"Director of Nursing Program (Associates Degree)"

Summary Description

The Director position is responsible for the management, coordination, and evaluation of the associate degree nursing program. This includes the daily operations of the program, organization, administration, periodic review and evaluation, continued development, and general effectiveness of program curricula. The Director must ensure that the effectiveness of all clinical affiliates is maintained. The director works with the Virtua clinical liaison to determine clinical placements needed for running of clinical courses with the clinical coordinator and works with the Division coordinator, Adjunct coordinator, Health Science Assistant, Dean and Associate Dean to determine class and clinical schedules, pay, and budget.

• Oversees payroll and scheduling for clinical faculty
• Coordinates ongoing quality assurance and improvement, long range planning and ongoing development, related to state requirements and ACEN accreditation.
• Ensures the curriculum meets state and accreditation standards, including completion of yearly reports for the NLN, State, and ACEN
• Maintains yearly statistics for the program and monitors and updates the systematic evaluation plan
• Coordinates the development, implementation, evaluation, and revision of the program curriculum to ensure that all learning competencies are included.
• Provides evaluation, development and feedback for the program on course materials, current changes in practice, standards of practice, and student accomplishment of course and program outcomes.
• Assesses the program outcomes with its stated goals and learning domains with regards to national credentialing examination performance, programmatic retention/attrition, graduate satisfaction, employer satisfaction, and job placement and demonstrates the use of the results on course planning.
• Supervises/delegates the evaluation of faculty including in class reviews of each faculty member.
• Approves teaching schedules of faculty to assure that all full time faculty meet minimum Collective Bargaining agreement requirements
• Completes faculty evaluations according to college requirements.
• Oversees the academic progression and graduation of students.
• Ensures the maintenance of student records regarding student admission, advisement, counseling, attendance, and progress while maintaining the confidentiality of each student.
• Coordinates with the Dean of Health Sciences all correspondence and required reports between accrediting and licensing bodies. Assists to prepares reports necessary for continued approval or accreditation of the program.
• Arranges faculty meetings to meet program needs.
• Attends state meetings with directors of other colleges
• Coordinates the Nursing Advisory Board meetings twice a year to formulate and revise, as necessary, appropriate program goals and learning domains, monitoring needs and expectations, and ensuring program responsiveness to change.
• Performs other duties as assigned related to scheduling and evaluation as stated above.

Overall Purpose and Responsibility

The primary and most important overall responsibility of all employees is to provide service in a pleasant, helpful, and effective manner to our students and other members of the College community.

Education Required

Education: PhD, DNP, EdD, MSN or other terminal degree. Current RN license in New Jersey and New Jersey resident.

Experience Required

Minimum of 3 years of progressive leadership experience. Previous teaching experience (state requirement of 3 years teaching) and management experience helpful.

Skills/Abilities /Knowledge /Other Requirements

• Experience with accreditation report writing and grant writing helpful.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, problem solving skills, and leadership capabilities.
• Certification or licensure as appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability in methods of instruction, testing and evaluation of undergraduate students.
• Budget experience helpful.
• Commitment to continued assessment of the teaching-learning process and its outcomes.
• Commitment to continual professional growth and development.
• Ability to communicate fluently in English in both oral and written forms.
• Knowledge of online programs, Microsoft suite, and ability to learn new programs such as Trajecsys.
• Knowledge or ability to learn current LMS program (blackboard)
• Ability to learn ATI, Accreditation requirements, report writing etc.