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EMPLOYMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
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NURSING
SUPERVISOR
JOB
SUMMARY
This position assists in the assessment, planning, implementation and
evaluation in the delivery of patient care to a culturally diverse population.
The nurse provides individualized patient care to promote the restoration
of health and achievement of patient health goals. This position reports
to the Medical Director.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Prepare
patients for examination.
- Assist
with the preparation of equipment and aid provider during treatment,
examination and testing of patients as needed.
- Administer
medications and immunizations as per order of the medical provider.
- Instruct
family and patient regarding medications and treatment instructions.
- Observe,
record and report patient’s condition and reaction to any drugs
and treatments to provider.
- Answer
patient phone calls and triage to the provider as needed.
- Call
in prescriptions, and make referral appointments as per provider order.
- Assist
in collection of specimens and prepare them for transport to the lab.
- Maintain
chart order; complete paperwork as required.
- Assist
medical providers to assure patient flow efficiency.
- Restock
exam rooms and supplies daily.
- Monitor
and maintain adequate supplies. Provide assistance and support to other
nursing staff as appropriate.
- Participate
in performance improvement activities as needed.
- Supervision
& training of new and current MA’s.
- Nursing
Administrative duties
- Perform
other clinical duties as requested.
KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates
clinical competence.
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Has appropriate manner, conduct and grooming
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Demonstrates ability to communicate respect and sensitivity to a culturally
diverse population
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Demonstrates ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations
- Supervisory
experience is a MUST.
TRAINING
AND EDUCATION
- RN
or LPN licensed in Minnesota
- Current
CPR certification
Resumes
to:
Gladys Chosa
NACC Executive Assistant/ Counseling Services Office Manager
1113 East Franklin Ave. Suite 104
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Fax: 612-238-0399
Email: gchosa@nacc-healthcare.org
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Title: American Indian & Alaska Native (AIAN) Head Start Training
and Technical (Req. # 46831108003)
Contact: Yvette Moore, Recruiter, ICF International
Phone: 703.218.2571
Email: ymoore@icfi.com
Website: www.icfi.com
To apply, visit www.icfi.com/careers
ICF International seeks experienced Head Start Training and Technical
Assistance T/TA professionals to support work on American Indian &
Alaska Native Head Start initiatives.
T/TA Staff will work from home and provide T/TA services to grantees
throughout the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Region 11.
The T/TA Specialist will provide assistance by assessing the needs of
the assigned Head Start grantees, working closely with the State-based
TTA Services contractor, and the ACF Regional office. The Specialist will
work directly with grantees to assist in the development of annual T/TA
plans for the Regional Office, support risk assessment meetings, and work
with grantees to assist their meeting monitoring and performance standards.
Additionally, the Specialist will provide accountability and progress
reports, and develop goals and quality improvement plans to ensure that
high quality services are being provided. The Specialist will also assist
with strategies that develop collaboration between Head Start Programs,
State and local agencies as well as Tribal leaders and other community
partners supporting the AIAN population. The T/TA Specialist would provide
T/TA on Head Start and as applicable would offer content specific support
in one of the key content areas including: Early Childhood Education and
Literacy, Family and Community Partnerships, Health, Mental Health, Program
Design and Management or Fiscal.
ICF International, a global professional services firm, partners with
government and commercial clients to deliver consulting services and technology
solutions in energy, climate change, environment, transportation, social
programs, health, defense, and emergency management.
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Title: GSR Employment for Winter Quarter, UCLA Center
on Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority
Health Disparities
Deadline: TBA
Contact: Vickie M. Mays, Ph.D., MSPH
Phone: 310-206-5159
Email: cmhd@ucla.edu
Website: www.MinorityHealthDisparities.org
Looking to employ a graduate student 20 hours per week to work on the
completion of projects on American Indian Mental Health during the Winter
Quarter.
Projects include the development of a teaching case for use by medical
and nursing students on the behavioral dynamics of the health care encounter.
