Clinical Asst Professor - Practice Partnership with CRMC

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JOB TITLE:                       

Clinical Assistant Professor- Academic Practice Partnership with Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC)

JOB PURPOSE:   

Shared faculty position in an academic-practice partnership between the University of Wyoming (UW), Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing (FWWSON) and Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC) over a minimum 3-year period of time to enhance patient care outcomes through implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP). The home institution of the faculty member will be the UW Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing. This person will be an employee of UW and will have job duties such as teaching, advising, service, and scholarly practice. They will also meet at least once during the semester with the leadership at CRMC to ensure shared goals that have been identified are being met and to share feedback regarding the partnership. The person will be expected to have 3 hours of on campus office hours per week over 2 days. They will also be expected to be onsite at CRMC 2 days per week. They will be expected to meet with the CRMC Director of Professional Practice and keep them appraised of the number of BSN and higher degree nurses at CRMC and in Cheyenne, assisting the nurses with creating/presenting/publishing evidenced based experiences at CRMC, assisting students at CRMC with evidence-based practice implementation, and infusing evidence-based practices and projects throughout CRMC.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:  

Faculty member responsibilities: The Faculty Member will be an employee of the University of Wyoming, responsible for adhering to all regulations pertaining to FWWSON faculty at the University with job description duties that include: 

Teaching: Serves as faculty in the FWWSON teaching on campus, clinical, or online to ensure students are learning best practice approaches to patient care and application of EBP. Meets teaching expectations of faculty in the FWWSON. Teaching responsibilities include time spent in the classroom, laboratory, or off-campus and telecommunications courses and in immediate preparation for them; maintaining and improving competence in subjects being taught; preparing teaching materials; conferring with students on course materials; directing individual and group studies and practice; reviewing written examinations and papers; supervising independent study projects; and supervising or teaching clinical internships or programs. Maintains 3 hours of on campus office hours/week over days. 

Advising: Academic/career advising for CRMC nurses in FWWSON nursing programs; recruitment of Cheyenne community members and CRMC staff to UW FWWSON programs, including BSN, MS, and DNP. 

Service: Professional service implies the use of academic and professional expertise to serve the profession, the community, the state