Lecturer, Skills Lab Coordinator (March, 2022)

Job Description

The School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus, invites applications for one full time non-tenure track faculty at the Lecturer rank with expertise in nursing clinical skills lab and simulation education to serve as the Skill Lab Coordinator for the School.  The initial appointment will be for a one year term with the possibility of reappointment subject to demonstrated excellence in teaching and funding availability. The position is subject to budgetary approval. The successful candidate will be involved in teaching, course planning, laboratory teaching, orienting and guiding clinical instructors supporting the lab sections, collaborating with the simulation coordinator and the skills lab technicians to manage equipment inventory, supervising lab technicians in setting up and maintaining equipment, as well as contributing to administrative service in the School.

The School of Nursing at UBC was the first in Canada to offer a university nursing degree program, and has a proud tradition of excellence in undergraduate and graduate nursing education. We are committed to advanced professional practice, scholarship and research. We offer a full range of innovative and exciting programs, including an intensive upper-division basic baccalaureate program. The UBC School of Nursing has active affiliations with a wide variety of clinical practice agency and research partners. UBC is among Canada’s top-ranked research-intensive universities, offering programs in a full range of health disciplines and creating a dynamic interdisciplinary scholarly community.

Successful applicants will be currently credentialed and active Registered Nurses holding registration with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), and have a Master’s degree in nursing (PhD preferred). They will have clinical experience in acute care settings (medical-surgical experience required, with additional experience in perinatal, pediatrics, emergency, or ICU nursing preferred); experience teaching nursing students in an academic setting or direct clinical supervision in practice, especially experience in teaching clinical nursing skills, whether in health settings as a clinical educator or in academic settings; simulation teaching experience would be a plus. Ideally, they will have experience in group learning facilitation, laboratory instruction, course administration, as well as supervision or mentoring of nurses or clinical instructors.

Salary will be commensurate with level of educational preparation and experience.

Expected start date for this position will be May 1, 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications, including cover letter, CV and names and contact information for three references must be submitted online at https://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php.   Online applications are accepted until March 20, 2022.

This advertisement as well as further information about the School is available on the School of Nursing website at https://www.nursing.ubc.ca and information on the employment environment in the Faculty of Applied Science is available at https://www.apsc.ubc.ca/careers.