NCLEX Success Specialist

Unitek College of Nursing; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Vacation & Holidays

401K with company match

Life insurance

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Unitek Learning is seeking an NCLEX Success Specialist to lead the NCLEX Success team, guiding faculty and students through ATI CMS exams, CMS data, and NCLEX-style testing. The role collaborates with campus leadership to ensure effective remediation and test preparation.

The position requires an RN license, a Master’s in Nursing or Nursing Education, and experience with ATI CMS and NCLEX prep, with a focus on onboarding faculty and tracking student progress.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current and unencumbered RN licensure.
• Master's Degree in Nursing required or Nursing Education.
• Able to meet the faculty requirements set by California's Board of Registered Nursing.
• Experience with ATI CMS and NCLEX-style examinations and remediation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the NCLEX Success team by working with faculty Coaches, faculty, and students struggling with weekly examinations and remediation.
• Coordinate policies and procedures related to ATI CMS exams and NCLEX Success.
• Onboard new faculty and ensure completion of ATI workshops.
• Track students from start to end of the program and identify at-risk students for test preparation support.
• Analyze licensure data and collaborate with campus leadership to drive improvement.

Education

Master's Degree in Nursing or Nursing Education

RN Licensure (California)

Job description

• Compensation: USD 110,000 - USD 130,000 - yearly

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.

Why Work for Unitek Learning? To be part of a healthcare revolution.There is plenty of demand from students who want to become nurses, and there is plenty of demand to hire highly skilled nurses. Unitek Learning is on a mission to fix the connection between those who want to become nurses and the communities who desperately need them. We graduate culturally competent and highly skilled nurses, and we do this at scale.We have history, stability and strong student outcomes. We need your experience and transfer of knowledge to make this vision come to life.Be a part of the solution.

Job Description

• In collaboration with the Corporate and Campus Leadership, the NCLEX Success Specialists lead the NCLEX Success team by working with NCLEX Success faculty Coaches, faculty, and students struggling with weekly examinations, CMS, Comp Predictor, NCLEX style testing, and remediation.
• In collaboration with the academic leadership, coordinate and enforce policies and procedures related to ATI CMS exams and NCLEX Success.
• ATI Champion and in collaboration with campus Nursing Administration, responsible for the ATI orientation of new faculty members as well as ensuring completion of assigned workshops.
• ATI Champion Certified within 30days of the effective date.
• In collaboration with the campus Nursing Administration assists on-boarding by ensuring new faculty completes all training related to integration of ATI products.
• In collaboration with the Corporate Licensure team, Program Directors, and faculty, tracks students from beginning to end of the program including participating in student orientation and constant messaging regarding NCLEX. Tracking will help to identify at‑risk students that the NSS will then assist in test preparation.
• Participates in weekly NCLEX and student analysis meetings and presents up‑to‑date information on at‑risk students. Attend another committee, analysis, and team meetings as needed.
• Analyzes and monitors Licensure Dashboard ATI data on CMS and Comp Predictor examinations and formulates plans and follows up, in collaboration with Faculty/Coaches and campus leadership
• Collaborates with a campus in reconciling official NCLEX results to trackers and performs deep dive analysis of students that failed NCLEX.
• Collaborates with the campus Nursing Administration in the analysis of the NCSBN Mountain Measures report and developing plans for improvement.
• Plans In‑services and Professional Development related to test taking, test writing, NCLEX preparation, success, etc.
• Maintains contact with pre and post‑grad students through NCLEX testing to encourage and guide students including continued use of ATI products through successful testing status.
• Collaborates with campus Nursing Administration on NCLEX Tracking through students, instructors, and the state board of nursing website.
• Leads Licensure department initiatives in collaboration with the campus, ensuring that the student has a prescription for success and score card leading up to the licensure examination
• Performs miscellaneous job‑related duties as assigned.

Pay Range

The annual pay range for this position is $110,000.00 (minimum), $120,000.00 (midpoint), and $130,000.00 (maximum).*

*Typical hiring range is between the minimum and midpoint of the above pay range. Actual starting base pay may vary based on factors such as education, experience, skills, location and budget.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current and unencumbered Registered Nurse licensure
• Master's Degree in Nursing required or Nursing Education
• Able to meet the faculty requirements set by California's Board of Registered Nursing.
• Experience which demonstrates: Current knowledge of nursing practice; ability to mentor and coach students; effective communication skills, both verbal and written; pre‑licensure nursing teaching experience required utilizing a Learning Management System (LMS);
• Prior work with students preparing for ATI CMS and NCLEX‑RN licensure examinations.

Additional Information

We Offer:

• 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
• 12paid Holidays and 2Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s 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

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.