Assistant Professor in Nursing

**Job description**

Job Duties and Tasks:
**1) **Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

**2) **Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate and/or graduate students on topics such as pharmacology, mental health nursing, and community health care practices.

**3) **Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.

**4) **Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.

**5) **Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work.

**6) **Evaluate and grade students class work, laboratory and clinic work, assignments, and papers.

**7) **Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.

**8) **Assess clinical education needs, and patient and client teaching needs, utilizing a variety of methods.

**9) **Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.

**10) **Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.

**11) **Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.

**12) **Maintain regularly scheduled office hours in order to advise and assist students.

**13) **Supervise undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.

**14) **Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge, and publish findings in professional journals, books, and/or electronic media.

**15) **Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.

**16) **Coordinate training programs with area universities, clinics, hospitals, health agencies, and/or vocational schools.

Job Activities

**2) Getting Information** -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

**3) Assisting and Caring for Others** -- Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

**4) Training and Teaching Others** -- Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.

**6) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships** -- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

**7) Interacting with Computers** -- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

**8) Coaching and Developing Others** -- Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.

**9) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events** -- Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

**10) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work** -- Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

**11) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards** -- Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

**12) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People** -- Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

**13) Making Decisions and Solving Problems** -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

**15) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others** -- Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

**16) Analyzing Data or Information** -- Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

**17) Developing Objectives and Strategies** -- Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

**18) Documenting/Recording Information** -- Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

**19) Processing Information** -- Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

**20) Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others** -- Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

**21) Scheduling Work and Activities** -- Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

**22) Developing and Building Teams** -- Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

**23) Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others** -- Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

**24) Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates** -- Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting per