Program Director Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Current unencumbered RN license and eligibility for licensure in states required by the academic program.
• Earned doctoral degree in nursing, education, or a related field (DNP, PhD, EdD, or equivalent).
• At least three years of graduate nursing education experience.
• Experience with curriculum design, implementation, and evaluation, including competency-based education and assessment strategies in advanced nursing education.
• Experience with program evaluation, outcomes assessment, and continuous quality improvement processes.
• Demonstrated experience with state, regional, and programmatic accreditation standards and processes, including CCNE, state higher education agencies, state boards of nursing, and national APRN certification requirements.
• Demonstrated leadership, organizational, facilitation, and team-building skills.
• Experience analyzing and interpreting academic, clinical, and program outcome data.
• Excellent communication, time management, and organizational skills when working with faculty, students, and outside constituents.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects or tasks with little or no supervision and to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to model core values, enforce University policies, interact effectively with University support services, and manage change.
• Ability to travel to off-site locations.

Nice To Haves

• National APRN certification and licensure preferred.
• Graduate nursing program administration experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement strategies to achieve local and academic-program goals consistent with University and professional accreditation-body goals and policies.
• Collect, prepare, and provide program outcome data and other relevant information required by the University and professional accreditation bodies, and maintain systematic evaluation.
• Participate, as requested, in Program Director Council and contribute to policy and procedure development and implementation.
• Oversee and evaluate contributing faculty in areas related to the professional program.
• Collaborate with program leadership on curriculum quality, competency-based assessment, accreditation compliance, continuous improvement, and program evaluation.
• Supervise program students and address issues including complaints, appeals, and misconduct.
• Maintain a reduced teaching workload as determined by the Associate Dean or Program Director to support administrative responsibilities.
• Participate in service and scholarly activities.
• Participate in marketing and other activities as a University representative.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director or management.
• May supervise faculty and/or student workers; contributing faculty may be supervised as delegated.
• Travel for university meetings, accreditation activities, faculty development, commencement, residency or intensive events, marketing and community or professional activities, and other program needs; visit campus or designated University locations at least once per academic term.