Announcement of Director, Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Program

College of Nursing

The University of Alabama in Huntsville

ABOUT THE POSITION: The UAH College of Nursing (UAH CON) is seeking a full-time director for the proposed Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) program. The director must be eligible for the rank of Clinical Assistant/Associate Professor. The position requires a mixture of administrative and teaching duties. This is a 12-month position, with reappointment in two years, based on performance, availability of funding, and receiving accreditation.

QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must hold a doctoral degree (DNP, DNAP, or Ph.D., or equivalent), an unencumbered license as a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA) in Alabama, and at least five years of CRNA practice. Candidates must have experience in program development, evaluation, and accreditation. Competence in educational principles and techniques used in higher education classrooms, laboratories, and clinical settings; knowledge of the profession, including practice issues, procedures, and regulations, is required. Candidates must be proficient communicators and problem solvers to interact effectively with students, faculty, professional staff, administration, clinical affiliates, and the community. Candidates must have skills in goal setting and team building; analytical and organizational skills to plan, implement, and evaluate program activities; independent initiative.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The full-time Program Director has responsibility and authority for the overall administration and implementation of the Nurse Anesthesia (NA) Program in accordance with the requirement and policies of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, the University and the clinical affiliates. We seek candidates who will contribute to the College of Nursing's mission, vision, and core values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion. In the faculty role, the director is expected to engage in active teaching and learning strategies, i.e., flipped classroom and unfolding case studies, and use Canvas, UAH’s Learning Management System, for all courses. The director is expected to teach using best practices, advise students to guide and retain them at UAH, maintain an active program of scholarship/research to contribute to nursing science and the translation of research evidence into practice, maintain their nursing practice to stay current, build community partnerships, participate on college and university committees, and chair DNP projects or Ph.D. dissertations, as appropriate.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE: The College of Nursing is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The College offers pre-licensure BSN, accelerated BSN, ADN to BSN, ADN to MSN, MSN tracks in nursing administration, education, and nurse practitioner tracks in family and adult-gerontological acute care, post-graduate certificates, and DNP programs. The College of Nursing also offers a Joint Nursing Science Ph.D. program with the University of Alabama. The College's total fall 2022 enrollment was just under 1,000 students across the degree programs. Extensive distance education programs are offered. The College of Nursing currently cooperates with more than 1300 sites for clinical education. All programs provide opportunities to make a difference in healthcare delivery, teaching, and evidence-based practice or research. More information about the college is found at https://www.uah.edu/nursing.

ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a comprehensive university offering academic and research programs in the colleges of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Business; Education; Engineering; Nursing; and Science. The university has over 9,000 students from 49 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as from 48 countries. UAH received the highest research activity rating, “R1 – Very high research activity”, in the current update of the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education. The University of Alabama in Huntsville is adjacent to Cummings Research Park, which houses nearly 300 companies and 29,000 employees involved in technology research and development, making it the second-largest research park in the U.S. and the fourth largest globally. It is also near Redstone Arsenal, which is home to more than 75 federal agencies, including the U.S. Army Materiel Command, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency’s Missile and Space Intelligence Center, and a new $1B FBI campus. Within this environment, nearly 75% of UAH graduates remain in north Alabama upon graduation. For more information about UAH, see www.uah.edu/about.

ABOUT HUNTSVILLE: The Huntsville area is a culturally diverse community with a metropolitan area population of more than 400,000 and growing, making it the most populous city in Alabama. It also maintains one of the highest per capita incomes and standards of living in the Southeast. Known as the “Rocket City,” Huntsville has a significant presence of technology, space, and defense industries, allowing the city to offer various educational, recreational, and cultural opportunities. Huntsville has a high concentration of Ph.Ds., engineers, and STEM workers and is recognized as a leading technology city with a rapidly expanding and diverse corporate ecosystem rich in innovation.

Huntsville boasts several museums, historic sites, parks, and professional sports venues, including Huntsville Museum of Art, Burritt Museum and Park, EarlyWorks Children’s Museum, Alabama Constitution Village, Huntsville Botanical Garden, Monte Sano State Park, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Minor League Baseball’s Toyota Field, and Propst Arena for professional hockey. In addition, active downtown and mid-city arts and entertainment districts, including Broadway and symphony performances and a new outdoor amphitheater music venue, contribute to Huntsville’s vibrant cultural life. For more information about Huntsville and its convenient location with easy access to Nashville, Birmingham, and Atlanta, please visit www.huntsville.org. U.S. News and World Report recently ranked Huntsville as the best place to live in 2022-2023 among the 150 most populous metro areas in the country.

APPLICATION PROCESS: The position will remain open until filled. Applications are being processed as received. If interested, please send a cover letter of interest, curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts, and three (3) letters of reference to Dr. Sheila Gentry/Chair, Faculty Search Committee, UAH, College of Nursing, NB 334, 256-824-2436, sheila.gentry@uah.edu. Please refer to log number 23-24-476.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer/minorities/females/veterans/disabled. UAH mandates that all employees maintain compliance with current federal regulations.