Assistant Program Director

KLA Industries, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA Industries in Irvine, CA seeks an Assistant Program Director for the VN Program to support the Campus Program Director in nursing education administration.

The role involves planning, evaluating, and coordinating the VN program, ensuring compliance with BRN and state requirements, and supporting student advisement and clinical rotations. The candidate will teach either theory or clinical components about half the time and drive program quality.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher in nursing, education, or administration.
• Minimum 3 years experience leading a nursing program.
• Minimum 3 years experience as full-time faculty in pre- or post-licensure nursing program.
• Minimum 1 year experience teaching in an online environment.
• Minimum 4 years continuous RN experience providing direct patient care within past 5 years.
• California BRN license active and in good standing.
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Action oriented, innovative thinking, and flexible.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director with planning, developing, managing, updating and evaluating all aspects of the VN program.
• Prepare data and materials for state/Board requirements, reports, proposals, self-studies, surveys, and site visits.
• Identify and obtain outside resources for the nursing program.
• Assess the program's ability to provide clinical experiences meeting course objectives.
• Ensure Facility Approval Applications are completed and approved before clinical rotations.
• Ensure timely completion of student theory and clinical evaluations by faculty.
• Maintain evaluations by students, clinical site reps, and faculty.
• Support strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives to ensure quality.
• Strive to improve quality of instruction.
• Ensure clinical assignments, rotation matrices and calendars are completed on time.
• Ensure faculty follow policies regarding clinical rotation experiences.
• Review student learning materials regularly.
• Maintain student records according to policies.
• Submit required program reports to the Director in a timely manner.
• Stay current with new technologies and safety regulations.
• Provide advising support and planning assistance to potential students.
• Ensure students complete required documentation for graduation and state licensing.
• Teach (theory or clinical) half of the time.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

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.

• 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

Qualifications

• A masters or higher degree from an accredited college or university (including course work in nursing, education, or administration).
• A minimum of three (3) years experience leading a nursing program.
• A minimum of three (3) years experience as a full-time faculty in pre- or post-licensure nursing program.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience teaching in an online teaching and learning environment.
• A minimum four (4) year of continuous full-time experience as a registered nurse providing direct patient care in geriatrics, medical-surgical, mental health psychiatric nursing, obstetrics or pediatrics within the past five (5) years.
• Must hold a valid, active license issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills.
• Action oriented, innovative thinking, and flexible.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, and work within a deadline-oriented environment.