Full Professor in Residence, School of Nursing [R0152624]

Nevada System of Higher Education•Las Vegas, NV

23d•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) invites applications for a Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) Program Director/Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Residence. This is a 12-month, non-tenure track position within the MSN program. The Program Director will provide vital leadership for the CNM Program track, overseeing its planning, implementation, evaluation, and management. Responsibilities include advising students, orienting and mentoring faculty, developing and evaluating clinical sites, and ensuring the program's viability, quality, and compliance. The role also involves strategic planning, recruitment and marketing, academic advising, designing and delivering expert instruction, identifying clinical preceptors and sites, maintaining program records, completing accreditation reports, articulating faculty needs, participating in curriculum development, collecting and analyzing program evaluation data, recommending faculty hires, supervising clinical instructors, and serving as a role model for scholarship. The position requires active practice as a CNM and maintaining specialty certification credentials. Classes are offered year-round in a trimester sequence. This position is based in Las Vegas and requires on-site work across UNLV campuses and clinical locations.

Requirements

Doctorate degree in Nursing or a related field from an accredited college or university as recognized by the United States Department of Education and/or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
Hold or be qualified to hold a Nevada RN license.
Must be a Certified Nurse Midwife.
Credentials must be obtained prior to the start date.

Nice To Haves

Two years’ in academic and clinical teaching preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide overall leadership for the sustainability of the program, including strategic planning for the specialty.
Work closely with the Office of Enrollment and Student Affairs and Director of the MSN program to develop CNM Program recruitment and marketing strategies, respond to potential student inquiries; participate in the admission process by interviewing and selecting applicants.
Serve as the Academic Advisor to students in their specialty, focusing on issues of certification eligibility, academic progression and retention.
Design and provide expert instruction for CNM preparation through didactic, simulation, clinical and innovative approaches.
Work with the clinical placement’s office in identifying the specialty’s need for clinical preceptors and site.
Ensure clinical site and preceptor information is entered and maintained in shared database including the evaluation of each. Oversee the completion of these functions.
Orient new faculty and mentor faculty teaching in the specialty program; identify qualified candidates and nominate preceptors for adjunct faculty positions.
Ensure that specialty standards for accreditation of the program and certification of graduates are met.
Maintains appropriate programmatic records according to ACME policies including program philosophy, objectives, and master schedule, organizational charts, administrative policies and procedures, budget information, committee meeting minutes, hospital statistics and data, current course outlines, objectives, and student brochure, examinations and testing materials, faculty teaching and time commitment data and self-study records.
Complete program and accreditation reports in a timely manner.
Articulate faculty needs for the specialty to the MSN Program Director and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs based on number of students, specialty-specific needs, and teaching-learning activities.
Participate in MSN Program and Specialty Coordinator meetings as well as Curriculum Committee activities related to course, curricular and program changes.
Ensure completion of program evaluation data collection including tracking student outcomes (i.e. performance on certification exams; employment settings), analyze data and propose appropriate programmatic changes.
In collaboration with the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, will recommend for hire, orient and supervise clinical instructors according to number of students enrolled and site placements.
Serve as a role model for scholarship in clinical or educational research including evidence-based guidelines, quality improvement, and other projects, and dissemination of results through manuscripts and presentations.
Participate in local, regional, and national specialty organizations to be current on environmental issues that may impact the nurse anesthesia program and practice.
Maintain specialty certification credentials.
Maintain active practice as a CNM.