The School of Nursing is committed to sustaining an inclusive environment that embraces, celebrates and benefits from the uniqueness of each of our community members. This commitment is based on our belief that the dignity of each human being is to be respected and nurtured. We value each individual’s unique attributes, behaviors and values, recognizing that each of us is influenced by our environment, social norms, cultural values, past experiences, religious beliefs and life choices. Since we also believe that human beings exist in relation to one another, the emphasis on community building and celebration of differences serves to strengthen our ties to one another.
Statement of Diversity | Academic Philosophy
DUSON is at the forefront of nursing education, and the recruitment of outstanding individuals to its faculty is paramount to the continued fulfillment of the School's educational priorities and in its mission to advance nursing science and prepare future nursing leaders. We invite the best and brightest educators, practitioners and researchers to consider our faculty opportunities.
The School's Faculty Search Committee considers applications in light of a specific faculty opportunity. All applicants should reference the faculty opportunity (listed below) that she/he is interested in pursuing in their letter of interest.
Director, Center for Nursing Discovery/Simulation Center Faculty Opportunity
The Center for Nursing Discovery (CND) Simulation Center Director is a visionary leader who will lead all educational, research and operational aspects of the CND. The key doctorally-prepared candidate will also maintain a faculty appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or higher, with teaching responsibilities. The administrative faculty position requires 50% effort as CND Director and 50% faculty and scholarly support effort within DUSON. The individual will oversee the student clinical skills, patient simulation and physical assessment labs, research and scholarship for simulation-based education, and CND budget and resources. The responsibility of promoting simulation pedagogy will cross all DUSON academic programs: ABSN, MSN, DNP, and PhD. Additionally, this individual would be responsible for engaging in Interprofessional Education (IPE) opportunities for the CND across the greater Duke University campus. View full job description here. For more information about this position and application instructions click here.
Nursing/Healthcare Informatics Faculty Opportunity
The Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) invites doctorally-prepared candidates with current clinical expertise in Healthcare Informatics and/or large data analysis for a full-time faculty position with teaching and leadership responsibilities within the School’s Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) program. This position assumes a leadership role in preparing program accreditation, managing an Informatics practicum course, and developing strategies for student recruitment. Well-qualified candidates must demonstrate current expertise and experience in developing, implementing and practicing healthcare informatics and innovations in complex systems. Additionally, the ideal candidate has clinical expertise and knowledge of data-management approaches used to address healthcare needs of patients across the lifespan. Candidates should have formal training in either nursing informatics, biomedical informatics or health informatics, and demonstrate scholarly accomplishments including publications of scholarly work. Prior graduate teaching experience is required. This faculty member will be required to teach informatics courses in our Master’s, Certificate, and DNP programs offered year-round in a distance-based format with on-campus intensive sessions. For more information about the Nursing/Healthcare Informatics opportunity and application instructions click here.