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Title: Instructor in Nursing
Position Number: 84204
Hiring Unit: College of Natural & Health Sciences (CNHS), School of Nursing
Location: UH Hilo
Date Posted: 09/09/2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment, first review on or about October 15, 2026, and will continue until position is filled.
Salary Information: Commensurate with qualification and experience
Monthly Type: 9-month
Tenure-Track: Non-Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Other Conditions: Anticipated start date is January 2027, pending position clearance and availability of funding.
Position Overview
The University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) is a public liberal arts and sciences university on the Island of Hawai'i, recognized for its integration of cultural immersion and place-based research that leverages the island's extraordinary geological, biological, and cultural diversity. A comprehensive, regional campus within the ten-campus University of Hawai'i System, UH Hilo offers high-quality undergraduate and select postgraduate education, with distinctive strengths in areas such as marine science, geology, astronomy, and Hawaiian language revitalization, while advancing research, scholarship, and creative activity that support community needs, environmental stewardship, Indigenous knowledge systems, and workforce development for the State of Hawai'i.
The College of Natural and Health Sciences is one of the two largest colleges at UH Hilo, home to 9 departments, 14 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and over 60 full-time faculty. CNHS provides an innovative, career-focused scientific education based in the culture, rich diversity, and natural environment of Hawai'i. The college prepares students for success in local, state, regional, and global careers. It teaches basic scientific and mathematical principles and applications that inform future citizens, scientists, managers, and leaders using modern methods and Hawai'i Island's living laboratory.
The School of Nursing (SON) at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) invites applications for a non-tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Instructor. The responsibilities of this position are in instructional and programmatic activities only, with no requirement of a research component.
The UH School of Nursing offers a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) and a doctor of nursing practice (DNP). The program provides a learning environment that is responsive to the needs of a diverse student population and involves a rigorous, high-quality education in a caring, personalized atmosphere. This educational experience encourages student-faculty interactions and offers hands-on learning and leadership opportunities. The nursing program emphasizes life-long learning and teaches students to deliver culturally congruent nursing care in a rural environment.
More information about the School of Nursing can be found at https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/nursing/
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach the equivalent of 12 credits of courses per semester in the undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), RN to BSN, and/or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs.
- Teaching duties include in-person classroom lectures, in-person clinical practicum and labs, and courses delivered by distance education. Faculty are expected to be available to teach in-person on Hawai‘i Island throughout the week. Instructional days during the week will depend on the courses being taught.
- Advise students through their degree pathway.
- Engage in development of outcomes assessment.
- Participate in faculty meetings and mandatory in-person weekly office hours per university policy.
Minimum qualifications:
- Master’s or higher degree in nursing.
- Eligible for Hawaii RN licensure and other established professional and health requirements.
- Acute care experience in medical/surgical, obstetrical, mental health, pediatric, and/or long term health care.
- Experience in teaching or working with undergraduate clinical nursing students in acute care, long term care, mental health, obstetrics and/or pediatrics settings, or a combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of this position.
- Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills as demonstrated by the application materials.
Desirable qualifications:
- Doctorate in nursing or a nursing-related field.
- Experience teaching on Hawai‘i Island or with culturally diverse student populations in rural clinical settings.
- Extensive experience with acute care adult health clinical instruction in BSN nursing programs.
- Experience with asynchronous education technology and outcomes assessment.
- Experience coordinating clinical programs in undergraduate baccalaureate nursing programs.
- Background or experience with simulated learning experiences, including the use of high-fidelity patient simulators via detailed, clinically-based scenarios with instruction, evaluation, and remediation in didactic and/or clinical learning settings.
To Apply:
Issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant. All requested documents/information become the property of the University. All minimum qualifications must be met by the closing date. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Failure to submit all required documents and reference information shall deem an application to be incomplete.
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Inquiries Dr. Jeanette Ayers-Kawakami; ayersjea@hawaii.edu
EEO, Clery Act, ADA
The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/
Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at: https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/
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Description
Title: Instructor in Nursing
Position Number: 84204
Hiring Unit: College of Natural & Health Sciences (CNHS), School of Nursing
Location: UH Hilo
Date Posted: 09/09/2026
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment, first review on or about October 15, 2026, and will continue until position is filled.
