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Director, Program in Nursing Science

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Position description

The University seeks a nursing scholar with internationally recognized research, diverse administrative and leadership skills and experience, and a distinguished academic stature sufficient to be appointed at the level of Professor with tenure. The Program in Nursing Science was launched in 2007, and now includes academic programs that offer a BS, MS, and PhD degree, with plans underway for a UC-wide DNP, a dual MS/MPH, and an entry level MS degree programs. As the leader of the Program in Nursing Science, the Director will work with the faculty to build on existing strengths, to foster creativity and innovation, and to help secure the resources that will move the Program forward to eventual status as a premier School of Nursing.

Key selection criteria will include demonstrated:

• Leadership in promoting the latest intellectual advances in science, particularly in the area of translational science as it relates to nursing research and practice
• Experience and success with external relations/development/fund raising, including the skills/ability to work effectively with the business community and other constituents in resource support development and advancement of the Program
• Faculty leadership and team building, with a proven ability to inspire consensus and develop a culture that is mutually supportive, goal-directed, ambitious, and multi-disciplinary
• Ability to recruit retain an excellent diverse faculty
• Ability to secure extramural funding for research with leadership skills that promote the development of programmatic infrastructure that supports scholarly research
• Commitment to the ongoing development and expansion of exceptional undergraduate and graduate academic programs, including the recruitment of a diverse student population
• Success as an administrator, including staff development, facility/resource management and fiscal leadership.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Research

  • Statement of Teaching

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 letters of reference required