Adjunct Faculty

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. is seeking a highly qualified Adjunct Faculty member to teach in our College of Nursing and Health Care Professions. As an Adjunct Faculty member, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the next generation of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) by teaching and mentoring students in our ACNP/AGACNP program.

• Travel to a facility or site location within 60 miles from your residency to directly observe student performance.
• Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with the cooperating health care organization.
• Maintain effective communication with the student, cooperating preceptor/mentor, Office of Field Experience (OFE), and the GCU Course Faculty.
• Provide additional sources of information during contracted weeks with the student and be available through phone, email, and cooperatively deriving workable solutions if difficulties arise.
• Encourage learner responsibility in the student field experience.
• Provide adequate records on the CONHCP student and supply those records to the GCU Course Faculty (use of external software - Typhon).
• Apply evaluation procedures and supply those results to the GCU Course Faculty.
• Maintain compliance with requirements for program accreditation.
• Uphold the tenets of nursing as a holistic profession as well as the pillars of the University.
• Participate in and/or support of the university program in all areas including an evident congruence with the philosophy and direction of the institution, and service to the community.
• Provide a positive example to students by supporting the University's Doctrinal Statement, Ethical Position Statement, and Mission of Grand Canyon University.

• MSN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP/AGACNP).
• Minimum of two years professional experience in an ACNP or AGACNP role.
• Active, current, and unencumbered ACNP/AGACNP state license.
• Active, current, and unencumbered California RN license.
• National board certification - ACNP/AGACNP specific.
• Successfully pass a drug test.
• Excellent communication skills, and the ability to build positive relationships with students.