Nursing Faculty

Title: Nursing Faculty

Agency: Virginia Peninsula Community College

Location: Hampton - 650

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $62,000 - $87,760

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Virginia Peninsula Community College, welcomes applications for a Nursing Faculty member. Founded in 1967, we serve the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg as well as counties of James City and York. We are proud of our award-winning faculty, our nationally accredited and professionally recognized academic and training programs, and strong dual enrollment and early college programs, powerful partnerships, and our student success outcomes.

This college epitomizes its mission to change lives and transform communities.

We are nestled in the backyard of the NASA Langley Research Center, Jefferson Lab, multiple military bases, the Commonwealth’s largest infrastructure project, one of the first residential homes built with 3D printer, and the first U.S. offshore wind energy development in federal waters. Our community is home to a diverse array of homeland defense, and security organizations, the largest nuclear ship and submarine building company in the United States, the Virginia Space Grant Consortium, Colonial Williamsburg, major medical and healthcare institutions, excellent public-school systems, renowned colleges and universities, theme parks, museums, research centers, entrepreneurial incubation labs, fine dining, arts, entertainment, and leisure.

Teaching faculty must provide instruction, support, assessment, and mentorship to Virginia Peninsula Community College’s students. Faculty are required to participate in the mission and community of the college entirely. The primary emphasis shall be on teaching by working with students in classrooms, distant learning, laboratories, individual conferences, and related activities to help the students develop their interests and abilities to the fullest capacity to become better persons, better workers, and better citizens.

Virginia Peninsula seeks faculty to teach a minimum of 15 credit hours/20 contact hours of lecture and laboratory each semester and other instructional loads as assigned, which may include classes at the Hampton or Historic Triangle campus and online classes: day, evening, and weekend classes. Contribute high energy, engagement, creativity, and leadership to the teaching and learning environment.

Design, develop, and assess curriculum. Serve as a faculty mentor for students and contribute to college governance and service. Collaborate in a diverse and collegial organizational culture with high standards for performance. Remain current in the academic discipline and in trends in teaching through professional development, further education, and or scholarship.

To promote the availability of faculty to work with individual students, all full-time faculty members are required to maintain (10) hours per week when they will be available to work with students outside of class meetings. The faculty are expected to be available to work with students on their individual academic and occupational concerns.

Additional activities include committee work, student and community activities, student advising, and professional activities: e.g., discipline-specific initiatives and program and general education assessment.

Performs other duties as assigned

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Two years of clinical nursing practice experience. Current, unrestricted Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health Professions Registered Nurse license or compact designation.

• Can demonstrate a passion for the Professional Nursing (RN) discipline and a commitment/belief that a diverse group of students from various backgrounds and ages, including adult learners, can learn this discipline, thus fulfilling the College’s mission to change lives and empower students to succeed.
• Willingness to adopt an organized Plan of Instruction and use methods to measure student progress toward student learning outcomes fairly.
• Teaching experience with online, hybrid,…