Assistant Site Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson Health Plans•Philadelphia, PA

29d•Onsite

About The Position

Assistant Site Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University Job Details Position Responsibilities (includes but not limited to): • Ensures congruence between the mission of the College and University and the educational goals of the nurse anesthesia program in collaboration with the Director • Ensures congruence with standards established by the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Pennsylvania Board of Nursing, and certifying agencies in collaboration with the Director • Monitors the policies of the program's accrediting agency to ensure that the nurse anesthesia program maintains compliance in collaboration with the Director • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/ Site Director in planning, implementing, and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program curricula in cooperation with the faculty and staff • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program budget that ensures adequate operating expenses, academic resources, appropriate number of faculty and support staff, and funds for faculty development • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in day-to-day program operations • Administers anesthesia one day per week to maintain his/her clinical expertise and participates in clinical instruction of students when they are assigned to the University affiliated hospital(s) • Reviews completed program applications • Participates as a member of the nurse anesthesia admissions selection committee • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in tracking and obtaining clinical placements for students • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in collaborating with the College's Director of Simulation and Clinical Skills to plan and implement laboratory and simulation activities • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning and implementing orientation for new students • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director with supervising, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orientating, and evaluating of clinical faculty • Maintains open channels of communication with students, course faculty, and staff • Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating a plan for success in the NCE in collaboration with the Director and faculty. • Serves as mentor and role model for teaching and clinical faculty • Provides an environment conducive to student engagement and participation and the assimilation and enrichment of a diverse student body • Provides oversight for student advisement and remediation • Serves as resource person to faculty for course related responsibilities • Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director maintaining program data base in collaboration with staff • Prepares monthly and annual reports as requested by Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director • Collaborates with College leadership team and University support services related to recruitment, marketing, admission, registration, progression, and graduation activities • Verifies that students have met all requirements for graduation in collaboration with faculty as requested by Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director • Tracks pass rates on national certification examination in collaboration with Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and faculty • Assists Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in reviewing the nurse anesthesia program curriculum annually as part of the systematic evaluation plan • Collaborates with the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and the nurse anesthesia faculty to ensure a curriculum that is consistent with the other advanced nurse practitioner programs offered within the College of Nursing and the educational standards of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs • Organizes the curriculum to ensure logical sequence of teaching and learning identifies minimum clinical competencies required of all graduates; participates in the didactic teaching program; maintains program records/files, current cumulative student records/files, and clinical faculty records/files in collaboration with administrative assistant • Represents the College on select University Committees • Teaching as assigned Job Description Position Qualifications: • Earned doctorate in nursing from an accredited college or university • Master's degree preparation in nursing • Licensure to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania • National certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist • Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in a collegiate nursing program or equivalent experience • Evidence of progressive leadership and academic responsibilities • Evidence of effective teaching • Demonstrated scholarly productivity Reporting: Assistant Site Director reports directly to the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Jefferson College of Nursing Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV; http://hr.jefferson.edu/human-resources.html then enter in search box Job ID # REQ-0021466 Work Shift Workday Day (United States of America) Worker Sub Type Regular Employee Entity Thomas Jefferson University Primary Location Address 901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. Benefits Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance. For more benefits information, please click here In keeping with Jefferson's Mission, We Improve Lives, it is our goal to recruit, retain, develop and reward highly-qualified employees. If you are enthusiastic, caring and dedicated to service excellence, we invite you to consider joining Jefferson. Jefferson encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and develop their careers through growth opportunities and continuing education. With a long standing history, Jefferson has been advancing the medical field from the heart of Center City Philadelphia for nearly 200 years. Our Mission, We Improve Lives, expands to every corner of the organization. From our weekly farmer’s market, to our new Jefferson Accelerator Zone for innovation, our employees’ passion for the community is evident by the daily gestures towards our patients, students and each other.

Requirements

Earned doctorate in nursing from an accredited college or university
Master's degree preparation in nursing
Licensure to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
National certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in a collegiate nursing program or equivalent experience
Evidence of progressive leadership and academic responsibilities
Evidence of effective teaching
Demonstrated scholarly productivity

Responsibilities

Ensures congruence between the mission of the College and University and the educational goals of the nurse anesthesia program in collaboration with the Director
Ensures congruence with standards established by the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Pennsylvania Board of Nursing, and certifying agencies in collaboration with the Director
Monitors the policies of the program's accrediting agency to ensure that the nurse anesthesia program maintains compliance in collaboration with the Director
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/ Site Director in planning, implementing, and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program curricula in cooperation with the faculty and staff
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program budget that ensures adequate operating expenses, academic resources, appropriate number of faculty and support staff, and funds for faculty development
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in day-to-day program operations
Administers anesthesia one day per week to maintain his/her clinical expertise and participates in clinical instruction of students when they are assigned to the University affiliated hospital(s)
Reviews completed program applications
Participates as a member of the nurse anesthesia admissions selection committee
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in tracking and obtaining clinical placements for students
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in collaborating with the College's Director of Simulation and Clinical Skills to plan and implement laboratory and simulation activities
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning and implementing orientation for new students
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director with supervising, recruiting, interviewing, hiring, orientating, and evaluating of clinical faculty
Maintains open channels of communication with students, course faculty, and staff
Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating a plan for success in the NCE in collaboration with the Director and faculty.
Serves as mentor and role model for teaching and clinical faculty
Provides an environment conducive to student engagement and participation and the assimilation and enrichment of a diverse student body
Provides oversight for student advisement and remediation
Serves as resource person to faculty for course related responsibilities
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director maintaining program data base in collaboration with staff
Prepares monthly and annual reports as requested by Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director
Collaborates with College leadership team and University support services related to recruitment, marketing, admission, registration, progression, and graduation activities
Verifies that students have met all requirements for graduation in collaboration with faculty as requested by Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director
Tracks pass rates on national certification examination in collaboration with Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and faculty
Assists Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in reviewing the nurse anesthesia program curriculum annually as part of the systematic evaluation plan
Collaborates with the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and the nurse anesthesia faculty to ensure a curriculum that is consistent with the other advanced nurse practitioner programs offered within the College of Nursing and the educational standards of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
Organizes the curriculum to ensure logical sequence of teaching and learning identifies minimum clinical competencies required of all graduates; participates in the didactic teaching program; maintains program records/files, current cumulative student records/files, and clinical faculty records/files in collaboration with administrative assistant
Represents the College on select University Committees
Teaching as assigned

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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