Position: Nurse

Type: Maternal/Child (Tenure Track)

Available: September, 2010

Location: Department of Nursing, Romberg Nursing Center 100
California State University, Bakersfield
9001 Stockdale Highway
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1022

Contact: Dr. Kathleen Gilchrist
Search Committee Chair
kgilchrist@csub.edu
www.csub.edu/nursing

Application Deadline: March 31, 2010 (Position open until filled)

Announcement Deletion Date: September 2010

Campus Search Reference Number: Provost’s Office to Enter

Description: Full time position to teach nursing to majors, other teaching assignments will depend upon applicant’s background and departmental needs and will include teaching graduate and undergraduate laboratories/courses for majors; establish research trajectory in Maternal/Child Nursing and scholarly activities in fields of specialization; advise students interested in professionally related programs; supervise student research projects and theses; and provide professionally related service to the university and community. Commitment to work with National Children’s Study Kern County location (0.30 FTE) is required. This study is a 25 year opportunity to participate in ground breaking data gathering, analysis, and dissemination.

Qualifications: A Ph.D. in Nursing or related academic area; the ability to teach courses in related areas of expertise; evidence of reviewed research in the area of Maternal/Child Health and other areas of expertise; and a commitment to a quality nursing education program are required.

Compensation: Commensurate with experience and qualifications. Research opportunity available.

Application: Please submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, official copies of transcripts, a written description of teaching philosophy and research plans, and three letters of recommendation to the contact and location as stated above. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Setting: The Department of Nursing, one of six departments in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, offers a B.S. and M.S in Nursing. It currently has ten tenure-track faculty lines and over 300 active majors. Faculty views the department’s dedication to student success and decreasing the nursing shortage as its strength.

CSUB was founded in 1970 as the 19th campus of the CSU system and currently has an enrollment of more than 7,000 students. The University serves a socially and ethnically diverse population of about 600,000 in an area of 10,000 square miles. The city of Bakersfield (population about 300,000) is located in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Los Angeles, the Pacific Ocean, Mojave Desert and Sierra Nevada are all within 2-1/2 hours drive from campus.

CSUB fosters and appreciates ethnic and cultural diversity among its faculty and students and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty to reflect the diversity of the campus community. Applications from men, ethnic minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities are welcome.