ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - NURSING

RECRUITING FOR AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION

The School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver campus invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position. We are particularly interested in applicants with professional expertise and scholarship in pediatrics, cancer nursing, or mental health nursing, but welcome applicants with relevant professional expertise and scholarship in all areas of nursing. The anticipated start date is between January 1 and July 1, 2024.

The School of Nursing at UBC is the oldest university-based nursing program in Canada. We have an international reputation for excellence in research and scholarship, and we value health equity, social justice, and community engagement. We offer a full range of innovative programs, including an intensive upper-division BSN, MN-NP, MSN, MHLP, and PhD degrees. UBC’s Vancouver campus is situated at the tip of Point Grey on the unceded lands of the Musqueam people, surrounded by forest, ocean and mountains. Vancouver is consistently ranked as one of the most diverse cities in Canada, and one of the most livable cities in the world. UBC seeks to recruit and retain a workforce that is representative of Vancouver's diversity, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.

The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent, internationally recognized research program relevant to nursing, to health care practice and/or to policy for people’s health and the future of health care in Canada and beyond. They will teach core and/or elective courses at undergraduate and graduate levels, supervise graduate students (both Masters and PhD), and provide service to the University, the School, and to the profession. Applicants must have earned a PhD in nursing or a related discipline, and be eligible for registration with the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia. Successful candidate will demonstrate or show potential for excellence in research and teaching, and would ideally have prior or current clinical practice experience, either as a nurse, or in practice settings that involve nurses.

Applicants should submit a letter stating their career objectives and suitability for the position, including overview of relevant experience and achievements, approach to teaching, research goals. Please also include a statement on how your experiences and/or knowledge will support the School of Nursing’s commitments to anti-racism, Indigenous cultural safety, equity and inclusion. For information on the University’s and School’s commitments to reducing systemic racism and promoting cultural safety in education and health care, please see http://nursing.ubc.ca/about/anti-racism-committee and http://nursing.ubc.ca/about/indigenous-cultural-safety. For information on the University’s inclusion action plan, see https://equity.ubc.ca/about/inclusion-action-plan/.

Applications, including cover letter, CV, and names and contact information for four references must be submitted online at https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacultyjobs/details/Assistant-Professor_JR12914. Review of applications will begin June 23, 2023. All applications received by June 22, 2023 will receive full consideration.

This advertisement as well as further information about the School is available on the School of Nursing website at http://www.nursing.ubc.ca and information on the employment environment in the Faculty of Applied Science is available at https://apsc.ubc.ca/faculty/career-opportunities. All positions are subject to final budgetary approval.
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all members of its workforce. An inclusive work environment presumes an environment where differences are accepted, recognized and integrated into current structures, planning and decision-making modes. Within this hiring process, we will make efforts to create an inclusive and equitable process for all candidates (including but not limited to people with disabilities). Accommodations are available on request for all candidates taking part in the selection process. To confidentially request accommodations, please contact Rico Choi, Human Resources and Finance Manager, at Rico.Choi@ubc.ca.

To learn more about UBC’s Centre for Workplace Accessibility, please visit their website [https://hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/working-injury-illness-or-disabi…]. To learn more about how the University is working to create a more inclusive working and learning environment, please see the UBC Inclusion Action Plan's goals related to recruitment and retention [https://equity.ubc.ca/about/inclusion-action-plan/recruitment-retention…].

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.