Friday, September 03, 2010

JOBS: University of Washington, School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial & Community Health

JOBS:  University of Washington, School of Nursing, Department of Psychosocial & Community Health

The Department of Psychosocial & Community Health invites applications and nominations for:

Assistant Professor for two open full time (100% FTE) tenure-eligible positions for a service period of 9 months per year.  Experience is desired in research, clinical practice and/or teaching.  Essential to have a strong commitment to research with the potential to establish and maintain a funded line of scientific study, publish in nationally recognized journals and/or teach related courses.  Mentoring and other resources are available to support career development.

 

Assistant Professor position - Psychiatric nursing with a specialty in geriatric mental health (AA#2609)Research is an important element of our work to promote mental and physical health and minimize psychiatric disability.

Qualifications:

-PhD in Nursing or related discipline

-Registered Nurse (RN) license required

-ANCC certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in Adult or Family or eligible for ANCC certification.

 

Assistant Professor position - Community health nursing (AA#2610):

The department is especially interested in candidates with the following areas of research interest: underserved/understudied populations, health equity, health policy, chronic conditions, aging, global health, environmental health, community-focused prevention science and research, public health informatics, translational research, and evaluation research.

Qualifications:

-PhD in Nursing or related discipline.

-Registered Nurse (RN) license required.

 

Department of Psychosocial & Community Health (PCH)

PCH represents a multicultural faculty and strongly encourages applications from diverse candidates.

The department engages in collaborative endeavors across three specialty areas:  Psychosocial Nursing, Community Health and Primary Care.  PCH promotes the advancement of nursing science within an interdisciplinary context focusing particularly on social and health disparities, psycho-socio-cultural aspects of health, health care, cross-cultural and global health issues.  PCH participates in community relationships to facilitate blending practice and research interests.

 

The University of Washington School of Nursing is one of the highest ranked nursing schools in the country for both research and teaching.  Please visit the School of Nursing website:  http://www.son.washington.edu for additional information.

 

Applications are currently being accepted and will continue until the position is filled.  Please send letter of interest and CV, preferably by email, in strict confidence to:

 

Drs. Karen Schepp and Rebecca Logsdon, Faculty Search Committee Co-Chairs
Department of Psychosocial & Community Health, School of Nursing, Box 357263, University of Washington

Seattle, WA  98195-7263, Email:  pchapps@uw.edu

 

The University of Washington is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer.  This position is contingent upon available funding.