Coordinator, Pre-Licensure BSN

SUMMARY

In support of the university's mission and objectives, the Coordinator, Pre-Licensure BSN liaises between nursing students and the School of Nursing. This role is responsible for routine communication with nursing students, assisting with recruitment, advising students, and ensuring a smooth transition from Admission to Graduation.

Admissions & Enrollment Management

• Serves as primary liaison between prospective students and the Admissions department.
• Provides guidance and support to prospective freshman and transfer students.
• Maintains ongoing communication with the Admissions Department regarding applicant status and enrollment processes.
• Compiles applicant profiles for Admissions, Progression, Retention and Graduation (APRG) committee admission decisions.
• Manages the distribution of acceptance and denial letters via Slate.
• Organizes orientation for new BSN students and conducts tours of the School of Nursing.
• Supports admissions-related events, including Preview Days and Open House.

Academic Advising & Student Support

• Serves as an academic advisor to pre-nursing students.
• Coordinates advising with Success Team staff and faculty advisors.
• Assigns faculty advisors to students upon acceptance and provides ongoing updates and resources.
• Monitors onboarding for new BSN students including NCLEX prep resources like ATI.
• Tracks student progression, identifies retention trends, and investigates obstacles to student success.
• Recruits and hires peer tutors and tracks tutoring attendance.
• Manages distribution of progression-related letters, including but not limited to failure and dismissal notices.
• Supports student progression by tracking academic progress and assists with graduation-related events.

Data Management & Compliance

• Maintains enrollment, attrition, and progression records for accreditation purposes.
• Assists in awarding nursing scholarships and manages related records.
• Manages LINE Grant agreements and processes.
• Prepares and collects reports for accreditation and regulatory bodies (FCN, AACN).
• Collects and compiles data for Systematic Evaluation Plan (SEP).
• Provides reports to the Evaluation Committee Chair and Dean.
• Updates policies in the Undergraduate Catalog, Student Handbook, and website.

Scheduling & Academic Operations

• Collaborates to create semester schedules and maintain the School of Nursing calendar.
• Determines course offerings and estimates section needs.
• Works with the Registrar to ensure schedule accuracy.
• Coordinates final exam scheduling and lab reservations.

Administrative Support & Faculty Coordination

• Records and files minutes for APRG Committee and faculty meetings.
• Collects and disseminates records of school events and achievements.
• Manages the student workers to include hiring, training and scheduling.
• Coordinates office coverage and front desk operations.

Special Programs & Extracurricular Activities

• Organizes, publicizes, and promotes nursing mission trips.
• Coordinates mission trip logistics, student registration, and payments.

EDUCATION

Bachelors degree in nursing, health-related, or educational field, required.

EXPERIENCE

1+ years of experience in a detail-oriented, administrative setting required.

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Customer Service Orientation - Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholder(s), students, parents, faculty, staff and community partners in mind at all times.
• Professionalism - Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g. timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith - Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making - Identifies and understands trends and/or issues, connects data points through analysis and logical conclusions/actionable strategies.
• Attention to Detail - Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
• Confidentiality - Maintains the necessary confidentiality and discretion required for the position.
• Conflict Management - Functions professionally and wisely during difficult conversations, while under stress, and while managing challenging situations.
• Continuous Improvement - Implement or brainstorm ways to optimize a process.
• Creativity - Ability to think creatively and design creative solutions to problems.
• Effective Communication - Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Establishes Trust - Gains the confidence of others by actions and words that promote being honest, forthcoming, and vulnerable.
• Leadership/Influence - Ability to motivate, coach and develop others, as well as influence a group of people to achieve common goals, and implement university strategies. Strong supervisory skills.
• Problem-solving - Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Project and Time Management - Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Self-development - Grow one's self-awareness, abilities, skills, and/or talent.
• Teamwork & Collaboration - Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally.
• Technology - Strong aptitude to learn new technologies as department processes evolve.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work non-routine hours during certain times of the year.
• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time.
• Ability to traverse campus and stairs.
• Ability to lift/move objects up to 25 pounds.