Job Title: Full-Time Faculty - Nursing
Location: Indianapolis
Job Type: Full-time
Classification: F-2
Salary Range: $58,000 to $62,500 (This salary range covers the nine-month academic appointment encompassing the fall and spring semesters.)
Reports To: Dean, School of Nursing
Who We Are:
Ivy Tech is Indiana’s community college and workforce engine, delivering: high-quality learning experiences that propel Indiana’s communities, measurable economic return, excellence in teaching, and industry-aligned credentials of value, empowering every learner to achieve lifelong success.
Our Values:
• Empathy: We lead with care and connectivity, ensuring we meet our students where they are.
• Integrity: We act responsibly and ethically in the best interest of our students, employees, partners, institution, and the State.
• Agility: We move with purpose and adapt to the evolving needs of our students, employers, and the State.
• Impact: We exist to change lives through quality education. Our work strengthens individuals, families, communities, and the future of Indiana.
General Description of Position:
Take Your Nursing Career in a New Direction. Inspire the Next Generation.
Are you an experienced nurse who loves helping others learn, grow, and succeed? Imagine using your clinical expertise to prepare the next generation of nursing professionals while enjoying a more predictable schedule, no overnight shifts, and the opportunity to have a lasting impact on the future of healthcare.
At Ivy Tech Community College, we recognize that great nurses have much more to offer than exceptional patient care. Your real-world experience, clinical judgment, and passion for nursing can help shape the healthcare workforce of tomorrow.
As a Full-Time Nursing Faculty member, you'll have the opportunity to share your knowledge, mentor aspiring nurses, and help students develop the confidence and skills they need to provide outstanding patient care.
*Cover Letter is required to be considered for this position*
Why Consider a Career in Nursing Education?
- No overnight shifts: Enjoy a more predictable, primarily daytime-focused work schedule without the overnight shifts commonly associated with bedside nursing.
- Nine-month academic appointment: Work during the fall and spring semesters, with the summer semester optional.
- Competitive compensation: Earn $58,000–$62,500 for the nine-month academic appointment, with the opportunity to increase your earnings by teaching during the optional summer semester.
- Make a lasting impact: Help educate, mentor, and inspire the next generation of nurses who will care for patients and families throughout our communities.
- Share your clinical expertise: Bring your practical nursing experience into the classroom and clinical learning environment, helping students connect theory to real-world patient care.
- Grow professionally: Expand your skills as an educator while remaining connected to the evolving nursing profession.
- Find a new sense of purpose: Transition from directly caring for patients to preparing future nurses to deliver safe, compassionate, high-quality care.
Compensation and Academic Schedule:
Fall and Spring Semesters – Nine-Month Faculty Appointment
Salary Range: $58,000–$62,500
This salary range covers the nine-month academic appointment encompassing the fall and spring semesters.
Summer Semester – Additional Earning Opportunity
Faculty who elect to teach during the summer semester may earn an additional $19,446 to $20,956, bringing their potential total annual earnings to: $77,446 to $83,456
Summer teaching is optional and is not a requirement of the nine-month faculty appointment.
Benefits Designed to Support You:
- No waiting period: You are eligible on your first day of employment.
- A 10% College retirement plan contribution: Whether you contribute personally to the plan, the College will contribute 10% of your pay each pay period, with 100% vesting after just two years.
- Excellent benefits: These include medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, long-term and short-term disability, identify protection, wellness benefits, fee remission/free tuition for Ivy Tech courses for both you and your eligible dependents, tuition assistance to support your continued educational pursuits at other higher education institutions, and more.
- Paid time off: Includes scheduled academic breaks, accrued sick time, paid holidays, and three (3) faculty release days to use at your discretion – prorated base on hire date within the academic year.
What You'll Do?
Inspire and Educate Future Nurses:
- Deliver engaging, high-quality nursing instruction using effective teaching methods and instructional technology.
- Translate real-world clinical experiences into meaningful learning opportunities that strengthen students' clinical judgment, critical thinking, and professional nursing skills.
- Develop and maintain course materials, instructional resources, and curriculum aligned with nursing program outcomes.
- Create a supportive, inclusive, and safe learning environment that encourages student participation and achievement.
- Evaluate student learning, maintain accurate academic records, and provide timely, constructive feedback.
- Use the college's learning management system and other instructional technologies to support learning and communication.
Mentor Students and Support Their Success:
- Serve as a mentor, coach, and role model for students preparing to enter the nursing profession.
- Help students develop the knowledge, confidence, professionalism, and practical skills essential for successful nursing careers.
