Clinical Instructor - School of Nursing

Clinical Instructor I - School of Nursing Benefits

Training is provided on systems or job-specific software, and tools are available supporting professional and personal development. The benefits package allows you to customize your benefits to meet your current needs, with the ability to adjust them as your priorities change. This includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, 80% tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a retirement program with university contributions of 10% of employee salary.

Also available are health and wellness incentives, as well as access to sports and cultural activities on campus for the family, free gym membership and equipment rentals.

UCA invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, on-campus Clinical Instructor I (faculty) position. Join a collaborative faculty dedicated to student success and clinical excellence in our CCNE-accredited baccalaureate program. More information about the School of Nursing and its program can be found at www.uca.edu/nursing
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This non-tenure track position focuses on teaching didactic, clinical, simulation and laboratory courses. The faculty member will facilitate student learning, engage in scholarship/practice, and provide service at the institutional and professional levels.

• Possess a passion for teaching.
• Articulate and speak authoritatively about the profession and its future direction.
• Demonstrate evidence of interpersonal skills, networking abilities, and intraprofessional and interprofessional collaboration.
• Create an environment that facilitates student learning and the achievement of desired outcomes.
• Strive to improve teaching on an on-going basis.
• Help students integrate the values and behaviors expected of nurses.
• Use a variety of strategies to assess and evaluate student learning.
• Assist with formulating program outcomes and designing curricula that reflect contemporary health care trends.

• Knowledge of the organization and administration of higher education.
• Knowledge of state, federal, and university rules, regulations and procedures.
• Ability to work in a diverse and dynamic environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently with common goals as a part of a team.
• Ability to make sound judgments.
• Effective interpersonal communication, writing, and organizational abilities.
• Civility in all interactions.
• Demonstrate effective follow-up.

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Unencumbered RN license.
• Clinical and/or teaching experience in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and/or Community Health. Candidates with other clinical specialties will be considered.
• Possible workload assignments:
  Health Policy and Informatics.

• MMR (2 vaccines or a positive titer).
• Varicella (2 vaccines at least 28 days apart or positive titer).
• Hepatitis B (2 part series or positive surface antibodies above 10).
• Tdap (must be received within the last 10 years).
• TB (Initial testing: IGRA or TST for persons without documented prior testing, TB disease or latent TB infection. Retesting:
  No annual retest or routine serial testing at any interval after baseline in the absence of a known exposure or ongoing transmission is required).
• Influenza vaccine (annually).
• Current CPR certification BLS from American Health Association.

• Educational preparation as a nurse educator or experience teaching at the baccalaureate level.
• Experience with learning management systems and/or online teaching at the baccalaureate or higher degree.
• Experience with simulation teaching at the baccalaureate level or higher.
• Education or experience in Psychiatric Mental Health and/or Community Health Nursing. Candidates with clinical experience(s) in other nursing areas will be considered.

Licensed as an RN in Arkansas.

08/16/2026

07/14/2026

The University of Central Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. In keeping with its nondiscrimination policy in employment, admissions and other functions and programs, the university considers employees and students on the basis of individual merit and will not discriminate against a person on the basis of gender, race or color, ethnicity, religion, spiritual beliefs, national origin, age, familial status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, disability, political beliefs, intellectual perspective, genetic information, military status, or other factors irrelevant to participation in its programs.