Job description
Center Valley, PA
The School of Nursing at DeSales University invites applications for a full-time 12-month faculty position to begin August 2025. The faculty position will teach undergraduate courses in pediatrics and other courses as needed. Demonstrated years of experience in pediatrics is required for this position.
The successful candidate will have at a minimum a Master’s of Science in Nursing (MSN), with a preference given to candidates with a PhD, DNP, or related doctoral degree, and a current Pennsylvania Registered Nursing license or eligible for Pennsylvania licensure as a Registered Nurse. Salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s related experience and education. The position will report to the Chair of Undergraduate Nursing and the Associate Dean of Nursing.
*As a Catholic, Salesian institution committed to creating and enhancing our diverse and inclusive campus environment, we request applicants to submit a diversity & inclusion statement: please share in one page or less, how you will add value to our diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment at DeSales University by articulating examples of action based on incorporating diverse and inclusive practices in your professional engagements.
DeSales University, in Center Valley, PA, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal arts Salesian, Catholic university, under the leadership of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales. Founded in 1965, the 550-acre suburban campus is located 50 miles north of Philadelphia and about 90 miles southwest of New York City. A total enrollment of nearly 3,500 includes undergraduate day and evening students, and graduate students. DeSales has approximately 135 full-time faculty members and offers more than 40 bachelor’s degrees, twelve graduate programs, and over 20 certificate programs in a wide range of disciplines; many of these can be completed fully online.
In 2024, the University transitioned to a new academic structure featuring a four-college/school model, which includes the Kathleen Waterbury and J.B. Reilly School of Business; a College of Arts, Education, and Humanities with a School of Education and a School of Performing Arts; a College of Sciences; and a College of Healthcare Professions with a designated School of Nursing. For further information, please visit our website, www.desales.edu. E.O.E.
How to apply
Applications will be considered immediately and accepted until the position is filled. Please submit a cover letter outlining your interest and qualifications for the position, a diversity and inclusion statement*, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, three professional letters of reference, and photocopies of all transcripts (official transcripts will be required, if hired) to [email protected]. In the subject line of the email, please only include your last name – Full Time Position-Nursing.