The student will be responsible for organizing the team developing the
case, development, for drafts from conference calls, writing up and production
of the case materials. The GSR will work with the team and community to
evaluate the case. In addition the individual will work on local and national
distribution of center developed materials on AI mental health. In addition
the person will complete a toolkit with resources on American Indian Mental
Health for online posting, editing of draft of a review paper on American
Indian mental health for publication as well as organizing a partnership
with the California State Psychological Association to develop a workshop
on American Indian/Alaska Native Mental Health.
Please send your CV which must demonstrate an expertise in American Indian
mental health, along with three names (phone numbers and email addresses)
of references that can be contacted to: Professor Vickie Mays at cmhd@ucla.edu.
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Title: Assistant Professor of Alaska Native Studies
Website: www.uakjobs.com (Requisition
#0056441)
The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Alaska Fairbanks seeks
applicants for a tenure-track position (assistant professor) in the Alaska
Native Studies department to begin August 2009.
Area of specialization: open, but must be able to teach within the fields
of Native/Indigenous Studies. Faculty in ANS may hold joint appointments
with other schools and colleges such as the School of Education, School
of Management, etc. Possible areas of expertise are Alaska Native politics
and government, distance education, Indigenous knowledge systems, humanities
and social sciences of Alaska Native and Indigenous peoples.
Ph.D. required (or imminent) in a content area relevant to Alaska Native
Studies. Applicants with previous teaching experience and significant
experience with Alaska Native/Indigenous cultures and peoples are preferred.
This position will also contribute to the development of graduate instruction
in Indigenous Studies.
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Title: Development Officer - American Indian College
Fund, Denver, CO
Deadline: open until filled.
Contact: Gina Del Castillo, Human Resource Manager,
Phone: (303) 426-8900
Website: www.collegefund.org
The Development Officer is responsible for fundraising activities
in the Individual Giving Department, with strong emphasis on major gifts
and planned giving. The position is responsible for planning, cultivating,
soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of major gift donors and prospective
donors and is responsible for meeting annual revenue goals. This position
requires working in collaboration with other departments within the organization
with the goal of providing resources for programs that donors and the
American Indian College Fund find mutually beneficial. Significant travel
and working occasionally on evenings and weekends is required.
The American Indian College Fund, a national, non-profit
organization headquartered in Denver, Colorado, was created in 1989 to
support the nation’s tribal colleges.
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Title: English Education Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate,
Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester
Deadline: open until filled.
Email: cghinazzi@warner.rochester.edu
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/warner/facultystaff/working.html
Applicants are expected to have a background in the research of English
education and teaching and learning in English classrooms. Responsibilities
include teaching master’s and doctoral courses in English education;
the candidate will also direct the secondary English certification programs.
Expertise in teaching academic writing at the master’s and/or doctoral
level is desirable.
The candidate may also teach foundations of education courses and/or research
methods courses. We expect that candidates will be able to supervise doctoral
student research using a variety of research methods. Experience teaching
English courses in secondary schools, especially in urban settings, is
also desirable.
The position will begin fall 2009. Candidates should have an earned doctorate
by that time.
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Title: Inclusive Education/Special Education Tenure-Track
Assistant/Associate, Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester
Deadline: open until filled.
Email: cghinazzi@warner.rochester.edu
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/warner/facultystaff/working.html
We define inclusion as a commitment to the education of all students within
learning environments that value diversity and maintain high expectations
based on students’ individual strengths, needs, and interests. Inclusion
promotes and requires collaboration between school, family, and community
while providing students with disabilities and classroom teachers the
necessary supports and services. Applicants are expected to have a background
in research and practice in inclusion of students with disabilities across
educational contexts, and knowledge and experience within teacher preparation.
We expect candidates to be well grounded in the inclusion literature and
to be familiar with new interdisciplinary directions in the construction
of disability.
