial or official copies of graduate transcript(s),

A statement of teaching philosophy, and

3 letters of recommendation