Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program; Specialty Director & Faculty Member

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program (Specialty) Director & Faculty Member

Rutgers School of Nursing invites applications for an inspiring and innovative leader to serve as Director of our Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. In this hybrid academic/administrative role, the successful candidate will oversee direction and management of the program, collaborate with colleagues, model high standards of clinical practice, teaching excellence, and scholarship, and actively participate in professional organizations and faculty governance.

The position is primarily in the graduate program but the candidate may teach across programs.

• Provide vision and academic leadership of the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program.
• Facilitate student recruitment, advisement, progression, and remediation.
• Lead, plan, implement, revise, and evaluate curricula to meet and exceed accreditation standards of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN).
• Maintain all program accreditation documents including written reports.
• Perform formative and summative student and program outcome evaluation including certification pass rates.
• Assist in recruitment and ongoing advisement of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care students.
• Develop clinical partnerships, evaluate clinical sites/preceptors, and secure and provide oversight for student clinical placement process.
• Develop and teach didactic and clinical courses.
• Advise and chair student DNP projects.
• Help recruit and mentor new faculty.
• Maintain an active clinical practice as an Acute Care APRN (may be part of teaching workload).

• Doctoral degree (DNP, PhD, EdD, or other).
• Current acute care clinical experience.
• Experience in higher education and a commitment to teaching excellence.

• Experience in academic administration/leadership.
• Experience in high-fidelity simulation.
• Scholarship (publications, national presentations, grant funding) and active participation in community and/or professional organizations.

• Current licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse and APRN in New Jersey.
• Board Certification as an Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (or an Adult ACNP who graduated before 2011 consensus model for curricular changes).

• Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage.
• Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs.
• Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax‑deferred savings options.
• Employee and dependent educational benefits.

A range of $110,000 - $150,000.

Newark, NJ (Campus: Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences – RBHS).

Open Date: 02/05/2026
Close Date:
Not specified.

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