Job Opportunities

Compliance Officer

The School of Nursing seeks two compliance officers, a 12-month position that incorporates data management and regulatory guidelines to ensure that students are compliant with all clinical requirements at the School of Nursing, at UVA Health, and at external clinical sites beyond. Compliance officers manage databases, prepare reports, and oversee mandatory surveys, and are organizationally skilled and ensure that all details required for students' successful movement through their education are seamless and smooth.

Compliance officers report to the director of compliance, accreditation, and enhancements, and collaborate frequently with the director of degree program administration, program managers, the single course faculty manager, and senior contracts and employee compliance coordinator for academics, as well as faculty and School leaders. Remote work is possible. 

Open Rank (Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Nursing), General Track Faculty

The School seeks expert clinicians and educators with expertise in a specified patient population, such as pediatrics, psychiatric mental health, or family practice, for a 12-month full-time faculty appointment teaching across mainly graduate programs who are additionally willing to teach undergraduate students. In addition to teaching, the School also offers opportunities for service, practice, scholarship, leadership, and expansive student mentoring. Applicants who bring deep experience may also be considered for leadership roles within a program or academic operations.

Chair, Department of Nursing Research

The School seeks a research chair to serve as a thought partner for and extension of the associate dean for research across a range of activities, including a primary focus on faculty development to fulfill the School's mission and vision. As a leader who contributes to a healthy work environment, the research chair will establish a sense of trust and team spirit among faculty and staff to create a shared vision, collaborating with senior leadership to create strategies and systems to expand future capacity, with a focus on the research mission. This is a 12-month faculty position with administrative responsibilities.

The research chair joins the School as it embarks on an ambitious journey toward its goals as part of Our Extraordinary Future, the School's 10-year strategic plan, a facet of which is to strengthen its nursing research infrastructure and build and sustain a diverse community of scholars committed to research and scholarly excellence.

Clinical and Simulation Facilitator

A 12-month staff position focused on clinical supervision of small groups of students taking part in clinical rotations off Grounds and in the School's award-winning simulation lab, the clinical and simulation facilitator incorporates evidence-based practice into clinical activities and is committed to serving the School, the University, the nursing profession, and the community. Duties include facilitating simulation experiences - guiding, supporting, and seeking ways to assist participants in achieving expected outcomes and course objectives - employing teaching strategies appropriate for leaders' needs, planning, preparing, and maintaining materials for use in simulations, among other duties.

Post-doctoral Fellow to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

The School seeks emerging nursing scholars with developing programs of research to become post-doctoral fellows, and, upon successful completion of a two-year fellowship, receive a subsequent appointment as a tenure track assistant professor.

This unique position allows post-doctoral fellows to be paired with a faculty mentor who will help them develop an individualized training plan to accomplish their research goals. Post-doctoral fellows are important to advancing the School's strategic priorities in research, teaching, and developing nurse scientists. Candidates must possess at least one degree in nursing, a research doctorate from a research-intensive program, a beginning track record of scholarly dissemination (i.e., publications and grant submissions), and have a scholarly focus that is a strong match with an established scientist at UVA School of Nursing. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Post-doctoral Fellow to Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

As part of an ongoing commitment to diversifying its programs, the professoriate, and the research workforce, the School seeks applications for a Mellon Race, Place, and Equity Postdoctoral Research Associate in the History of Nursing and Healthcare. This program recruits postdoctoral scholars who have the potential to assume tenure-track faculty positions and who would benefit from mentored professional development opportunities.  Funded by a University-wide Race, Place and Equity  grant from the Mellon Foundation and UVA matching funds to advance research and teaching related to race, justice, and equity, the postdoctoral fellow, based in the School's Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, will work on race, justice, and equity-related questions, specifically in the history of nursing and healthcare in North America.

