Bpn Faculty

Employee Group:
**Faculty (KFA)**
- Hours of Work (BCGEU):
- # of openings:
**1**
- Hours Per Week (BCGEU):
- Pay Level:
**Faculty Pay Scale**
- Days of Work (BCGEU):
- Employment Type:
**Temporary Part Time**
- Internal Closing Date:
**open until filled**
- Travel Frequency:
**Occasional travel between campuses is required.**
- External Closing Date:
**open until filled**
- Competition ID:
**2546**

**Kwantlen Polytechnic University**

**Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing - Competition ID: 2546**
POSITION START: September 1, 2023

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.

**FACULTY OVERVIEW**:
The Kwantlen Polytechnic University Bachelor of Psychiatric Nursing (BPN) program philosophy consists of three guiding principles and six core concepts. These provide the philosophical foundation for the BPN program and basic assumptions that are inter-woven through all aspects of the BPN program curriculum and underpin its' philosophical framework. They provide grounding in health promotion, therapeutic relationship, and diversity.

The core concepts are articulated and place the client at the center of our model. These include client centeredness, being, situatedness, choice, professionalism, and teaching and learning. The person (client) is considered within the context of their culture, religion, ethnicity, race, historical experiences, spirituality, and abilities. Diversity and equality are values running through the entire curriculum.

The BPN program is developed in the context of psychiatric nursing theory based on best practice and the therapeutic use of self in interpersonal relationships. A health promotion perspective has been used to organize and construct the curriculum. This shift in focus from illness to health represents a deliberate move away from a disease model to a model focusing on the person's experience with health and healing. Inherent to these orientations is the use of teaching methodologies, which encourage the development of analytical and critical thinking based on praxis, and the discovery of personal meaning and personal power.

Psychiatric/mental health nursing practice experiences are essential in the BPN program. Students will be directly involved with clients in their homes, institutional and community settings in each semester. Note: These experiences may involve days, evenings, nights and weekends. Practice experiences occur throughout the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**:
The Faculty of Health is seeking to hire for an NR2 faculty position. Courses include theory, mental health simulation labs, and psychiatric nursing clinical placements.

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

**QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Master’s Degree (PhD preferred)
- Eligible for practicing membership with BCCNM as as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with no limits, no conditions, no terms.
- Qualified to fulfill all teaching responsibilities of the program which includes RPN entry-level competencies to meet the standards of practice
- Minimum of five years of practice experience and current competence in their area of teaching

**APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS**:

- Current CV including relevant educational, clinical and teaching experience.
- Cover Letter including expression of interest

**Note to Applicants**:
We thank all applicants for their interest in employment with KPU. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Kwantlen Polytechnic University is committed to protecting the safety and welfare of employees, students, and the general public, and upholding the reputation and integrity of the University. For this reason, final applicants will be asked to undergo a background check.