Assistant Program Director of Vocational Nursing- Full Time

Unitek College; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401K with Company Match

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

A leading healthcare education organization in San Jose is seeking an Assistant Program Director for its Vocational Nursing Program. This role involves managing and improving the nursing program, ensuring compliance with state regulations, and providing support to students. Qualifications include a valid RN license and a BSN, with a preference for candidates with teaching experience. The position offers competitive compensation and benefits, including medical coverage and 401K options.

Qualifications

• Hold a valid, clear, current and active license as a Registered Nurse.
• Have at least three years of experience as a registered nurse.
• Experience in teaching or clinical supervision preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with planning and managing the program.
• Prepare data and written materials for state requirements.
• Ensure timely evaluations by faculty.

Skills

Registered Nurse License

Teaching Skills

Curriculum Development

Leadership

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Job description

Compensation and Location

Compensation: $115,000–$125,000 yearly. Location: San Jose, CA, USA. Employment type: Full‑time. Position type: Campus.

Company Description

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

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

• Hold a valid, clear, current and active license as a Registered Nurse in the state in which you are applying
• Hold a BSN
• 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 within 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
• Teaching experience preferred, but not required

Additional Information

• 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 1× 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

Pay: $115-$125k