The Carter Center (TCC) & Lillian Carter Center (LCC)
Psych-Mental Health Faculty Position
The jointly appointed faculty member will have a primary appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor (CT) as a 12-month faculty member within the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and a secondary appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor (CT) as a 12-month faculty member in the Carter Center (TCC) Mental Health Program (MHP). TCC MHP will participate in the selection of the faculty member for this joint appointment. The faculty member’s salary and fringe will be allocated based on their joint appointment effort.
The faculty to be appointed will devote 40% effort to teaching and 10% effort to scholarship and service within the NHWSN and 50% effort providing nurse education expertise with the The Carter Center (TCC) Mental Health Program:
· Teach undergraduate and graduate psychiatric mental health nursing and/or other courses based on expertise and teaching needs through face-to-face and online
pedagogies.
· Engage in mentoring students; and contributing to scholarly activity in the field through research, presentations, and publications.
· Provide nurse education expertise to TCC MHP global behavioral health workforce development activities, including;
o curriculum development for post-baccalaureate/licensure mental health nursing certification in low and middle-income countries (LMIC) in collaboration with in-country nursing authorities,
o assist in building working relationships and provide technical assistance with nursing schools (and sometimes physician assistant schools as determined appropriate) in LMIC to embed psych mental health content in pre and postbaccalaureate/ licensure programs,
o develop strategies for developing advanced practice nurse programs, and
o assist in the identification and engagement of nursing education experts globally that will assist in scaling psych mental health nursing in LMIC
· Coordinate use of Project ECHO (on-line learning and supervision platform provided by University of New Mexico Health Science) activities with TCC use of Project ECHO to build a psych mental health community of practice in Africa
· Lead implementation research design/ monitoring and evaluation activities of TCC
global behavioral health workforce development, mental health advocacy, and antidiscrimination activities, and informing of global mental health policy work.
· Lead and develop manuscripts on the work of the TCC Mental Health Program.
The faculty to be appointed will be expected to offer evidence of continuing
achievement of high-quality teaching through multiple assessment measures such as:
· Receiving favorable reviews on teaching/course evaluations which should be
administered in every course;
· Providing exemplars of one or more assessments of student learning around
psych mental health,
· Receive favorable reviews on responsibility for global nurse curriculum
development and teaching
Each academic year, the School of Nursing will communicate with the faculty member to determine the faculty member’s teaching and advising responsibilities in accordance with the department, program.
The Carter Center is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization founded in 1982 in Atlanta, GA, by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University. The Center has helped to improve millions of lives in more than 80 countries by waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope. The Carter Center is guided by a fundamental commitment to human rights and the alleviation of human suffering. It seeks to prevent and resolve conflicts, enhance freedom and democracy, and improve health.
The Carter Center collaborates with other organizations, public and private, in carrying out its mission around the world. Current information about the Center’s many programs and activities are available at The Carter Center.
