Academic
Faculty Bargaining
Assistant Professor or Associate Professor
Faculty | School of Nursing | Faculty of Applied Sciences (Elizabeth Saewyc)
August 4, 2026
Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.
June 30, 2031
Salary will be commensurate with level of educational preparation and experience. The expected salary range for the Assistant Professor position is $135,000/year to $160,000/year and the expected salary range for the Associate Professor position is $150,000/year to $170,000/year.
The School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia - Vancouver campus invites applications from Nurse Practitioners for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor or tenured Associate Professor position. We are particularly interested in applicants with a program of research in primary health care and/or models of NP practice, but welcome applicants with relevant scholarship in all areas of advanced nursing practice. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2027, or potentially earlier if feasible.
The School of Nursing at UBC is the oldest university-based nursing program in Canada, with a global reputation for excellence in research, innovative teaching, and values rooted in health equity, social justice, and community engagement. Our Masters of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner program, which offers a generalist nurse practitioner focus with an emphasis on primary care, has expanded to help meet the needs of BC’s primary health care system. UBC’s Vancouver campus is situated at the tip of Point Grey on the unceded lands of the Musqueam people, surrounded by forest, ocean and mountains The School also has a location in Surrey, across from the Surrey Memorial Hospital, for a cohort of the NP program. The successful candidate will primarily teach at the Surrey campus, and may teach at the Point Grey campus based on the needs of the School UBC seeks to recruit and retain a workforce that is representative of Vancouver's diversity, to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives and ways of knowing and learning.
The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program relevant to advanced practice nursing, promoting people’s health and informing the future of health care in Canada and beyond. They will primarily teach core and/or elective courses in the NP program or other graduate programs, supervise graduate students (both Masters and PhD), and provide service to the University, the School, and to the profession. Part of the role will include sufficient practice hours to maintain NP licensure in BC. Applicants must have earned a PhD in nursing or a related discipline, and be registered or eligible to be registered as a Nurse Practitioner with the BC College of Nurses and Midwives. The successful candidate will demonstrate or show potential for excellence in research and teaching, and must have recent or current clinical practice experience as a Nurse Practitioner.
Qualified applicants should submit a complete application package that includes:
-
Curriculum vitae (CV);
-
A cover letter outlining their career objectives and suitability for the position including an overview of relevant experience and achievements, research goals and approaches to teaching;
-
A statement on how their experiences and/or knowledge will support the School of Nursing’s commitments to anti-racism, Indigenous cultural safety, equity and inclusion. For information on the University’s and School’s commitments to reducing systemic racism and promoting cultural safety in education and health care, please see https://antiracism.nursing.ubc.ca/ and https://ics.nursing.ubc.ca/. For information on the University’s inclusion action plan, see https://equity.ubc.ca/about/inclusion-action-plan/.
-
Names and contact information for four references
Applications must be submitted online at https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs. Review of applications will begin August 5, 2026, and will continue until the position is filled. All applications received by August 4, 2026 will receive full consideration.
Salary will be commensurate with level of educational preparation and experience. The expected salary range for the Assistant Professor position is $135,000/year to $160,000/year and the expected salary range for the Associate Professor position is $150,000/year to $170,000/year.
This advertisement as well as further information about the School is available on the School of Nursing website at https://nursing.ubc.ca, and information on the employment environment in the Faculty of Applied Science is available at https://apsc.ubc.ca/faculty/career-opportunities. All positions are subject to final budgetary approval.
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all members of its workforce. An inclusive work environment presumes an environment where differences are accepted, recognized and integrated into current structures, planning and decision-making modes. Within this hiring process, we will make efforts to create an inclusive and equitable process for all candidates (including but not limited to people with disabilities). Accommodations are available on request for all candidates taking part in the selection process. To confidentially request accommodations, please contact Christine McKay, Assistant to the Director, at [email protected].
To learn more about UBC’s Centre for Workplace Accessibility, please visit their website [https://hr.ubc.ca/health-and-wellbeing/workplace-accessibility/centre-workplace-accessibility]. To learn more about how the University is working to create a more inclusive working and learning environment, please see the UBC Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism Framework [https://equity.ubc.ca/stear-framework-and-roadmap-for-change/].
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.
Land Acknowledgement:
The School of Nursing at UBC gratefully acknowledge that our students, faculty, and staff gather on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish people, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation, as well as the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Semiahmoo, and sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nations. In all our work, we are committed to enacting the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, to upholding the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and to fostering Indigenous health and cultural safety.
