Director of Nursing - (Fresno, CA)

Director of Nursing - Fresno, CA

Job Summary:

If you're looking for an exciting opportunity to grow and develop a program from the ground up and to have an immense impact on the business, then this position is for you!!

The Director of Nursing is responsible for the design, development, consistent implementation across all campuses, and continuous evaluation and maintenance of Heald’s nursing programs and curricula, within the established faculty governance model; assuring Heald’s curriculum complies with all established regulatory requirements and is based on the latest evidence in nursing practice and education; leading nursing Program Review cycles; evaluating and assuring nursing programs’ effectiveness through SLOs development and assessment; leading nursing faculty orientation, training, and ongoing development efforts; developing and managing nursing articulation agreements and academic partnerships.

Position to start at the Fresno Campus with the opportunity to grow into the Corporate Director role over all 12 campuses.

Job Responsibilities:

The Director of Nursing is responsible for the following:

• Lead the development of clinical, industry, and other external relationships for determining nursing programs content and to evaluate graduate skills;
• Work in partnership with the Curriculum Development team to:
o  design, develop, and implement multiple learning modalities including the use of technology and simulation to deliver instruction in nursing programs;
o evaluate and modify of the curriculum and development of new nursing degree programs, within the faculty governance model;
o design, develop, and facilitate the implementation of a system-wide approach to nursing faculty orientation, training and ongoing development;
o develop new continuing nursing education certificate programs;
• Participate in creating feasibility and self studies, progress reports and other regulatory and accrediting agencies documentation in support of new nursing programs and courses, new locations, and the modification of existing programs and courses;
• Evaluate programs and courses to ensure relevancy with respect to employer needs, content, learning modalities, and technology, based on the latest evidence in nursing practice and education;
• Propose and develop short-term training programs including vendor training, competency-based certificates, and corporate training, related to nursing;
• Provide information and training to admissions and marketing to assist in marketing the nursing programs and advising students;
• Participate in CAO Academic Affairs selected team meetings and projects;
• Assist in the design and implementation of a system to directly assess student learning in the nursing programs;
• Coordinate development and implementation of short-term and long-term strategic plans for assessment and evaluation of nursing programs;
• manage and improve ongoing data collection, analysis and process in the nursing programs for external reporting to include regulatory, institutional & program accreditation, state/federal reporting;
• Work with Institutional Effectiveness to:
o manage and improve ongoing data collection analysis reporting processes in the nursing programs for internal reporting to include academic program reviews, college fact sheet and faculty surveys;
o use established principles of measurement theory to develop valid and reliable instruments that assess student learning and development in the nursing programs;
o participate in completing statistical analyses, managing data that pertain to student outcomes and institutional goals in the nursing programs, disseminate information of assessment findings to campus and external constituencies and facilitate the use of assessment findings;
o participate in collecting, preparing and maintaining statistical data and applying appropriate quantitative and qualitative research design and statistical tools to prepare periodic reports related to enrollment, matriculation, assessment, evaluation, curriculum, student outcomes, student and staff demographical, and other related measures in the nursing programs;
• Use established survey research techniques to administer survey instruments that assess student satisfaction and evaluate nursing programs;
• Perform formative and summative assessments as part of the annual instructional and student services nursing programs review processes;
• Participate in development and ongoing review of nursing academic policies;
• Serve as the primary liaison for nursing academic partnerships and developing and maintaining nursing articulation relationships;
• Participate in national and state nursing conferences annually.