Lecturer (School of Nursing)

Position Title: Lecturer (School of Nursing)

Department: Nursing

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by October 29, 2025.

Position Summary:

Washburn University's Harmony J. Hines School of Nursing (SON) invites applications for an available lecturer position. Seeking an immediate start, but flexible for the selected candidate. This is a nine-month, non-tenure track appointment as a lecturer. Specialty areas of focus include mental health and/or population/community health.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Fulfill teaching expectations associated with lecturer, non-tenure-track appointment. Teach 12-hours per semester (either in-person or online, according to departmental needs) or equivalent full workload as outlined in the faculty handbook utilizing an online learning management system.
• Teach and develop undergraduate classes and seminars as assigned and as dependent upon department needs, which may include classroom, clinical, and simulation or some combination of classes consistent with the candidate’s training and interests.
• Work with other nursing faculty to plan, organize, and teach appropriate content in the BSN program that aligns with the AACN Essentials (2021), adheres to the Kansas State Board of Nursing (KSBN) requirements, and reflects the mission of the SON.
• Engage in fair, timely, and equitable grading of student assignments, including evaluation of student performance.
• Provide direct oversight of student learning at clinical sites and assist with simulated learning experiences both in-person and utilizing virtual simulation software.
• Participate in the advising process with students to support student success.
• Fulfill service expectations associated with lecturer, non-tenure-track appointment by engaging in service activities in the department, university, and profession.
• This is a nine-month, non-tenure track appointment as a Lecturer with possible conversion to tenure track after three years. A completed doctorate is necessary for tenure-track appointment.
• If the position is converted to a tenure-track appointment, and the incumbent is hired into the tenure-track position, the assistant professor will be responsible for fulfilling all expectations associated with a tenure-track appointment, including scholarship and teaching workload as outlined in the faculty handbook.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate

Required Qualifications:
• Completed Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN). If not completed at time of application, must be completed by December 31, 2025.
• Minimum three years of nursing practice.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
• Official educational transcripts required at the time of hire.
• Must have current, unencumbered RN license by the State of Kansas.

Preferred Qualifications:
• PhD, DNP.
• Experience teaching undergraduate nursing education.
• Experience with simulation advisement.
• Current pattern of service to professional organizations.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Inquiries pertaining to this position may be direct to Debbie Isaacson debbie.isaacson@washburn.edu, Associate Dean, Harmony J Hines School of Nursing.

 
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