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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING:  DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS,
B3H 3J5
 
POSTING DATE: Monday, December 9, 2013
 
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Monday, December 20, 2013 at 4:00pm
 
POSITION: Part-time Academic
 
DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: School of Nursing
 
RATE OF PAY: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement
 
WORK ASSIGNMENT:  The part-time academic will be responsible for teaching NURS 3270.03W: Nursing Practice: Caring for Families during the Winter Term, 2014. Responsibilities include delivery of course content, holding office hours, and the evaluation of the students.
 
Guided by principles of primary healthcare, students focus on families and family health with an emphasis on a thorough understanding of family assessment and developing family therapeutic relationship skills. Students examine family health and health issues from a nursing, cultural, sociological, psychological and other theoretical perspectives as they relate to nursing practice that focuses on working with families in all settings. Upon completion of the course, students will have developed competencies required to use a systems approach when working with families. Laboratory and clinical experiences that include visiting families in their homes provide the students with opportunities to integrate, discuss and practice family nursing.
 
Classes are scheduled on Mondays 11:35 – 13:25 hours from January 6 – April 7, 2014. The Part-time Academic reports directly to Dr. Mary van Soeren, Associate Director, Undergraduate Studies.
 
QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must hold a graduate degree in nursing with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PhD preferred.
 
APPLICATIONS: Please apply by e-mail to Cloggerenberg@Dal.ca (Ms. Coleen van Loggerenberg, Office Manager, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Phone: 494-2602). Applicants should submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information of three referees, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.
 
All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.