Job responsibilities include teaching courses in inclusive practices and
teaching strategies, as well as collaborating with content area faculty
in supervising students who are pursuing dual certification in secondary
education and inclusive/special education. We expect that candidates will
be able to supervise doctoral student research using a variety of research
methods. Experience teaching students with disabilities preferred.
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Title: Urban Education Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate,
Warner School of Education at the University of Rochester
Deadline: open until filled.
Email: cghinazzi@warner.rochester.edu
Website: http://www.rochester.edu/warner/facultystaff/working.html
Applicants are expected to have a background in research in urban education,
foundations in teaching and curriculum, and research in urban settings.
In addition to having a commitment to social and economic justice, the
candidate should have an in-depth understanding of the linkage between
theory and practice and of communicating the importance of this to the
next generation of teacher-leaders. Responsibilities include teaching
master’s and doctoral courses in urban education and foundations
in education; the candidate may also teach courses dealing with diversity,
and will direct the Urban Teaching and Leadership program in collaboration
with other Teaching and Curriculum faculty members. We expect that candidates
will be able to supervise doctoral student research using a variety of
research methods. Experience teaching in urban settings is desirable.
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Title: Tenure-Track Investigator, Embryonic Stem Cell
Biologist, NIEHS
Deadline: Open until filled.
Contact: Dr. Trevor Archer, Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis.
Email: archer1@niehs.nih.gov
Website (s): http://www.training.nih.gov/
and http://www.jobs.nih.gov/
The Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis is recruiting a Tenure-Track
Investigator - Embryonic Stem Cell Biologist with intellectual and research
strengths in, but not necessarily limited to, regulation of gene expression,
development, chromatin and epigenetics. The successful applicant will
be expected to establish a high-quality independent research program in
stem cell biology, relevant to cancer, within a group with diverse research
interests and backgrounds but focused upon the molecular and environmental
mechanisms of carcinogenesis. Excellent start-up funds, salary, and benefits
package will be provided. The applicant will have access to state-of-the-art
equipment and research core facilities at the NIEHS. Applicants should
have a Ph.D, M.D. or equivalent doctoral degree with 3 years of postdoctoral
research experience, and a strong publication record. Research experience
with cancer models is desirable but not mandatory. Time before tenure
review will be dependent upon qualifications and performance, not to exceed
6 years.
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Title: Assistant Professor of American Indian Studies & Chicano
Studies (Req# 158071)
Deadline: Open until filled
Contact: Lisa Benjamin
Phone: 612-624-6309
Email: aminstud@umn.edu or chicstud@umn.edu
Website(s):
http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=75550
http://www.americanindianstudies.ucla.edu/
http://www.aisc.ucla.edu/
The American Indian Studies Dept. & the Chicano Studies Dept. at the
University of Minnesota have an opening for a shared tenure-track position.
The preferred area of specialty is "Indigenous Philosophies in the
Americas." Ideally we are looking for someone who can teach across
the curriculum in both departments.
Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in-hand by the start date of the appointment
(August 31, 2009), in American Indian Studies, Chicano Studies, Ethnic Studies,
American Studies, Women's Studies or related interdisciplinary degree program;
or in more traditional areas such as Anthropology, History, Spanish, English,
Rhetoric, Comparative Literature, Religious Studies, Philosophy, Sociology,
Psychology or similar disciplinary degree programs. |
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Title: Postdoctoral Research Position--Carolina Postdoctoral
Program for Faculty Diversity
Deadline: January 8, 2009
Contact: Rhonda Craig-Schwarz
Phone: 962-1319
Email: rhonda@unc.edu
Website: http://research.unc.edu/red/postdoc.html
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carolina Postdoctoral
Program for Faculty Diversity is pleased to announce the availability
of postdoctoral research appointments for a period of two years.
The purpose of the Program is to develop scholars from underrepresented
groups for possible tenure track appointments at the University of North
Carolina. Postdoctoral scholars will be engaged full-time in research
and may elect to teach only one course per fiscal year. Applications for
study in any discipline represented at the University are welcome.
