UNIV-DNP Program, Family Nurse Practitioner-College of Nursing

Minimum Qualifications:  Earned master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). Candidates should be eligible for South Carolina APRN licensure and hold national certification as an FNP with at least two years of APRN practice experience in primary care or related settings.  Successful candidates will have effective interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills and abilities. Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or the Military Training Network.  An MSN-prepared candidate must enroll in a doctoral (DNP or PhD) program or begin a DNP or PhD program within the first two years of employment.

Preferred qualifications:  The preferred candidate will have an earned DNP or doctoral degree in nursing or a related field, current national board certification as an FNP, and demonstrated evidence of commitment to professional scholarship.  Demonstrated evidence of prior teaching experience, including precepting APRN students and experience with or interest in competency-based education, case-based or problem-based teaching, is ideal, focusing on student-centric learning.  Experience in graduate online teaching methods is preferred. However, the motivated candidate without teaching experience who meets the educational requirements (current board certification and practice as a FNP) will be considered.  

Rank:  Instructor or Above

Formal Accountability:  Reports to the Assistant Dean for Graduate Practice Programs
 

Responsibilities:
a)    Facilitate an asynchronous online teaching and learning environment 
b)    Implement innovative competency-based online teaching strategies
c)    Participate in on-campus DNP program learning intensives on days not in the clinical setting.
d)    Implement curriculum as part of a team and participate in ongoing and annual curriculum reviews and changes that support contemporary trends and requirements in graduate education.
e)    Lead or work on faculty team(s) to develop and modify academic courses to ensure ongoing quality improvement and mapping of the AACN Essentials for Nursing Education. 
f)    Assume the role of Course Coordinator and other duties as assigned 
g)    Maintain communication with course coordinators, faculty colleagues, and administrators 
h)    Engage in professional FNP practice in primary care or a related field as part of the faculty contract, dedicating a minimum of 20% effort (8 hours/week). Clinical responsibilities and practice site arrangements will be established in collaboration with the CON Office of Practice and negotiated with affiliated practice partners.
i)    Precept MUSC CON APRN students in the practice setting
j)    Maintain FNP credentials, licensure, and national certifications required to practice as an FNP
k)    Maintain a record of scholarship through dissemination, presentations, and publications that are consistent with the college appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) guidelines 
l)    Supervise APRN students in clinical settings as clinical faculty, evaluate clinical logs, and communicate with preceptors
m)    Facilitate DNP scholarly project work as assigned
n)    Attend course, program, and college meetings in person or via web-based technology.
o)    Adhere to MUSC College of Nursing policies
p)    Maintain proficiency as an educator and clinician