Student Support Coordinator-College of Nursing Student Affairs

UT Health Sciences; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 47,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Health Sciences in Memphis, TN, is hiring a Student Support Coordinator to assist BSN nursing students across tracks under the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. The role focuses on student success, retention, and program outcomes.

Responsibilities include developing retention plans, coordinating tutoring, collaborating with faculty, and maintaining data on student progress. Requires a BSN, RN license, and 2+ years in higher education or related experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required (transcript required).
• RN license active and unencumbered.
• Two years of relevant experience; or six years total with college coursework or related work. (Higher education nursing experience preferred)

Responsibilities

• Follows evidence-based methods to improve student success and retention.
• Develops and implements student success and retention plans for undergraduate nursing students.
• Manages complex student cases involving academic, financial, personal, psychosocial, and progression barriers.
• Provides tutoring on the spot as needed.
• Collaborates with faculty to identify student readiness and needs to promote success.
• Assists in development of student’s professional nurse role identity.
• Provides adjunctive workshops to facilitate socialization into the profession and nursing skills.
• Participates in pre-nursing advising and recruitment efforts.
• Maintains data on student outcomes and program effectiveness.
• Provides regular reports to leadership on outcomes and progress.
• Shares strategies and outcomes with stakeholders.
• Supports accreditation reporting and data collection related to student outcomes.
• Develops policies and procedures and workflows for student support services.
• Performs other duties and special projects.

Skills

Higher education practices

Nursing standards knowledge

Communication skills

Prioritization & multitasking

Stakeholder rapport

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Job description

Job Description

Market Range: 10

Hiring Salary: $4,182.12 - $5,854.96/Monthly

JOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Under the Direction of the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, the Student Support Coordinator supports nursing students in all tracks of the BSN program.

Responsibilities

• Follows evidence-based methods to improve student success and retention.
• Develops and implements comprehensive student success and retention plans for undergraduate nursing students.
• Manages complex student cases involving academic, financial, personal, psychosocial, and progression-related barriers
• Provides tutoring on the spot/just in time as needed.
• Collaborates with faculty to identify student readiness and student needs to promote student success.
• Assists in development of student’s acquisition of professional nurse role identity.
• Provides adjunctive workshops to facilitate student socialization into the profession and student acquisition of professional nursing skills.
• Participates in pre-nursing advising and recruitment efforts.
• Maintains data on efforts and outcomes of individual students and the overall success of programming effectiveness.
• Provides regular reports to leadership on outcomes and progress of strategies.
• Shares strategies, innovations and outcomes related to student success and retention with stakeholders.
• Supports accreditation reporting and data collection related to student outcomes, progression, and retention metrics
• Develop policies and procedures and operational workflows related to student support services.
• Performs other duties and special projects, as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in nursing. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)

LICENSE: Registered Nurse, unencumbered, active.

EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of relevant experience; OR a combination of college coursework and related work experience to equal six (6) years. (Previous higher education professional nursing experience is preferred.)

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Candidates must have current knowledge of higher education academic practices and knowledge of resources needed by students.
• Current knowledge of nursing standards of practice.
• Demonstrate clear and effective communication skills.
• Ability to build rapport with students, internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to effectively connect students to external resources.