Interested applicants who will have completed their doctoral degree no
later than July 1, 2009 and no earlier than July 1, 2005 are eligible
to apply. Preference will be given to U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
This program is funded by the State of North Carolina.
Electronic submissions are preferred and should be emailed to: Application2009@unc.edu.
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Title: Director of Northern Pueblos Institute, Northern
New Mexico College
Deadline: open until filled.
Contact: Northern New Mexico College
921 Paseo de Onate, Espanola, NM 87532
Phone: 505-747-2100
Fax: 505-747-2180
Director develops community-based workshops and seminars in collaboration
with the NPI Advisory Committee and works closely with the Governors of
the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council, Inc (ENIPC), the NNMC Chair
of Humanities, Languages & Letters, Social Sciences, & HYPER Department,
and the Pueblo Indian Studies Advisory committee in carry out the other
responsibilities of the Institute.
Minimum Qualifications: PhD required, preferably in American Indian or
Native American Studies or related field with experience in developing
and teaching Pueblo Indian studies and native American or American Indian
studies; 3 years experience in organizational and community development;
leadership and PR skills; written and oral communication skills and successful
grant-writing skills; proposal writing and computer skills.
Desirable Qualification: Prior work experience with Pueblo communities;
working knowledge of Indigenous Language Certification requirements; familiarity
with AQIP requirements for college/university accreditation; experience
managing and expanding undergrad curriculum from AA degree to BA degree.
Salary Range: $50,000K- $60,000K
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Title: Chief, Visuomotor Disorders Section, Laboratory
of Sensorimotor Research, NEI
Deadline: Open-ended
Contact:
Mica Gordon, Executive Assistant
Office of the Scientific Director
National Eye Institute, Building 31, Room 6A22,
31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-451-6763
Email: gordonmi@nei.nih.gov
The National Eye Institute (NEI) seeks an outstanding clinician scientist
for a tenured or tenure-track position as Chief, Visuomotor Disorders
Section in the Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research (LSR) in the Division
of Intramural Research. This recruitment is directed towards clinicians
with expertise in central disorders that affect vision and/or eye movements
(including disorders of binocular function).
The Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research is devoted to understanding the
organization of the brain related to the control of eye movements, visual
perception and their disorders. The Visuomotor Disorders Section Chief
is expected to create a vigorous research program dedicated to elucidating
the role played by these brain mechanisms in human disease, and to explore
treatments. The Chief will develop broad investigational plans, independently
and in collaboration with other NEI investigators and research scientists
in the United States and abroad. The Chief will examine and treat patients,
as well as design, implement and conduct research and clinical protocols.
An opportunity exists for the Section Chief to recruit staff and supervise
training.
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Title: Scientific Director, NIDCD
Deadline: open-ended, Applications will be reviewed starting October 6,
2008
Contact: Dr. Eric Green
Phone: 301-402-2023
Email: greene@mail.nih.gov
Application Submission:
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD),
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320, Building 31, Room 3C02,
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Email: mundellg@mail.nih.gov
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
is seeking exceptional candidates for the position of Director, Division
of Intramural Research (DIR). The incumbent serves as the principal advisor
to the NIDCD Director on biomedical and scientific affairs involving the
intramural research programs conducted by basic and clinical research
investigators in the field of deafness and other communication disorders.
This position offers a unique and exciting opportunity for an extremely
capable individual to evaluate research efforts and establish program
priorities; direct training of pre- and post doctoral fellows; collaborate
with other NIH programs; and advise the NIDCD Director and senior staff
of the DIR and areas of science of interest to the Institute. The Division
of Intramural Research has a staff of approximately 180 employees and
a current annual budget of $35 million dollars. In addition to the managerial/administrative
responsibilities outlined above, the Scientific Director is expected to
carry out his/her own research program. Resources commensurate with the
proposed program will be provided. The NIDCD seeks candidates who have
a commitment to scientific excellence and the energy, enthusiasm, and
innovative thinking necessary to lead and direct the DIR’s research
efforts at the forefront of science.
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