Nursing Instructor - Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Position Title: Nursing Instructor - Bachelor of Science in Nursing
POSITION TYPE: Regular Full Time (100%)
POSITION START: January 1st, 2026

FACULTY OVERVIEW:
KPU proudly offers all learners opportunities to achieve success in a diverse range of programs that blend theory and practice, critical understanding, and social and ethical awareness necessary for good citizenship and rewarding careers.

The Faculty of Health at Kwantlen Polytechnic University invites applications for one regular full time faculty position to teach in our Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN Program). The appointment is effective January 1, 2026.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program is a full-time cohort program that prepares nursing students to work with individuals, families and communities with varying health and health promotion needs across diverse settings. The BSN program utilizes a concept-based pedagogical approach that is based on the concepts of caring and health promotion and has been developed in consultation with nursing practitioners, theorists, professional associations, and various government ministries.

Pedagogy and teaching methodologies encourage the development of critical thinking and the discovery of personal meaning. There is an emphasis on practice experiences as the foundation of nursing and the recognition that nurses' work requires thoughtful, reflective action.
Program courses and labs prepare nursing students to practice with clients in a wide variety of institutional and community settings. Regular faculty engage in teaching, student support, service to the school and program and professional development activities. They are entitled to paid vacation leave, professional development leave and benefits.

POSITION OVERVIEW:
Courses included in the regular appointment

Spring 2026
NRSG 2245- Nursing Practice 2 - 75%
Students will engage with clients in a variety of settings who are experiencing predictable health situations. Practice experience includes instructor guided and supervised client care in acute care settings. Students will have opportunities to apply knowledge from nursing theory and the sciences to their clinical practice and start to develop clinical decision making abilities. They will explore and use the expertise of health team members in a variety of contexts.

NRSG 2275 - Nursing Applications 2 - 25%
Students will continue to explore and develop a repertoire of nursing applications in relation to people's experience with predictable health situations in a theoretical context. They will begin to integrate knowledge from clients' experiences, nursing theories, professional standards, science, humanities, ethics, research and relational practice to assess and plan nursing care for individuals and families experiencing birth, surgery, or medical management of acute and chronic health challenges, with predictable outcomes. Students will begin to apply higher order thinking and clinical decision making reflecting on their practice experience in order to deepen and broaden their skills in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care. They will integrate knowledge to both prepare for subsequent clinical learning and analyze previous clinical experiences.

Summer 2026
NRSG 2245- Nursing Practice 2 - 75%
NRSG 2275 - Nursing Applications 2 - 25%

Fall 2026
Non-teaching term

Faculty in the BSN Nursing Program are supported to teach in all areas of the program. The position includes teaching, student support, service to the school and program and professional development activities. Faculty members are accountable for 10 months of the year. The 10 months accountable time includes such activities as teaching, the counselling of students, curriculum/program development, professional development and participation on a variety of educational committees.

Teaching duties include:

• Participate in the development and revision of course outlines and curriculum
• The preparation of courses, including but not limited to course syllabi, online delivery platforms, and other course related activities
• Responsibility for the delivery of courses, including lectures, seminars, laboratories, clinical supervision, simulations, field trips, and in-person, online or hybrid course delivery
• Student assessment, testing, and placement
• Student consultations, including office hours (1 hour per week per 3 credit course or equivalent)
• Work integrated learning placements - Ensure alignment of work integrated learning experiences with the learning outcomes of the concurrent theory and lab courses.
• Submission of grades in accordance with policy

Service may include:

• Participation in program, department, faculty, and university committees and events.
• Participation in program quality assurance activities including program review and accreditation
• Participation in regional, national and international committees and other professional organizations

Descriptions of these courses can be found in the KPU Calendar

More information concerning the working conditions for a faculty member are outlined in Article 12 of the Kwantlen Faculty Association (KFA) Collective Agreement

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful applicant should have experience working in complex care. The required academic credentials to teach in the BSN are specific to the program and are as follows:

• Master's Degree; with at least one degree as a bachelor's degree in nursing or master's degree in nursing. Doctorate preferred.
• Eligible for practicing membership with BCCNM with no limits, no conditions, no terms.
• Post-secondary teaching experience preferred.
• Three years preferred, related work experience.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Candidates are asked to submit:

• Current CV including relevant educational, practice, and teaching experience
• Cover Letter including expression of interest

*SALARY INFORMATION:

Placement on the salary scale will be dependent on level of education and relevant teaching experience. Advancement up the pay scale is based on FTE and employment status.

This competition is for a maximum FTE of 100% Regular. When possible, priority will be given to the candidate(s) who can maximize the FTE either individually, or collectively, as such please indicate on your application your preferred workload percentage. This competition could also be used to add candidates to our Qualified Faculty List, therefore also please indicate on your application if you are interested in being added to this list.