Summary: The Blair College of Health at Queens University of Charlotte invites applications for an adjunct (part-time) faculty position in Presbyterian School of Nursing, beginning August 2025. The Adjunct Clinical Nursing Instructor is responsible for providing clinical instruction and supervision to nursing students in various healthcare settings. This role supports students in applying theoretical knowledge to real-world nursing practice while fostering the development of critical thinking, clinical judgment, and professional behavior.

This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Experience, Knowledge and Skills Required:

• Supervise and instruct students in various clinical environments such as hospitals, community health settings, and the simulation lab.
• Teach and evaluate students on essential nursing skills, including patient care, documentation, communication, and adherence to safety protocols.
• Ensure clinical learning experiences align with course learning outcomes and accreditation standards.
• Attend required School of Nursing and clinical unit orientations and faculty development meetings.
• Complete required compliance tasks by the specified deadlines.
• Conduct post-clinical conferences to review objectives, reflect on clinical experiences, and discuss professional practice.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback and complete student evaluations in accordance with program policies.
• Model professional and ethical behavior at all times.
• Communicate effectively with students, faculty, and clinical staff.
• Report student performance concerns or clinical site issues to the course Lead Faculty or BSN Program Chair.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in North Carolina.
• Minimum of 2 years recent clinical nursing experience.
• Master’s degree in nursing or one semester from graduating from an MSN program.
• CPR certification and any required health/immunization records in compliance with clinical site policies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior teaching or precepting experience.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHRs).

Application Process

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1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
2. Current CV
3. Contact information for three professional references.

Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources (hr@queens.edu, 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.