**This position is Open until Filled** Priority Review 1/15/2027 South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) invites applications for a
full-time, tenure-track Nursing Professor to begin in the 2027-2028 academic year. The position offers a 177-day contract with a total annual salary of
$81,275. This includes a $6,400 high-demand stipend. Additionally, you will receive a stipend of $9,000 for a 6-week spring term, to be paid under a separate contract.
The
Nursing Professor will:
- Place student success at the center of all decision-making.
- Engage with students, faculty, staff, and administrators to create a community of learners.
- Seek opportunities for teaching and learning excellence.
- Embrace change, risk-taking, and innovation.
- Respect the richness of others' diverse cultural values, beliefs, and practices.
- Contribute to the technical and general education of students who will apply their learning to the world of work and transfer their education to a university.
- Demonstrate commitment to reducing economic and learning barriers for students.
- Demonstrate competence and sensitivity in working at South Puget Sound Community College, in which students, faculty, and staff are broadly diverse with regard to many facets of identity, including but not limited to gender, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
What You'll Do Faculty members will work with other faculty, staff, and administrators to: - Create and facilitate contextualized and integrated learning experiences in Nursing in relation to identified college pathways that are linked to career goals.
- Create authentic assessments of students¿ knowledge, skills, and abilities in Nursing that measure course, program, and college-wide outcomes.
- Apply multiple teaching and learning strategies that promote the effective, cognitive, and kinesthetic domains of learning.
- Provide online, hybrid, and face-to-face learning that utilizes a learning management system.
- Use local, state, and national data and analytics to continuously improve strategies for student success.
- Mentor students regarding academic pathways and the courses needed to reach each student's academic goals.
- Use a wide range of learning resources, tools, and technologies to improve access and student success in higher education.
- Serve on committees that support the shared governance of the college.
- Strategic and operational planning to meet standards for improvement set by the Revised Code of Washington, the Washington Board of Nursing, and the National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation.
- Collection and analysis of local, regional, and national data relevant to nursing education and student professional success.
Qualifications You Possess Minimum Qualifications: - Master's degree in nursing from an accredited college or university.
- Individuals with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited college or university and enrolled in a master's degree program are encouraged to apply, but a master's degree in nursing is required prior to the award of tenure.
- Current unrestricted license to practice as a registered nurse in Washington upon hire.
- Three years of clinical experience.
- Demonstrate success in working collaboratively with other individuals, teams, committees, and departments.
- Meet clinical agency requirements, which may include, but are not limited to, background clearance and immunizations.
- American Heart BLS Health Care Provider Cardholder or willing to obtain prior to the first day of classes.
- Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE) certification or willingness to obtain within three years.
- Demonstrated experience or participation with people from diverse backgrounds such as sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, language, gender, age, socioeconomic status, physical abilities, and learning abilities, and a commitment to an inclusive and equitable working/learning environment.
To Apply Applications must be completed online and include the following attachments: - Cover letter addressed to the Screening Committee, highlighting your ability to perform the responsibilities and competencies described in the job posting.
Include the answers to the questions below in your cover letter:
- Provide examples of how you have supported diverse student (work) groups both personally and academically (in workforce), to ensure they feel welcomed, valued, and have access to the resources they may need to succeed.
- How do you approach situations where you feel your interests, or the interests of your colleagues or students, are not adequately represented? Current resume/CV that shows all educational and professional experience and demonstrates how you meet the minimum and any preferred qualifications.
- Current resume/CV that shows all educational and professional experience and demonstrates how you meet the minimum and any preferred qualifications.
- Upload unofficial transcripts
Veterans Preference Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and wish to claim Veterans Preference should redact their personally identifiable information from a copy of their United States Department of Veterans Affairs honorable discharge documentation and email it to
sbutler-hill@spscc.edu with the job number for which they are applying in the subject line.
Background Check Condition of Employment Employment with the college is contingent upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background check. Any adverse information will be considered on a case-by-case basis and does not automatically preclude a candidate from employment.
Bargaining Unit This position has been designated as a bargaining unit position represented by the South Puget Sound Federation of Teachers, AFT/AFL-CIO, Local 4603.
Benefit Information A benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long-term disability, retirement, and optional deferred compensation programs. For health benefit information, go to Washington Health Care Authority .
COMPENSATION Your paycheck is part of your total compensation package, with a benefits package worth about 30% of your salary.
SICK LEAVE This position will accrue 7 hours of sick leave per month.
For more benefits information, please visit our Employee Benefits website.
