Associate Dean of Sciences jobs in Gadsden, AL

The School of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) invites applications and nominations for a full-time Associate Dean for Technology and Innovation. This position reports to the Dean of the School of Nursing and is responsible for supporting and managing innovation and technologies designed to enhance teaching, practice, and scholarship. This includes online courses, simulation laboratories, classroom technologies, telehealth, and continuing education. A primary responsibility is the development and support of innovation to improve educational and practice outcomes. The Associate Dean works across missions to serve as a consultant to the academic, practice, and scholarship Associate Deans and faculty. Across UAB, the Associate Dean represents the school regarding simulation, informatics, telehealth, and innovation.

Candidates for this faculty position should have successful progressive administrative experience in an academic setting. A doctorate in nursing or a related field is required and an academic and service record appropriate for hire as an associate or full professor is required. A graduate degree in nursing with an identified area of specialization is required. Candidates must hold an unencumbered registered nurse license in the state of Alabama or be eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in Alabama. Faculty may elect different degrees of emphasis on the teaching, service and scholarship components of the faculty role. Rank, tenure, and salary are competitive and commensurate with professional background and experience. This is not a remote position.

The UAB School of Nursing’s legacy of leadership is focused on the integration of research, education, and clinical practice and evidenced in more than 22,000 alumni serving as expert clinicians, executive nurse leaders, deans and directors of nursing programs, nurse scientists, advanced practice registered nurses, and other professional leaders. The School is ranked in the top nursing schools nationwide by U.S. News and World Report and offers innovative baccalaureate, post-baccalaureate, master’s, post-master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral programs. These include the state’s oldest and most honored PhD in Nursing, a Doctor of Nursing Practice with a Nurse Anesthesia Pathway, a Dual DNP/PhD Pathway, a Graduate Clinical Nursing program that includes a MSN and a DNP, with more than 15 specialty and subspecialty tracks with dual degree options, advanced practice tracks in geriatrics, nursing and health care administration, and care transitions, among others; an Accelerated Master’s in Nursing Pathway for individuals with a bachelor’s degree in a field other than nursing, and other unique degree offerings. The UAB School of Nursing is designated a Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for International Nursing, hosts a Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Fellows Program and is one of the leading VA Nursing Academic Partnerships in the nation. Based at the state’s flagship Academic Health Science Center with the third largest public hospital in the nation, the School is a leader in collaborative science and home to the state’s only nursing-specific research initiative with a diverse funding portfolio supporting scholarship in health equity, oncology, palliative care, HIV/AIDS, pediatrics, occupational health, and aging, among others. The School is also home to state-of-the-art nursing simulation and skills laboratories with some of the most current technology in health care, providing interdisciplinary students, and faculty, hands-on clinical learning experiences to enhance skills development, teamwork, communication, critical thinking and clinical judgment.