PMHNP Adjunct - School of Nursing

Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that ‎‎‎‎‎‎an adjunct member models a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage ‎‎‎‎‎‎in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed ‎‎‎‎‎‎Christian worldview. Adjuncts should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the ‎‎‎‎development of good learning ‎‎conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is ‎‎‎‎possible, provide for individual ‎‎differences, abilities, and interests. ‎

Job Summary

The Liberty University Doctor of Nursing Practice Program online or residential adjunct faculty will facilitate learning through online course instruction to students enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program or Post Graduate (PMHNP) Certificate program online courses or practicum. Duties include but are not limited to: tracking student attendance, facilitating instruction and grading assignments, supporting students within regards to answering questions or providing course guidance and maintaining an interactive, collaborative online learning environment.

A Faculty supervising a practicum course will serve as the primary practicum resource for designated students enrolled in Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Practicum Courses. The Practicum Faculty role is to supply indirect practicum supervision of PMHNP students in collaboration with the Preceptor’s teaching, serve as a liaison to a community agency and preceptor, and to evaluate student practicum progress.

Primary Responsibilities

• Facilitate online courses, including tracking attendance, providing student support, grading assignments, and managing discussion boards and supporting an interactive, collaborative learning environment, which may include synchronous sessions.
• Complete annual required self-evaluations and continued education requirements for online/residential learning/education.
• Complete weekly check-in requirements for LUO faculty.
• Additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Primary Responsibilities For PMHNP Practicum Course Assignment

• Collaborates with the PMHNP Program Director, Practicum Coordinator and ultimately, the Chair of Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs, to support the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner /Doctor of Nursing Practice or Certificate Program, PMHNP Practicum Courses.
• Provides indirect practicum supervision to designated students, consistent with the learning objectives that include advising, supervising, and evaluating PMHNP students. This also includes grading assignments and using InPlace student tracking system.
• Serves as the primary liaison on behalf of Liberty University School of Nursing between the Practicum Preceptor and or PMHNP Program and Field Director.
• If assigned a PMHNP practicum course, conducts evaluation of designated practicum students in the practicum setting during each practicum course.
• If assigned a PMHNP practicum course, maintains communication with preceptor several times during the semester, more as designated for assigned students in order to evaluate the practicum site and preceptor abilities to meet practicum requirements and student learning objectives and performance. Additional requirements may be required based on state requirements for precepted practicum, i.e., weekly phone contact with preceptor/student.
• Additional duties as assigned.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• DNP, Ph.D. in nursing or related field or Ed.D required.
• Current and unencumbered multi-state Registered Nurse License
• Current and unencumbered Advanced Practice Registered Nurse -Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner License
• Candidate will be professional with excellent personal communication and computer skills.
• National Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from the ANCC.
• Current clinical practice including direct patient care in the role of PMHNP.
• Five years of experience as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in a direct-care setting.
• Current certification in American Heart Association CPR for Healthcare Provider with AED.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in online education for doctoral nursing students.
• Experience in practicum supervision.
• Proficient using the following technologies: Canvas, Microsoft Office Outlook, Office 365, Typhon, InPlace, Shadow Health, Turn-it-In, ExamSoft, Adobe Acrobat, Crocodoc, and GradeAssist.
  
  

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
  
  

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
• Able to apply critical thinking at the advanced practice psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner level to complex clinical situations, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of psychiatric mental health patients.
  
  

Target Hire Date

2024-11-03

Time Type

Part time

Location

Remote Location

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.