Program Chair - Nursing

Herzing University; Edgemont (AL); On-site; USD 106,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition waiver and reimbursement

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement plan with company match

Job summary

Herzing University in Birmingham, AL is seeking an experienced nursing education leader to oversee the nursing program and report to the Director of Campus Operations. You will mentor experienced educators while ensuring a high-quality clinical and classroom experience for students on campus.

The role is onsite at the Birmingham, AL campus and involves academic leadership, hiring and evaluating staff, and collaboration across departments to maintain accreditation readiness and program standards.

Qualifications

• MSN required; DNP preferred.
• Active Alabama RN license.
• At least three years experience as a registered nurse.
• At least two years experience as faculty member in a registered nursing education program.
• Experience with a practical nursing education program preferred.

Responsibilities

• Hire, train, develop and evaluate staff and faculty, and supervise both faculty and staff; oversee programmatic management.
• Engage in data collection, analysis and reporting and drive continuous improvement; support program accreditation activities.
• Supervise Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, and support staff who help students bridge theory and practice in nursing, with intimate class sizes and clinical rotations.

Skills

Active RN license Alabama

RN experience

Faculty experience

Practical nursing education

Education

Master's of Science in Nursing

Doctorate of Nursing Practice preferred

Job description

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At Herzing you'll enjoy being a part of a student-centric, non-profit University that fosters autonomy and responds quickly to trends in the nursing field.Reporting to the Director of Campus Operations, you'll have the opportunity to mentor and inspire experienced educators while overseeing a solid nursing program that successfully prepares our students for robust careers.

This role will be onsite at the Birmingham, AL campus.

Requirements

• Master's of Science in Nursing required; Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree preferred.
• Active, unencumbered registered nurse license for the state of Alabama.
• At least three years experience as a registered nurse.
• At least two years experience as a faculty member in a registered nursing education program.
• Experience with a practical nursing education program preferred.

Compensation

Compensation is determined based on the qualifications, experience, and circumstances of each hire. It is uncommon for new employees to start near the top of the salary range. 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 $143,575.

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:

1. Teaching and learning
2. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
3. 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
• Continuous Improvement

These competencies, as identified by 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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