The goal of this program is to provide a mentored professional development opportunity to train the next generation of scholars for future tenure-track positions at UVA or elsewhere. Postdoctoral research associates selected under this program will be appointed for two years (subject to annual review) and will carry out research, teaching and professional development activities directed toward securing a tenure-track position.

Simulation Operations Specialist Intermediate

The Simulation Collaborative at UVA Schools of Nursing and Medicine seek an intermediate simulation operations specialist to support the education of medical students, nursing students, and other members of the healthcare team in the sim lab, the anatomy lab, and the surgical skills training center. Offering both pre- and post-simulation and surgical training support, coordinating technical and administrative tasks, maintaining documentation and resources, conducting simulation sessions, and collaborative with both faculty and staff on scenario development. 

Clinical Instructor of Nursing or Lecturer in Nursing (Faculty Wage)

The School seeks non-tenure-track, part-time clinical instructor and lecturer faculty wage positions. We seek educators with clinical experience in the specialty areas of (but not limited to) pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatric-mental health, community/public health, general medical or surgical specialty. Applicants will be reviewed continuously, and positions will remain open to fill the teaching needs of the school each semester. Questions may be directed to professors Barbara Reyna or Gina DeGennaro.

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Faculty Role, General Track

The School seeks general track faculty with experience in the adult-gerontology acute care specialty (AGACNP or ACNP-BC) for a preferred 12-month, full-time faculty appointment to begin as early as July 2024. 

This is a teaching-focused position dedicated to courses specific to our APRN program but with opportunities to teach across additional programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition to teaching, there are also opportunities for service, practice, scholarship, and other administrative duties related to student advising.

Obstetrics/Maternal-Child Health Clinical Instructor

The School seeks a general track faculty member with experience in obstetrics/maternal-child health who are interested in a 12-month, full-time or part-time faculty appointment beginning as soon as summer 2024. Faculty members in this position will supervise students in an obstetrics/maternal-child health clinical environment, and manage administrative duties related to student advising and clinical coordination. Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis and the position will remain open until filled.

Professor of Nursing, Neuroscience Focus

The School seeks a qualified researcher with a neuroscience focus (including research related to Alzheimer’s, autism, or other brain research) eligible for the rank of full professor with tenure, with an anticipated start date as early as January 2024. 

As a teacher and scholar, the successful candidate will shape and advance the understanding of brain function across the lifespan through the integration of neuroscience research into clinical practice, education, and/or health policy. This position will be a leader in contributing to the school’s strategic priorities, which include building the Areas of Excellence in research and our commitments to interdisciplinary collaboration as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. The faculty member will play an important part in collaboratively strengthening and expanding our research infrastructure within the School of Nursing and broader University of Virginia community.  

Assistant/Associate Professor of Nursing, Neuroscience Focus

The School seeks a qualified researcher with a neuroscience focus (including research related to Alzheimer’s, autism, or other brain research) eligible for the rank of assistant or associate professor with tenure or on the tenure track to begin as soon as early 2024. 

As a teacher and scholar, the successful candidate will shape and advance the understanding of brain function across the lifespan through the integration of neuroscience research into clinical practice, education, and/or health policy.  This position will be a leader in contributing to the school’s strategic priorities, which include building the Areas of Excellence in research and our commitments to interdisciplinary collaboration as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. The faculty member will play an important part in collaboratively strengthening and expanding our research infrastructure within the School of Nursing and broader University of Virginia community.   

Open Rank Professor of Nursing (Tenure/tenure-track)

The School seeks qualified researchers for open rank (assistant, associate, or professor) tenure track/tenured positions. As a teacher and scholar, the successful candidate will shape and advance the integration of research areas into clinical practice, education, research, and policy.

These positions will be leaders in contributing to the school’s strategic priorities, which include building the school's Areas of Excellence in research and our commitments to interdisciplinary collaboration, as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion. The faculty member will take an active leadership role in mentoring faculty, strengthening research infrastructure, and advancing our research enterprise within the school and the larger UVA community.