The joint position, which was created by Pace University, Lienhard School of Nursing and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), provides for 50% of the appointee's time to be devoted to each organization. Currently, the individual in the role is professor and project director of a funded evidence-based practice initiative at the school of nursing and visiting faculty in the Department of Education and Clinical Development at the VNSNY. The academic role entails fulfilling half the responsibilities of a full-time faculty member, the functions of which may vary from teaching courses and participating in committee work to faculty and curricular enhancement in the EBP arena; the service role entails facilitating evidence-based practice educational activities and working on educational and research projects. Many examples of these activities will be discussed in detail and include working with the nurses (clinical advisors) who conduct the nurse internship program at the VNSNY to enhance their EBP skills for the purpose of integrating EBP concepts and behaviors into the internship program. On the academic side, the joint appointee has been working with newly hired clinical faculty members to design new EBP focused clinical learning activities. In addition to the specific activities involved with this new role, the joint appointee in the role will provide a personal reflection on the skills needed to introduce a new role into an organization.