Faculty- Open Track - Nursing

Faculty- Open Track - Nursing

Salary

$70,000.00 - $75,000.00 Annually

Location

3700 W. 103rd Street, Chicago, IL

Job Type

Full-Time Faculty

Job Number

01514

Department

SONHS - NURS

Opening Date

06/30/2026

• Description
• Benefits

Summary

This is an open track (Tenure or Professional Practice) in Nursing as the assistant or associate professor level depending on previous academic and clinical experience. The selected candidate is expected to contribute toward advancing the School of Nursing's mission and vision through teaching, service, and practice. The selected candidate will teach a course load of four courses per semester in nursing at the undergraduate level or graduate level as applicable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintaining professional experience in your field
• Contribute to the design of and teach didactic, laboratory, and clinical practicum courses in the Nursing program as assigned
• Provide personalized mentoring to nursing students.
• Work with minimum supervision, maintain effective communication with colleagues, and use successful initiative to problem solve.
• Participate in service activities for the school
• Participate in shared governance activities both at the School and University level

Qualifications

• Required Doctorate in Nursing preferred from an accredited program.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Illinois
• Certification in area of specialty preferred.
• Evidence of excellent teaching ability or potential.
• Scholarship potential and an interest in engaging students in research or translating research into practice preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with a proficiency in English, written and spoken
• Enthusiasm toward serving a diverse student population
• Support for the Mission of Saint Xavier University and the Mercy Traditions value of service to others (https://www.sxu.edu/about/mission.asp).
• Permission to work in the United States

Additional Expectations

Supervisory Responsibility: None Work Environment: Classroom, laboratory, clinical agency sites, and Online Physical Demands: Interaction with students in the classroom, clinical, laboratory, or virtual settings via course LMS, email, and occasional phone calls. Travel and interaction with patients and health care providers in Chicago area and surrounding clinical settings. Interactions with faculty, staff, and other constituents across the University in person, via phone call, email, and distance technologies.

Additional Expectations

We inspire success by working together to provide meaningful, personalized service in a spirit of excellence. SXU seeks candidates that deliver value-added services in a responsive, collaborative, effective, and respectful manner.

The University is committed to diversity and encourages applications from individuals with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. Saint Xavier University affirms its position as a Catholic institution, inspired by the heritage of the Sisters of Mercy, and asserts its rights to employ persons who subscribe to the mission, vision and core values of the University.

Saint Xavier University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes all decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotions and all other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination on the grounds of race, color, creed, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other factors protected by law. Hiring decisions will be based on the bona fide occupational qualifications of each applicant.

Saint Xavier University is committed to providing employees with a comprehensive benefits package that meets the needs of both the individual and his/her family. Many of the benefits are flexible and offer choices to meet various benefit needs. SXU employment benefits can be found here.

Employer Saint Xavier University

Address 3700 West 103rd Street

Chicago, Illinois, 60655

Phone 773-298-3452

Website http://www.sxu.edu