How to hire a clinical nursing professor

How to hire a clinical nursing professor, step by step

Here's a step-by-step clinical nursing professor hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a clinical nursing professor job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new clinical nursing professor
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The clinical nursing professor hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect clinical nursing professor also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list shows salaries for various types of clinical nursing professors.

   Type of Clinical Nursing Professor	Description	Hourly rate
   Clinical Nursing Professor	Postsecondary teachers instruct students in a wide variety of academic and career and technical subjects beyond the high school level. They also conduct research and publish scholarly papers and books.	$19-53
   Instructor Nurse	Nurse educators are instructors in the medical field. Usually, they are a registered nurse with additional education in the area of teaching... Show more	$20-51
   Nursing Faculty	Nursing faculty members are professionals who are responsible for providing education and instructional materials about topics that are related to the nursing profession. These professionals must maintain communication with the Director of Nursing to discuss the progress and concerns of their nursing students... Show more	$21-43

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • BSN
   • Direct Patient Care
   • Medical-Surgical Nursing
   • Clinical Rotations
   • Med/Surg
   • Curriculum Development
   • Surgery
   • Acute Care
   • Clinical Teaching

   Responsibilities:

   • Provide newborn care, ER consults, and manage inpatient pediatrics along with family medicine residents.
   • Develop courses for the MSN program.
   • Instruct ADN students in classroom and clinical setting.
   • Uphold ethics and integrity of the academic process.
   • Teach psychiatric/community theory and clinical nursing skills to BSN students.
   • Serve as a faculty advisor to over 80 RN-BSN students.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your clinical nursing professor job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A clinical nursing professor salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, clinical nursing professors' average salary in georgia is 54% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level clinical nursing professors earn 63% less than senior-level clinical nursing professors.
   • Certifications. A clinical nursing professor with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a clinical nursing professor's salary.

   Average clinical nursing professor salary

   $68,406yearly

   $32.89 hourly rate

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   Entry-level clinical nursing professor salary

   $41,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 31, 2026

4. Writing a clinical nursing professor job description

   A clinical nursing professor job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a clinical nursing professor job description:

   Clinical nursing professor job description example

   Clinical Nurse - Transplant Unit 2 - Days - (220001Y7) Description Facility Profile
   
   Tampa General Hospital (TGH) is a private not-for-profit hospital and one of the most comprehensive medical facilities in West Central Florida serving a dozen counties with a population in excess of 4 million. As one of the largest hospitals in Florida, TGH is licensed for 1,007 beds, and with more than 8,000 employees, is one of the region's largest employers.
   
   TGH is the area's only level I trauma center and one of just two ABA-verified adult & pediatric burn centers in Florida. With five medical helicopters*, we transport critically injured or ill patients from 23 surrounding counties to receive the advanced care they need. The hospital is home to one of the busiest solid organ transplant centers in the country. TGH is a nationally designated comprehensive stroke center, and has a 32-bed Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. Other outstanding centers include cardiovascular, orthopedics, high risk and normal obstetrics, urology, ENT, endocrinology, and the Children's Medical Center, which features a nine-bed pediatric intensive care unit and pediatric kidney transplant services. As the region's leading safety net hospital, Tampa General is committed to providing area residents with world-class and compassionate health care ranging from the simplest to the most complex medical services.
   
   Tampa General Hospital was named the #1 hospital in Tampa Bay by U.S. News & World Report, 2019-2020, and recognized as one of America's Best Hospital's in five medical specialties: Diabetes & Endocrinology, Gastroenterology & GI Surgery, Nephrology, Orthopedics, and Urology. Tampa General Hospital has been designated a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the highest recognition for nursing excellence, for the fourth consecutive time - an accomplishment that fewer than 1 percent of hospitals nationwide have earned. TGH is accredited by The Joint Commission and was awarded disease-specific certification in five medical specialties. TGH is also accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
   
   *Air transport provided by Metro Aviation, Inc.
   
   Department Profile
   
   Tampa General Hospital is home to one of the busiest transplant programs in both the state of Florida and the nation. The transplant units have private rooms dedicated to organ transplant and post-intensive care ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. The nursing team works closely with Tampa General Medical Group (TGMG) specialists, delivering exceptional care using a multidisciplinary approach. This team includes physicians, nurses, medical specialists, financial counselors and transplant coordinators.
   
   Job Summary
   
   Under general supervision, following established policies, procedures, and professional guidelines, delivers nursing care to patients. Plans and implements nursing care; documents nursing assessments; identifies and reports situations requiring further intervention; formulates and communicates goal-directed plan of care; assures patient rights. Responsible for performing job duties in accordance with the mission, vision and values of Tampa General Hospital and principles of quality improvement.
   Qualifications Required Skills
   
   Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing; licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Florida. BSN or ASN with greater than one year experience in a BSN program required. Hospital experience required. Med/Surgical/Transplant experience preferred.
   Primary Location: TampaWork Locations: TGH Main Campus 1 Tampa General Circle Tampa 33606Job: Nursing (LPNs, RNs) Organization: TGH - HospitalSchedule: Full-time Shift: Day JobShift Hours: 7A-7PJob Posting: Jun 22, 2022, 8:22:34 PM

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5. Post your job

   To find clinical nursing professors for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any clinical nursing professors they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level clinical nursing professors with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your clinical nursing professor job on Zippia to find and recruit clinical nursing professor candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as k12jobspot, learn4good, serious teachers, teachingjobs.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with clinical nursing professor candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new clinical nursing professor

   Once you've found the clinical nursing professor candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new clinical nursing professor. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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