"Clinical Assistant Professor | College of Nursing | WSU Spokane"

The Opportunity:

Washington State University and the College of Nursing invite applications for a full-time, clinical track clinician, scholar and educator who holds a current certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). You will serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing on our Spokane, WA campus.  Anticipated start date is August 1, 2026.

Some of your duties and responsibilities will include:

• Teaching doctoral, masters, and/or undergraduate students.
• Advising undergraduate and/or graduate students.
• Serving as a clinical faculty evaluator with FNP students in their clinical settings.
• Maintaining an ongoing program of clinical scholarship.
• Disseminating scholarly findings.
• Serving on graduate student committees.
• Providing service to the department, College of Nursing, and university communities as well as the nursing profession.
• Engaging with healthcare agencies to develop partnerships for FNP clinical placement opportunities.

A portion of the faculty workload for this position may include providing clinical practice in one of our collaborating community clinics. This component supports our commitment to strengthening academic–practice partnerships, expanding access to high‑quality care, and ensuring that faculty maintain active engagement in contemporary clinical environments. Specific clinical opportunities will be aligned with your area of expertise and finalized in coordination with the community partner and the College of Nursing.

Additional Information:

This is a full-time (100% FTE), fixed-term, career-track faculty position. This position is overtime exempt.

Annual 9-month Academic Salary: $92,063.31

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate’s current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation and optional supplemental retirement accounts. For a more detailed summary of benefits offered by WSU for Faculty please review the summary of benefits for WSU Faculty and Total Compensation.

Required Qualifications:

• A DNP or PhD by date of hire.
• National certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) and at least two years of full-time clinical practice as a family nurse practitioner.
• Meet eligibility requirements for RN licensure and ARNP licensure with prescriptive authority in Washington State and Oregon, if not already licensed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in teaching didactic and clinical courses and advising graduate and/or undergraduate nursing students.
• Experience with technology assisted education modalities.
• Demonstrate ability to utilize practice-based research studies to address salient nursing and health care issues.
• Interdisciplinary/interprofessional collaboration in practice and/or education.
• Current in their clinical practice.
• Experience as a preceptor for FNP students.

Position Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for work visa sponsorship.

About the College of Nursing - https://nursing.wsu.edu/

The College of Nursing program at Washington State University offers an RN to BSN completion program, a Master of Nursing (MN) program with tracks in Organizational Systems and Leadership and Nursing Education, and a DNP program with specialization as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

Area/College: College of Nursing
Department Name: Advanced Practice and Community Based Care Department
Location: Spokane, WA

Application Instructions:

Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

1. A cover letter discussing education and experience as related to the required and preferred qualifications, as well as a response to the following prompt:  As a land-grant university, we have a commitment to ensure access and opportunity in all aspects of our work. The successful candidate for this faculty position will have the experiences, knowledge, and skills to build their research/scholarship/creative practice, pedagogy, curriculum, and service in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Using the job announcement for this position, please list and explain up to three areas of responsibility you see as related to fulfilling this mission.
2. Resume/CV
3. Professional reference contact information (e.g. names, addresses, and contact information of at least four references who can address your history of and potential for excellence in teaching and service) will be requested later in the recruitment process through Workday. Letters may be requested at a later time.

Please note: Finalist(s) will be asked to provide official transcripts by the time of hire.

External candidates, upload all documents in the “Application Document” section of your application.
Current WSU Employees (internal candidates), before starting your Workday application, please use these instructions to update your education and experience in your worker profile in Workday. Internal candidates, upload all documents in the “Resume/Cover Letter” section of your application.

Documents may be submitted as one file or separate files. Applicants are encouraged to upload as a PDF, if possible.