Lecturer, Skills Lab Coordinator

Academic

Job Category
Faculty Bargaining

Job Title
Lecturer, Skills Lab Coordinator

Department
Faculty tendersglobal.net School of Nursing tendersglobal.net Faculty of Applied Sciences (Elizabeth Saewyc)

Posting End Date
March 1, 2024

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date
Mar 31, 2025

This position is located within a health-care facility, therefore, the successful candidate will be required to provide verification of full vaccination against Covid-19 provided prior to the start date, as required by a provincial health mandate.

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 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 provide service to the University, the School, and to the profession.

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. 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. The expected salary range for this position is $100,000/year to $125,000/year.

Expected start date for this position will be April 1, 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications, including cover letter, CV and names and contact information for three references must be submitted online at http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers-postings/faculty.php . Online applications are accepted until February 29, 2024.

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 . 

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 [email protected].

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-disability/centre-workplace-accessibility]. 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-and-success/].