- Monitor student progress, identify opportunities for improvement, and connect students with appropriate academic resources.
- Collaborate with academic advisors and other college professionals to support student retention, academic success, and program completion.
- Maintain designated office and student engagement hours in accordance with college expectations.
Continue Growing as a Nursing Professional and Educator:
- Stay current with nursing practices, healthcare developments, instructional methods, and relevant technologies.
- Participate in professional development, continuing education, and scholarly activities as appropriate.
- Maintain applicable professional credentials and licensure.
- Collaborate with fellow faculty members to strengthen the nursing curriculum and improve student learning experiences.
Strengthen Connections with the Healthcare Community:
- Help build and maintain relationships with healthcare providers, community organizations, and industry partners.
- Support activities that strengthen the connection between nursing education and the evolving needs of the healthcare workforce.
- Participate in appropriate community service and outreach activities that advance the college's mission.
Contribute to a Collaborative College Community:
- Participate in department, campus, and college meetings, committees, and initiatives.
- Support program improvement, accreditation activities, and institutional goals.
- Assist with student recruitment, retention, completion, and career-related activities.
- Collaborate with department leadership and colleagues to maintain a high-quality nursing program.
- Follow applicable college policies, academic standards, and faculty expectations.
What You'll Bring?
- Professional nursing knowledge and practical clinical experience that can enrich the learning experience of future nurses.
- A genuine interest in teaching, coaching, mentoring, and helping others succeed.
- Strong communication, collaboration, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
- A commitment to student success, professional excellence, and continuous improvement.
- The ability and willingness to use instructional technologies and adapt to evolving teaching methods.
- Credentials that meet applicable college requirements.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Minimum Qualifications
- Must have a strong working knowledge of current methods and technologies necessary to the area of assigned instruction.
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience as a Registered Nurse.
- A master’s degree in nursing, or a bachelor’s degree in nursing with a commitment that within one semester of teaching for the College, you will have a documented academic plan to complete your Master of Nursing degree at an accredited higher education institution within a timeframe made in consultation with the department chair of the Nursing program at Ivy Tech Community College – Indianapolis campus. NOTE: Continued employment for individuals without a master’s degree in nursing is contingent upon documented progress towards their master’s degree completion.
Ready to Make a Different Kind of Impact?
You've spent your nursing career making a difference in the lives of patients. Now imagine the difference you can make by helping prepare
dozens, or even hundreds, of future nurses to do the same.
Your experience can shape their careers. Their careers can change countless lives.
Join Ivy Tech Community College and discover how rewarding the next chapter of your nursing career can be.
This description summarizes the position's principal responsibilities and is not intended to be exhaustive. Other duties reasonably associated with the position may be assigned in accordance with College policies.
Equal Opportunity and Nondiscrimination
Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited, equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the College’s Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.
*Cover Letter is required to be considered for this position*
Ivy Tech is committed to supporting the well-being, growth, and financial security of our full-time faculty and staff. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:
Health & Wellness
Multiple medical plan options paired with a Health Savings Account with a generous employer contribution
Dental plan with no-cost preventive services and coverage for orthodontia
Vision plan with low-cost exams and allowances for glasses or contact lenses
Employee Assistance Program offering no-cost confidential counseling sessions, legal consultations, financial planning consultations, and other resources
Wellness program with opportunities to earn $250 in Wellness Rewards
Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare (limited purpose) and dependent care
Retirement & Financial Security
10% employer retirement contribution, fully vested after two years
Basic life insurance equal to annual salary paid by the College, with optional supplemental coverage
Short-term and long-term disability benefits
Educational Benefits
Fee remission for employees, spouses, and dependent children
Tuition assistance for undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs
Paid professional development opportunities
Work‑Life Balance
Generous paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, holidays, and winter recess
Flexible work arrangements where available
Paid childbirth recovery leave (8 weeks)
Paid parental leave (4 weeks)
Additional Perks
Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Additional discounts on gym memberships, transportation, and various retail services
Ivy Tech is proud to offer benefits that support your health, your family, and your future—because when our employees thrive, our students and communities thrive too. For more information on Ivy Tech Benefits, visit https://careers.ivytech.edu/benefits.
Note: Employees who re-hire with the College within 180 days of leaving a full-time position with the College may be eligible for additional benefits depending on their bridged seniority date.
Ivy Tech Community College is an accredited, equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age or veteran status. As required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Ivy Tech Community College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment in its educational programs and activities, including employment and admissions. Questions specific to Title IX may be referred to the College’s Title IX Coordinator or to the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights.