Salary Information: Commensurate with qualification and experience
Monthly Type: 9-month
Tenure-Track: Non-Tenure
Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Other Conditions: Anticipated start date is January 2027, pending position clearance and availability of funding.
Position Overview
The University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) is a public liberal arts and sciences university on the Island of Hawai'i, recognized for its integration of cultural immersion and place-based research that leverages the island's extraordinary geological, biological, and cultural diversity. A comprehensive, regional campus within the ten-campus University of Hawai'i System, UH Hilo offers high-quality undergraduate and select postgraduate education, with distinctive strengths in areas such as marine science, geology, astronomy, and Hawaiian language revitalization, while advancing research, scholarship, and creative activity that support community needs, environmental stewardship, Indigenous knowledge systems, and workforce development for the State of Hawai'i.
The College of Natural and Health Sciences is one of the two largest colleges at UH Hilo, home to 9 departments, 14 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and over 60 full-time faculty. CNHS provides an innovative, career-focused scientific education based in the culture, rich diversity, and natural environment of Hawai'i. The college prepares students for success in local, state, regional, and global careers. It teaches basic scientific and mathematical principles and applications that inform future citizens, scientists, managers, and leaders using modern methods and Hawai'i Island's living laboratory.
The School of Nursing (SON) at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo (UH Hilo) invites applications for a non-tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Instructor. The responsibilities of this position are in instructional and programmatic activities only, with no requirement of a research component.
The UH School of Nursing offers a bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) and a doctor of nursing practice (DNP). The program provides a learning environment that is responsive to the needs of a diverse student population and involves a rigorous, high-quality education in a caring, personalized atmosphere. This educational experience encourages student-faculty interactions and offers hands-on learning and leadership opportunities. The nursing program emphasizes life-long learning and teaches students to deliver culturally congruent nursing care in a rural environment.
More information about the School of Nursing can be found at https://hilo.hawaii.edu/depts/nursing/
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Teach the equivalent of 12 credits of courses per semester in the undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), RN to BSN, and/or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) programs.
- Teaching duties include in-person classroom lectures, in-person clinical practicum and labs, and courses delivered by distance education. Faculty are expected to be available to teach in-person on Hawai‘i Island throughout the week. Instructional days during the week will depend on the courses being taught.
- Advise students through their degree pathway.
- Engage in development of outcomes assessment.
- Participate in faculty meetings and mandatory in-person weekly office hours per university policy.
Minimum qualifications:
- Master’s or higher degree in nursing.
- Eligible for Hawaii RN licensure and other established professional and health requirements.
- Acute care experience in medical/surgical, obstetrical, mental health, pediatric, and/or long term health care.
- Experience in teaching or working with undergraduate clinical nursing students in acute care, long term care, mental health, obstetrics and/or pediatrics settings, or a combination of education and experience commensurate with the requirements of this position.
- Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills as demonstrated by the application materials.
Desirable qualifications:
- Doctorate in nursing or a nursing-related field.
- Experience teaching on Hawai‘i Island or with culturally diverse student populations in rural clinical settings.
- Extensive experience with acute care adult health clinical instruction in BSN nursing programs.
- Experience with asynchronous education technology and outcomes assessment.
- Experience coordinating clinical programs in undergraduate baccalaureate nursing programs.
- Background or experience with simulated learning experiences, including the use of high-fidelity patient simulators via detailed, clinically-based scenarios with instruction, evaluation, and remediation in didactic and/or clinical learning settings.
To Apply:
Issued from an institution outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from an agency having membership with the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services, Inc., verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. Expense of the evaluation shall be borne by the applicant. All requested documents/information become the property of the University. All minimum qualifications must be met by the closing date. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Failure to submit all required documents and reference information shall deem an application to be incomplete.
Note: If you have not applied for a position before using NeoGov, you will need to create an account.
