Assistant Program Director of Vocational Nursing- Full Time

Unitek Learning • San Jose, CA

65d • $115,000 - $125,000

About The Position

We are looking for an Assistant Program Director -VN Program to join our team. This position will work with and functions under the supervision of the Campus Program Director of the Vocational Nursing Program. The Assistant Program Director will assist the Director with planning, developing, managing, updating and evaluating all aspects of the program. Responsibilities include preparing data and other written materials for all required state and Board requirements, reports, proposals, self-studies, surveys, and site visits. The role also involves identifying and obtaining outside resources for the nursing program, assessing the ability of the agency to provide clinical experience that meets the objectives for application of theory and clinical course objectives, and ensuring Facility Approval Applications are completed and approved prior to initiating clinical rotations. The Assistant Program Director will ensure that student theory and clinical evaluations are completed in a timely manner by assigned faculty, maintain evaluations by students, clinical sites representatives, and faculty at completion of each clinical rotation, and assist with strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives to ensure quality of the program. Continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction, ensuring that clinical assignments, clinical rotation matrixes and calendars are completed in a timely manner, and ensuring that faculty consistently follow policies and guidelines related to student clinical rotation experience are also key responsibilities. The role includes reviewing student learning material on an ongoing basis, ensuring that student records are maintained according to policies, submitting required program reports and forms to the Director of the program in a timely manner, keeping current with new technologies and safety regulations, providing advising support and planning assistance to potential students, and ensuring that all students have completed the necessary documentation and meet the requirements for graduation and the state licensing exam. Additionally, the Assistant Program Director will teach (either theory or clinical) half of the time and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Hold a valid, clear, current and active license as a Registered Nurse in the state in which you are applying
• Hold a baccalaureate degree from an approved school
• Have a minimum of three years' experience as a registered nurse; one year shall be in teaching or clinical supervision, or a combination thereof, in a state approved registered nursing or vocational or practical nursing, or psychiatric technician school with in the last five years; or have a minimum of three years' experience in nursing administration or nursing education within the last five years
• Have completed a course or courses offered by an approved school with instruction (1) in teaching, (2) curriculum development, and (3) administration

Responsibilities

• Assists the Director with planning, developing, managing, updating and evaluating all aspects of the program
• Assists with preparing data and other written materials for all required state and Board requirements, reports, proposals, self-studies, surveys, and site visits
• Assists with identifying and obtaining outside resources for the nursing program
• Assesses the ability of the agency to provide clinical experience that meet the objectives for application of theory and clinical course objectives
• Ensures Facility Approval Applications are completed and approved prior to initiating clinical rotations
• Ensures that student theory and clinical evaluations are completed in a timely manner by assigned faculty
• Maintains evaluations by students, clinical sites representatives, and faculty at completion of each clinical rotation
• Assist with strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives to ensure quality of program
• Makes continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction
• Ensures that clinical assignments, clinical rotation matrixes and calendars are completed in a timely manner
• Ensures that faculty is consistently following policies and guidelines as related to student clinical rotation experience
• Reviews student learning material on an ongoing basis
• Ensures that student records are maintained according to policies
• Submits required program reports and forms to the Director of the program in a timely manner
• Keeps current with new technologies and safety regulations
• Provides advising support and planning assistance to potential students
• Ensures that all students have completed the necessary documentation and meet the requirements for graduation and the state licensing exam
• Teach (either theory or clinical) half of the time
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks' starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
• 10 paid Holidays and 1 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x's your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees