Dean of Nursing

Overview

Arizona College of Nursing is seeking a higher education nursing leader to join us as Dean of Nursing at our Phoenix, AZ BSN campus.

Exciting campus leadership opportunity with competitive total compensation packages and relocation assistance.

• Annual performance bonus
• 401(k) with 100% immediate vesting and generous match
• Relocation assistance

As a member of the College’s leadership team, the Dean of Nursing collaborates closely with the Executive Director of Academic Operations and the campus leadership team on policy making, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the campus’s activities, and assists in ensuring that the College’s vision, mission, and values guide decision-making and actions.

• Responsible for monitoring and evaluating direct reports, including nursing faculty, clinical coordinator, and director of simulation.
• Ensures compliance of the nursing program with State Board of Nursing requirements. Prepares and completes annual and required reports and data for the Board. Notifies the Board of substantial changes as outlined by the rules and regulations of the State BON.
• Represents the nursing program at meetings of appropriate bodies, including the Board of Nursing.
• Submits information for preparation of the annual operating and capital budget.
• Provides leadership to the faculty in preparation for the accreditation self-study.
• Prepares and maintains statistics related to program outcomes.
• Maintains records relevant to the program.
• Manages direct reports including conducting 11s, Quarterly Check-Ins, Performance Management, and offering Training and Development.

• Promptly notify direct manager and appropriate corporate stakeholders of all legal issues.
• Notify manager of any personnel changes at management level.
• Provide positive leadership to build employee morale.

• When student threshold is met, supervises directly the Assistant Dean of Nursing.
• Supervises directly or indirectly the Clinical Coordinator position and is accountable for clinical coordination in accordance with the clinical scheduling practice, state consortium, and Board of Nursing.
• Collaborates with the clinical coordinator, faculty, and facilities in evaluating the appropriateness of clinical facilities and curricular experiences.
• Ensures a sufficient supply of direct patient care hours necessary to deliver the nursing curriculum.
• Indirectly, in partnership with Clinical Coordinator, monitors students’ compliance with health regulations and directly serves as liaison to the Board of Health (as needed) in conjunction with the clinical coordinator.
• Oversees the Health and Safety Orientation for students about to progress to the Core.

• Responsible for the appointment, retention, and promotion of faculty, including general education faculty in the absence of an Executive Director of Academic Operations or Dean of General Education.
• Manages the hiring process with interviews, teaching presentations, and reference checks.
• Directly or indirectly coordinates the orientation and onboarding process of faculty (Adjunct and Full Time).
  • Includes computer and IT training
  • Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) training and education
• Guides faculty on academic issues in the development of various ATI methodologies regarding classroom instruction.
• Develops faculty workload schedules, ensuring that office hours are held, committee service is fulfilled, and full-time faculty are scheduled 36 credit hours annually based on the Fiscal Year.
• Directly or indirectly makes assignments for adjunct clinical faculty.
• Ensures each nursing student has a faculty advisor.
• Works with faculty to ensure appropriate delivery of content/concepts and sequencing based on student performance on standardized exams.
• Resolves conflicts effectively.
• Ensures appropriate and meaningful faculty development and mentoring resources for individual faculty and the faculty to drive program outcomes and grow faculty.

• Prepares and manages the Core Nursing Orientation for Level 5 students.
• Provides advisement for students; resolves student problems.
• Coordinates activities…