Program Chair - MSN Direct Entry

Herzing Brand; United States; Remote; USD 106,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver

Tuition reimbursement

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan with company/

Job summary

Herzing University is seeking a doctoral-educated nursing education leader to join the academic leadership team. The role oversees staff and faculty, directs programmatic management, data analysis, and accreditation activities, and mentors the faculty driving modern online and off-site clinical education in nursing.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of five years of program leadership in nursing education, an active RN license, and experience with online/accelerated programs.

Qualifications

• Earned doctoral degree in nursing from an accredited university.
• Active, unencumbered RN license in good standing.
• Minimum of five years of program leadership experience in nursing education.
• Experience overseeing as Program Chair is preferred.
• Experience in online nursing education; accelerated program experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, develop and evaluate staff and faculty with supervision.
• Oversee programmatic management, including data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Support accreditation activities and program assessment.
• Supervise faculty, adjunct faculty and support staff handling clinical rotations off-site.
• Promote teaching excellence and use of technology in learning and teaching.

Skills

Leadership experience

Online teaching

Academic administration

Data analysis

Curriculum development

Education

Doctoral degree in nursing

Job description

Requirements

• Earned doctoral degree in nursing from an institutionally accredited university
• Active, unencumbered RN license in good standing
• Minimum of five years of program leadership experience in nursing education
• Experience having oversight as a Program chair preferred
• Online nursing education; experience with accelerated program preferred

Compensation

Compensation is determined based on the qualifications, experience, and circumstances of each hire. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including a tuition waiver and reimbursement program, health insurance, paid time off, and a retirement savings plan with company match. The salary range for this position is $106,121 to $124,000.

Summary of Primary Responsibilities

As a member of the academic leadership team, your responsibilities include hiring, training, developing and evaluating staff and faculty, and supervision of both faculty and staff, but extends to programmatic management as well. This may include data collection, analysis and reporting, and continuous improvement.Experience with programmatic accreditation is desired.

You will primarily be responsible for supervising Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, and support staff who have stepped up to the challenge of helping our students bridge the gap between the theory and practice in the nursing field. Our professional faculty engage tomorrow's nurses with intimate class sizes, up-to-date labs and simulation environments, and real-life clinical rotations (off site).

The position's duties and responsibilities for this role include:

• Teaching and learning
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Academic and Institutional Service

Within these duties and responsibilities, the following competencies are included.

• Subject Matter Expertise
• Effective Communication
• Pedagogical Mastery
• Operational Excellence
• Appreciation and Promotion of Diversity
• Assessment of Student Learning
• Utilization of Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning

These competencies, asidentifiedby the University's academic community, encompass the knowledge, skills, and behaviors essential to a faculty member's success in the classroom and provide the basis for the faculty hiring, evaluation and development process.

Herzing University is committed to providing a diverse environment and is dedicated to fostering a culture and atmosphere of mutual respect.It provides an inclusive and collegial community where individuals are valued, heard and empowered to contribute to the effectiveness of the institution.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to move about readily and rapidly, if necessary, around campus, classrooms, clinical settings, etc., to access classrooms, desks, students, office machinery, clinics, patients, etc.
• Constantly communicates using the spoken word with students, staff and colleagues.
• Visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess.
• Operate equipment specific to programmatic track, personal computer, audio-visual equipment, clinical equipment, etc.
• Travel to off-site meetings or conferences or to observe students during clinical education at off-site clinical settings.
• In addition to the above requirements, for programs that include a clinical component, all faculty must be able to:
  
  • Stand and/or walk for extended periods of time.
  • Ability to reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
  • Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects.
  • Ability to see and hear within normal parameters.
  • Lift up to 25 pounds.

It is the university’s practice to recruit and hire without discrimination because of skin color, gender, religion, LGBTQi2+ status, disability status, age,national origin, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. https://www.herzing.edu/nondiscrimination-policy

Herzing University prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the Title IX Coordinator. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at https://www.herzing.edu/title-ix .

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