Assistant Professor

The College of Nursing Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Department at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Tennessee, is seeking a full-time non-tenure track Assistant Professor. This faculty position will be responsible for the coordination and teaching within the DNP Program: Psychiatric-Mental Health Concentration. The UT Health Science Center embraces four missions: education, research, clinical care, and institutional service.

Teaching responsibilities include both didactic coursework and experiential supervision of students. Responsibilities include education along with service, leadership, scholarship, and practice/clinical care. There may be teaching responsibilities outside PMH DNP Concentration. Research/scholarship activities, clinical practice, as well as service responsibilities will be determined in collaboration with the Department Chair.

EDUCATION: Doctoral Degree from an accredited university required.

EXPERIENCE: Two or more years of substantive clinical practice expertise as an advanced practice nurse in psychiatric-mental health nursing is required.

LICENSES: Certification/recertification as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner required. Unencumbered licensure as a registered nurse and advanced practice nurse in Tennessee or eligibility to obtain licensure in Tennessee required.

DEPARTMENTAL PREFERENCES: Prior clinical and didactic teaching experience is highly desirable. Expertise in clinical teaching and active engagement in appropriate professional organizations is highly desirable. Evidence of scholarship, including research and/or grants is desirable. Previous leadership experience and active engagement in appropriate professional organizations is highly desired.

Applicants should attach curriculum vitae and photocopies of transcripts to application.

If you need additional information about this position, please contact:

Mona Newsome Wicks, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN, Professor and Chair

Email: or call

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THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a statewide flagship, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering collaborative education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UT Health Science Center contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT's doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges - Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UT Health Science Center spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UT Health Science Center is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state's largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley's Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.