Inquiries Dr. Jeanette Ayers-Kawakami; ayersjea@hawaii.edu
EEO, Clery Act, ADA
The University of Hawai'i is an Equal Opportunity Institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment, including on the basis of veteran and disability status. For more information, visit: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/policies/
Employment is contingent on satisfying employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; reference checks of previous employers; and for certain positions, criminal history record checks.
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, annual campus crime statistics for the University of Hawai'i may be viewed at: https://www.hawaii.edu/titleix/help/campus-security/, or a paper copy may be obtained upon request from the respective UH Campus Security or Administrative Services Office.
Accommodation Request: The University of Hawai'i complies with the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the EEO coordinator directly. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. For further information, please refer to the following link: https://www.hawaii.edu/offices/eeo/accommodation-request/
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Nursing Instructor
Document your clinical teaching credentials now
Gather transcripts, nursing licenses, and evidence of supervised clinical instruction before you apply. PERM requires your employer to verify your qualifications meet the job's minimum requirements, and gaps slow the process.
Target community colleges with nursing program accreditation
Accredited ADN and BSN programs at community colleges face chronic instructor shortages and are more likely to initiate PERM sponsorship than four-year research universities that can fill roles from larger domestic applicant pools.
Verify the posted wage covers PERM prevailing-wage requirements
Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the prevailing wage for Nursing Instructors in your target metro before accepting an offer. If the employer's offered salary falls below the DOL wage level, the PERM application will be denied.
Ask employers about their EB-2 versus EB-3 filing strategy
Employers can sponsor Nursing Instructors under EB-2 if the role genuinely requires a master's degree or its equivalent. Confirm which category your role qualifies for early, since EB-2 and EB-3 have different priority date timelines depending on your country of birth.
Search Migrate Mate to find green-card-sponsoring healthcare employers
Filter by Nursing Instructor roles and green card sponsorship history on Migrate Mate to identify institutions that have completed PERM filings before, which signals a working sponsorship process and reduces your risk of starting from scratch.
Negotiate a start date that accommodates PERM filing timelines
PERM labor certification typically takes six to twelve months before USCIS even receives your I-140 petition. Build this into your offer negotiation so your employer files promptly and your status remains valid throughout the process.
Green Card Nursing Instructor: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Nursing Instructor roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Both categories are possible. EB-3 applies when the role requires a bachelor's degree in nursing plus teaching experience. EB-2 applies when the employer genuinely requires a master's degree or its equivalent in nursing education. The right category depends on what the employer specifies in the job requirements, which also shapes the PERM recruitment process your employer must complete.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Nursing Instructors?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and the EB-2 or EB-3 pathway leads to permanent residency, not a temporary status. There is no annual lottery for EB-3 at the filing stage, and the cap only affects visa number availability for certain countries. H-1B visa requires annual lottery selection before sponsorship can begin, while PERM-based sponsorship can start as soon as an employer extends an offer and commits to the process.
What does the PERM process look like for a Nursing Instructor position?
Your employer files an Application for Permanent Employment Certification with the DOL, demonstrating they conducted good-faith recruitment and found no qualified U.S. workers for the role. For Nursing Instructors, this includes advertising in specific venues tied to academic hiring. After DOL certifies the PERM, your employer files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS, and you proceed to adjustment of status or consular processing once a visa number becomes available.
How can I find employers who actively sponsor green cards for Nursing Instructors?
Use Migrate Mate to search specifically for Nursing Instructor roles with employer-based green card sponsorship history. Institutions that have filed PERM applications before already understand the process, have immigration counsel in place, and are more likely to move efficiently through certification, I-140 filing, and adjustment of status without delays from unfamiliarity with the requirements.
Can a foreign-trained nurse qualify for Nursing Instructor sponsorship without a U.S. nursing license?
Most Nursing Instructor positions require an active RN license in the state where the institution is located, even if the role is primarily classroom-based. PERM job requirements must reflect what the employer genuinely needs, so if the position requires licensure, you must hold it before the employer can sponsor you. Credential evaluation through bodies like CGFNS may be required first if you trained outside the U.S.