Job Description

NURSE EDUCATORS

FACULTY OF NURSING

Competition No.

25.05.149

CATEGORY

SALARY

CLOSING DATE

Full-Time Continuing (10.5 Months of Active Period) Commensurate with qualifications and experience. A review of applications will begin May 2025 and continue until a suitable candidate is found.

About Us

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MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton's diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Metis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.



Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

Opportunity

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MacEwan University has a long-standing history of providing quality nursing education that prepares graduates to lead and succeed in nursing practice, and beyond. The Faculty of Nursing includes the Departments of: Nursing Foundations and Science; Mental Health Nursing and Community Wellness, Integrative Nursing Systems and Professional Nursing and Allied Health. Courses delivered within these four (4) departments are affiliated with the Bachelor of Science in Nursing, the Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing, The Bridge to Canadian Nursing and other continuing education credentials and learning experiences. The Faculty of Nursing is a learner centered environment where excellent teaching and clinical expertise are integral to creating a quality learning environment for students.


The Faculty of Nursing invites applications for Nurse Educator appointments, commencing August 2025, subject to final budgetary approval. A Nurse Educator appointment is a recurring-term position for 10.5 months of the year (usually approximately August until May, depending on the courses assigned). Nurse Educator appointments include a benefit package.


You will be primarily responsible for clinical instruction in your area of clinical experience and expertise. Lab instruction may also be assigned. Travel is likely required, and candidates need to meet the requisite skills and abilities of the applicable nursing profession(s). Teaching in clinical settings may also have shift hour requirements, as well as necessary certifications and vaccinations.


You will hold a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing or psychiatric nursing and have a minimum of three (3) years current registered nursing or registered psychiatric nursing experience. A graduate degree in nursing or a related field, and teaching experience is preferred. All areas of clinical expertise, including, but not limited to, mental health, obstetrics, community/public health, acute medical/surgical as well as perioperative nursing, will be considered. Candidates should possess strong practice knowledge and skills; a commitment to the profession of Nursing; potential for excellence in teaching undergraduate nursing students; and an interest in ongoing professional development.


Active unencumbered licensure with the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CRNA) and/or the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta (CRPNA) is required.


Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae/resume, highlighting details of clinical practice experience and expertise, as well as any teaching experience.


Questions about this opportunity may be emailed to Kathy Miller, Department Chair, at

millerk@macewan.ca

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