Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs (Clinical Assistant Professor or higher)

The Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing ( MNSON) invites applications for an Assistant Dean of Graduate Clinical Programs. This is a non-tenure track open rank position for appointment at the clinical assistant professor rank or higher based on the applicant's program of scholarship and teaching experience. As Assistant Dean of Graduate Clinical Programs, this is a 50% administrative and 50% teaching/scholarship/service position with 9-month faculty teaching responsibilities and a 12-month administrative contract.

Within the context of the Loyola University Chicago and MNSON missions, visions, values, and strategic initiatives, the Assistant Dean of Graduate Clinical Programs collaborates with the Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and DNP and MSN track directors to promote graduate student learning, professional role preparation, curriculum integrity, and inclusive excellence for the DNP, MSN, and Certificate programs. The Assistant Dean is responsible for the following areas:

Faculty responsibilities:

See Minimum Education and/or Work Experience

Candidates for the Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs will possess:

This salary range is for a nine-month academic appointment. As Assistant Dean for Graduate Clinical Programs, an administrative stipend will be added for a twelve-month service basis. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree; training; field or discipline; budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.

Review of applications will begin in February 2025 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants are asked to submit (1) a cover letter describing interest in and qualifications for the position, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) the names and contact information of three individuals prepared to provide professional references (references will be contacted for finalists only), and (4) an Inclusive Excellence statement addressing past efforts and future plans to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

The Inclusive Excellence Statement Should Address:

Direct applications to: https://www.careers.luc.edu

Inquiries about this position may be directed to the Chairperson of the Search Committee, Alex Nowak, PhD, RN @anowak8@luc.edu.

About the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago's Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing advances the science of nursing and provides a transformative education in the Jesuit Catholic tradition that prepares compassionate, innovative, diverse nurse leaders who provide care for the whole person and partner locally and globally to promote social justice and health for all. Our vision is to be a preeminent leader in transforming the health of persons, families, communities, and populations while promoting social justice, health equity, and quality care for all.

An established leader in nursing education for nearly 90 years, the MNSON is a community of 75 full-time faculty in two departments, 19 staff, and over 1100 students. Programs include a BSN degree with traditional and accelerated tracks, an MSN degree in nursing and healthcare administration, a DNP degree with tracks for preparation in nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, and systems leadership roles, and a PhD in Nursing degree.

The MNSON spans the University's main Lake Shore Campus and Loyola's Health Sciences Campus, which is also home to the Stritch School of Medicine, the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, the Graduate School's biomedical programs, and Loyola's health sciences research enterprise, including the 225,000-square-foot Center for Translational Research and Education.

The MNSON is nationally recognized for nursing education, research, and inclusive excellence. We are proud of these accomplishments and others:

For more information about the School of Nursing, visit: https://www.luc.edu/nursing/

About Loyola University Chicago
Founded in 1870, Loyola University Chicago is the largest of twenty-seven Jesuit colleges and universities (https://ajcunet.edu/) and one of the largest Catholic universities in the United States. Loyola enrolls approximately 17,000 students, including over 11,000 undergraduates, across its three campuses in the Chicago metropolitan area: Lake Shore Campus on Chicago's north side; Water Tower Campus near the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago; and Health Sciences Campus in the western suburb of Maywood. The University has over 1,600 full-time and part-time faculty. It also operates a study abroad center - the John Felice Rome Center ( JFRC) - in Rome, Italy. Loyola offers programs in a variety of disciplines through thirteen schools and colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences (founded in 1870), the School of Law (1908), the Stritch School of Medicine (1909), the School of Social Work (1914), the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (1914), the Graduate School (1915), the Quinlan School of Business (1922), the Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (1935), the School of Education (1969), the School of Communication (2008), Arrupe College (2014) which operates as a two-year college and confers associates degrees, the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health (2019), and the School of Environmental Sustainability (2020).

As one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic universities, Loyola University Chicago fosters a transformative cultural experience that honors diversity, equity, and inclusion. We are committed to not only recruiting, but also retaining a diverse, mission driven workforce and enabling a culture of inclusiveness in an environment that values service excellence, stewardship, personal well-being, and professional development for all of our employees. Loyola University Chicago supports its staff and faculty with a wide array of affordable, comprehensive and competitive benefits centered on health and wellness, financial security, equity, and work-life balance. We actively seek those who wish to join our faculty, staff, and students in a community of diverse opinions, perspectives, and backgrounds supporting our Jesuit mission and striving toward the same goal of being persons for and with others. To learn more about Loyola University Chicago's mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university's focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

The Loyola University Chicago community acknowledges its location on the ancestral homelands of the Council of the Three Fires (the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi tribes) and a place of trade with other tribes, including the Ho-Chunk, Miami, Menominee, Sauk, and Meskwaki. We recognize the tragic legacy of colonization, genocide, and oppression that still impacts Native American lives today. As a Jesuit university, we affirm our commitment to issues of social responsibility and justice. We further recognize our responsibility to understand, teach, and respect the past and present realities of local Native Americans and their continued connection to this land.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity - including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment - is critical to achieving the University's mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically accessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual's record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.