Sessional - Faculty NURS Lab

The School of Nursing, Master of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP) program requires a sessional faculty member to teach the laboratory component of the course NURS 5350:
Clinical Reasoning in Advanced Health Assessment in the Winter 2027 term. The focus of NURS 5350 is on preparing students to integrate clinical reasoning with knowledge and skills required to conduct advanced health assessments with clients from infancy through advanced age and life transitions common to all life stages. MN-NP program details, including course descriptions, can be found at .

Applicants should be experts on the subject matter for this course.

The successful applicant will be the instructor responsible for delivery of the lab component of this course appropriate to the level required for MN-NP students. Experience teaching post-secondary education is an asset. Experience teaching nurse practitioner students is an asset. Experience teaching advanced health assessment and clinical reasoning is an asset.

All lab sessions are offered in person at TRU’s Kamloops campus. The workload allocation for each lab instructor in this course is 2 credits per 8 students. The total lab workload available for is 2 credits. There is a separate teaching contract for the theory portion of this course, which may or may not be the same as laboratory faculty.

QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD (or equivalent) is preferred;

• Master's degree for nurse practitioner (NP) preparation is required;

• Current NP registration in a Canadian jurisdiction in good standing without limits or conditions, and/or eligibility for registration with BCCNM;

• Three (3) years full-time or equivalent in the role of a Nurse Practitioner;

• Evidence of continuous learning in your area of nursing; and

• An understanding of, and experience in, the Canadian healthcare system.