The faculty member is responsible for delivering career-relevant nursing instruction and assessing student learning in classroom and clinical settings. Additional duties include participating in professional development, maintaining licensure, and contributing to college and community service.
Requirements summary
Requires a Master's degree in nursing (MSN preferred) and at least five years of nursing experience, including two years of full-time clinical experience within the last five years. Candidates must hold an active, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in Kentucky or a Compact state.
Jefferson Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:
Exceptional health care, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family
Tuition discounts and waivers
403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
Vacation/Sick Time
Work-Life Balance
9.5 Paid Holidays
2 Weeks of Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
Employee Assistance Program
Job Summary
Jefferson Community and Technical College is currently looking for multiple full-time Nursing faculty members. This position will be on-campus classroom instruction. The faculty member’s responsibilities fall within four categories of essential job functions: instruction and assessment of student learning, scholarship and professional development, professionalism, and service orientation within the College and toward the community. These positions start 8/3/2026.
Job Duties
Instruction and Assessment of Student Learning
Within face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid learning environments, the faculty member facilitates student learning, delivers effective and career-relevant instruction, provides an environment conducive to learning, evaluates student learning for all assigned classes, responds to student inquiries, and grades all assignments in a timely manner.
Benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Paid Holidays
Sick Time
Dental Coverage
Vision Coverage
403(b) Retirement Plan
Vacation Time
Work-Life Balance
Health Care
Institutional Closing Pay
Tuition Discounts And Waivers
Schedules, supervises, debriefs, and evaluates students in clinical and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
Participates in student retention, reaching out to students who have excessive absences, documenting their student retention activities, and ensuring students are aware of college services that may be of value to their students’ successful completion of their academic program.
Communicates availability (e.g., office hours) to all students (i.e., face-to-face, online, or hybrid learning environments) via email, phone, or other personal contact.
Scholarship and
Professional
Development:
Participates in the annual faculty performance review process.
Participates in the College’s Professional Development Program.
Remains current and knowledgeable in academic or program discipline, including attending professional conferences and maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
Receives training to stay current in technological and pedagogical advances that promote student learning.
Professionalism
Adheres to all policies related to instruction, teaching, and being an employee of the college as specified by the Faculty/Staff Handbook and HR policies.
Accurately records and reports student attendance in accordance with College Attendance policy.
Minimum Qualifications
Master’s Degree in nursing with at least five years’ experience in Nursing. MSN is preferred. BSN will be considered pending experience and years of nursing.
A minimum of 2 years of full-time clinical experience over the last 5 years is required. Teaching experience preferred but not required.
An equivalent combination of education and work experience may be considered.
Registered Nurse with active, unencumbered and unrestricted license in Kentucky or multistate license or Compact state license to practice nursing in the state of Kentucky
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent writing and oral communication skills.
Must possess excellent leadership, customer service, communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
Ability to coordinate multiple projects simultaneously and efficiently while meeting required deadlines.
Ability to function efficiently in a stressful work environment.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends, and travel to multiple locations as the course schedule dictates.
The ability to maintain a seated or standing position for extended durations and the capability to move around the campus and/or clinical environment is required. Additionally, candidates should possess the physical capacity to lift and bend, as some of the work entails participating in simulation and laboratory settings.
Must be able to hear and speak well enough to communicate with students, faculty, and staff face to face, via the telephone, and through electronic mediums (e.g., email, recordings, virtual meetings, etc.). This job description lists the primary responsibilities of the job title listed. By no means is the job limited only to the responsibilities listed. Cooperation between employees is expected during periods of heavier than usual workloads, and revisions to these duties on either a temporary or permanent basis is possible.
Additional Skills Requested
This position requires the ability to work in a culturally diverse environment, which consists of frequent contact with a diverse constituency of students, faculty, staff, and the public. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to working with underrepresented minority students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates who have experience with intersectional, inclusive instruction and with a demonstrated ability to incorporate diverse perspectives into teaching and student engagement are encouraged to identify those experiences in the application materials. Jefferson Community and Technical College is working to build a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working.
Market context
Kentucky nursing faculty roles stay selective
Medical-surgical nursing faculty roles in Kentucky are typically driven by ongoing nursing education needs and clinical faculty shortages. These positions are competitive because they often require an MSN, recent full-time clinical experience, and an active Kentucky or Compact RN license. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your clinical recency and licensure match before applying.
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