Assistant Professor of Nursing

Job Details

The Department of Nursing at Texas Lutheran University invites applications for a tenure-track professorship in nursing. We seek faculty members with outstanding qualifications who share the University’s core values of high standards of excellence in innovative and collaborative research and demonstrate a commitment to health equity in education. The successful candidate will teach both core and research courses, integrate interdisciplinary approaches, promote empirical research in leadership and Nursing. This position is for a 9-month appointment with 12 credit load hours per semester anticipated to begin in Fall 2026 for the Seguin campus location.

Required Qualifications

• Terminal degree in nursing or related field (Doctoral candidates with appropriate assurances of completion date may be considered) and an earned Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Hold a current unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse in the State of Texas
• Evidence of at least two years of clinical expertise in public/community health, leadership, mental health/psychiatric nursing, obstetrical, and/or medical-surgical nursing to inform teaching, curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation.

Responsibilities include:

• Deliver high-quality instruction in accelerated courses using evidence-based pedagogy, simulation, and inclusive teaching practices.
• Evaluate student achievement of competencies; provide timely, developmental feedback and document outcomes.
• Lead and sustain clinical partnerships; support preceptors and evaluate site quality to ensure clinical outcomes.
• Mentor student capstone and quality improvement projects; ensure ethical and IRB compliance; support dissemination.
• Advance a focused scholarship agenda; publish and pursue internal or external funding.
• Contribute to curriculum design, program assessment, and accreditation; implement continuous quality improvement.
• Serve in shared governance within nursing and across the university through committee work and service.