Nursing Success Coach

Sandburg; Galesburg (IL); On-site; USD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Carl Sandburg College in Galesburg, IL, invites applications for a Nursing Success Coach. This full-time, grant-funded role supports nursing students across programs, providing academic coaching, remediation, and NCLEX preparation.

The position serves Galesburg and Carthage campuses with both in-person and virtual support. You will collaborate with nursing faculty, develop individualized plans, coordinate ATI resources, and maintain confidential records while aligning with ACEN/IDFPR standards.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.
• Current Illinois RN license.
• Minimum of two years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in nursing education, tutoring, or student remediation.
• Knowledge of NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN expectations.
• Proficiency with LMS, ATI, and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Identify students who may benefit from academic support and remediation.
• Provide individual and small-group coaching and nursing-specific support.
• Develop and monitor personalized student success and remediation plans.
• Provide NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN prep and licensure readiness support.
• Coordinate ATI resources and remediation activities.
• Maintain confidential documentation of student interactions and outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Relationship-building

Documentation

Confidentiality

Education

Master’s degree in Nursing

Tools

Microsoft Office

Learning Management Systems

ATI

Educational technology

Job description

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Nursing Success Coach

Nursing Professions Full Time Confidential Galesburg, IL, US 2 Attachments

6 days ago Requisition ID: 1043

Salary Range: $62,410.00 To $73,190.00 Annually

This is a grant-funded, position supported through a five-year grant period. Continued employment is contingent upon the availability of grant funding and satisfactory fulfillment of position responsibilities. Continuation beyond the grant period will depend upon available funding and institutional needs.

Purpose/position code/classification/level/work relationships

• The Nursing Success Coach supports student success, retention, progression, completion, and licensure readiness for students enrolled in Carl Sandburg College’s Nursing Assistant, Practical Nursing, LPN-to-RN, and Associate Degree Nursing programs. The position works collaboratively with nursing faculty, program coordinators, and student support services to identify students who may benefit from additional academic support and to provide individualized and small-group coaching, remediation, and early intervention.

The Nursing Success Coach serves students at both the Galesburg and Carthage locations and provides in-person and virtual support, as appropriate. The position collaborates with course faculty to support student learning and success. Individual faculty members determine when examination review, remediation, or other course-specific assistance is appropriate.

• AHL12612
• Exempt, non-bargaining unit
• Reports to: Associate Vice President of Nursing & Health Professions.
• Principal Working Relationship: Vice President of Academic Services, Associate Vice President of Nursing & Health Professions, nursing faculty, program coordinators, Student Support Services, students, and college staff.

Primary responsibilities

• Collaborate with nursing faculty to identify students who may benefit from additional academic support, remediation, or early intervention.
• Meet individually and in small groups with nursing students to provide academic coaching, nursing-specific support, and targeted remediation.
• Develop, document, and monitor individualized student success and remediation plans.
• Provide remediation in areas such as nursing concepts, clinical judgment, prioritization, dosage calculations, pharmacology, study skills, time management, test-taking strategies, and application of course content.
• Proctor nursing examinations as assigned.
• Facilitate examination review and remediation, as determined by individual course faculty and in accordance with course requirements and Nursing Program expectations.
• Coordinate the use of ATI resources, focused reviews, remediation activities, and other available nursing student-success resources.
• Provide NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN preparation and licensure-readiness support.
• Plan and facilitate student workshops, cohort check-ins, study sessions, and other student-success activities.
• Coach students in developing effective study habits, organizational skills, test-taking strategies, and clinical judgment.
• Identify student needs and refer students to appropriate college and community resources for assistance with financial concerns, transportation, childcare, counseling, accessibility, and other barriers to success.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential documentation of student contacts, interventions, remediation activities, and outcomes.
• Track student-success activities and assist in evaluating student persistence, progression, completion, standardized assessment performance, licensure outcomes, and job placement.
• Communicate regularly with nursing faculty and program coordinators regarding student needs, interventions, and progress while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.
• Maintain scheduled availability at the Galesburg and Carthage locations and provide virtual student support, as appropriate.
• Participate in Nursing Program meetings, committee work, professional development, and grant-related activities.
• Maintain working knowledge of Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) standards, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) requirements, NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN test plans, and ATI resources and assessments.
• Use ATI resources and assessment data to guide student support, identify areas for improvement, and assist with faculty-directed remediation and NCLEX preparation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Assist with:

• reviewing areas of weakness identified through course examinations and standardized assessments.
• supporting skills, laboratory, simulation, and theory-to-clinical remediation in collaboration with nursing faculty.
• with data collection, documentation, and reporting related to grants, accreditation, regulatory compliance, and program assessment.

Risk-management and loss-prevention activities

• Maintain a working knowledge of the college’s emergency procedures and actively participate in the college risk-management program.
• Monitor conditions, events and circumstances that present risk to the college community. Intervene and/or report as specified in the college’s risk-management plan.

Minimum necessary education, skills and experience

• Master’s degree in Nursing from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Current, active, and unencumbered Illinois Registered Professional Nurse (RN) license.
• A minimum of two years of clinical nursing experience.
• Experience in nursing education, teaching, tutoring, academic coaching, student remediation, or a related area.
• Knowledge of current NCLEX-PN and NCLEX-RN expectations, including clinical judgment.
• Proficiency in using learning management systems, ATI or comparable testing platforms, Microsoft Office applications, and educational technology.
• Strong communication, organizational, relationship-building, documentation, and confidentiality skills.

Preferred skills and experience

• Graduate preparation or additional experience in nursing education.
• Community college teaching or student-support experience.
• Experience with ATI, NCLEX preparation, simulation, skills remediation, or standardized testing.
• Experience working with diverse populations, including rural, first-generation, adult, or academically at-risk students.
• Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) credential or a comparable nursing education, teaching, or coaching credential.

Physical requirements to perform job functions

• Basic dexterity skills (computer work, telephoning, and other office equipment).
• General physical effort required includes sitting, bending, reaching, and some lifting (20 lbs. or less) and the ability to place a work order for anything over that limit