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The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis seeks an innovative and highly motivated experienced master’s-degree or doctorally (preferred) prepared nurse practitioner to join the faculty as a supervisor for Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellows and faculty in clinical practice under the direction of the Associate Dean for Practice. The NP supervisor will serve in a unique role focused on two main areas; first is working closely with the Project Director of the APP Fellowship program to help oversee the education and training of the cohort and second is providing supervision to APP fellows and clinical faculty new to practice in the nurse led mobile clinic and partnering community clinics. In this role, the NP Supervisor will provide oversight of CFPs who provide direct clinical care to patients, precept students, and participate in clinical teaching activities in grant funded activities. This search is open to Family Nurse Practitioners.

This is a full-time, non-tenured position at the assistant or associate rank in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor (HSCP) Series or the Clinical X Series at UC Davis Health, which is located on a modern, 140-acre campus in Sacramento, California. The Sacramento campus is home to the School of Nursing, School of Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center (including a level-I trauma center and burn unit and a full range of outpatient services), a fully accredited children’s hospital, and an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Practice locations include UC Davis Health Medical Center, UC Davis department and primary care network clinics, Sacramento County clinics, northern California FQHCs, and other clinical sites.

SUPERVISING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the direction of the Associate Dean for Practice, the NP Supervisor will collaborate closely with the Associate Directors of the Nurse Led Mobile Clinic and the APP Fellowship Programs to provide clinical supervision and high-quality education and training across the two programs. This NP Supervisor will take a significant leadership role in the health professions grant clinical programs and will be responsible for the APP Fellows and nurse led mobile clinic mentoring and preceptor programs to include contributing to further development and evaluation of the preceptor and mentoring program processes and ongoing quality improvement. The NP Supervisor will assist in developing a process to conduct site visits to evaluate APP Fellows in their clinical sites in collaboration with the Director and other faculty in the APP Fellowship Program. This position will also be responsible for supervising NP new faculty and learners in the Nurse Led Mobile Clinic in collaboration with the Associate Director of that program.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
CFP faculty spend 40-80% time in teaching; therefore, the NP Supervisor must be prepared to guide new APPs in their clinical teaching role in the mobile clinic and community clinic environment. In the absence of a faculty, the NP Supervisor may need to step up and precept and/or mentor FNP or PA students or FNP or PA fellowship learners. Under the direction of the Associate Dean for Practice, the NP Supervisor will assist in the development of training materials and other clinic related administrative work and may provide . Responsibilities include working in collaboration with the Associate Directors and other faculty of the Nurse Led Mobile Clinic and the NP Residency Programs, to ensure quality instruction and clinical teaching in the residency and mobile clinic. Duties may include developing curricula, teaching skills labs, lecturing in their areas of expertise, learner mentoring and/or advisement, and learner formative and summative evaluation. Responsibilities may also include participation in learner remediation, program admissions, accreditation processes and program assessment to include serving on committees essential to the NP residency and mobile clinic programs and the faculty practice.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBLITIES:
The successful full-time candidate provide direct and indirect supervision of clinical services approximately 40- 70 percent of the time. This clinical placement will primarily be divided between the APP Fellowship and the SON Nurse-Led Mobile Clinic projects. This role includes supervision of junior clinical nurse faculty, APP Fellows, and may include some direct patient care and occasional precepting of graduate FNP or PA students from the School of Nursing. The incumbent mentors NP junior faculty, APP Fellows, and to some extent, students in the clinical setting. This includes overseeing procedures, providing feedback, assisting with training, and evaluating performance. The NP Supervisor may also be involved in scholarly activity and SON committee service commensurate with this position.

CRITERIA:
A candidate for appointment in the HSCP Series is evaluated by the following criteria, which is appropriately weighted according to the primary emphasis on clinical and clinically relevant teaching and patient care services and according to the needs of the school and the individual’s responsibilities in the specific discipline. The four criteria are:

1. Clinical Teaching
2. Professional competence and activity
3. Scholarly or creative activity
4. University and public service

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION:
All candidates will also be evaluated on their contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Successful candidates will value the school's mission and core values, and will support the university's commitment to community service, equitable care for all, strategic planning, and the intellectual and professional development of all students.

Academic rank and salary are commensurate with credential sand experience. The university offers a comprehensive benefits package.
Applicants should apply online at: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07041.
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As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

• “Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.
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