Ohio Nurses Association

Clark State College serves more than 6,500 students throughout the College's four campus locations in Springfield, Beavercreek and Bellefontaine, and Xenia Ohio as well as our extensive offering of online classes. Clark State strives to facilitate a culture that recognizes, embraces, and reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. 

 
The Director, Nursing Programs provides leadership and program administration for the College’s Associate Degree Registered Nursing and Practical Nursing Certificate programs. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, facilitating faculty involvement in the processes of curriculum review and revisions, and ensuring the program curriculum is relevant to current evidence-based nursing practice. The Director, Nursing Programs also facilitates the professional development of and evaluates the performance of the RN and PN program full-time and adjunct faculty; regularly reviews and revises program specific policies including those related to student admission, progression, and graduation; and tracks, documents, and reports student learning and program outcomes. This position also ensures Ohio Board of Nursing (OBN) approval for the College’s Registered Nursing and Practical Nursing programs and Accrediting Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) accreditation of the College’s Registered Nursing programs by keeping abreast of changes in their standards, implementing the necessary compliance actions, and submitting required annual and periodic reports.

Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and ensures regular faculty meetings to facilitate faculty communication and participation in planning, implementing, and evaluating the curriculum
• Conducts program evaluation, research, and reporting activities in accordance with college, state, and accrediting commission requirements.
• Maintains RN and PN programs approvals and accreditation
• Schedules and facilitates nursing advisory committee meetings
• Certifies to the Ohio Board of Nursing the RN and PN applicants who have successfully completed the program and can be approved to take their licensure exam
• Recommends faculty for appointment; verifies that each nurse teaching a course in the program holds a current, valid license; supervises and evaluates nursing program faculty and recommends to the Dean for promotion, retention, and termination
• Facilitates new nursing program faculty orientation and ongoing faculty development
• Ensures recruitment, orientation, and evaluation of adjunct faculty
• Ensures course classroom and clinical schedules are set and maintained
• Participates in program recruitment activities; facilitates academic advising for prospective and current students regarding program admission, progression, and completion requirements
• Oversees the liaison to clinical agencies
• Projects and plans for program human and resource needs, including preparation of the annual budget; monitors and approves work hours and absences of RN and PN full-time and adjunct faculty
• Responds to and resolves day-to-day issues with students and faculty
• Ensures College catalog is current and correct for nursing programs
• All other duties assigned by supervisor
• Supervises 20 full-time faculty: approximately 29 adjunct faculty. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Education/Experience:

• Completion of an approved registered nursing education program
• Master Degree in Nursing required; PhD or DNP preferred
• Experience of at least five years in the practice of nursing as a registered nurse
• Experience of at least two years as a faculty member in an approved registered nursing education program
• Experience with administration of an accredited nursing program preferred

Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to interact positively with staff, faculty, students and external agencies and individuals.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Proven management skills including forecasting, planning, organizing, reporting, communicating, supervising, delegating, and evaluating.
• Ability to effectively analyze, trend, and use data to facilitate continuous improvement of program outcomes.
• Proficient computer skills to include e-mail and Microsoft products, i.e., Word and Excel.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current valid licensure as a registered nurse in Ohio

Salary: $80,000.00 Annually

Clark State College strives to provide our eligible employees with industry-leading benefits at a competitive cost. 

Benefits include:

• Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Short-Term Disability
• Basic Life/AD&D-Group
• Critical Illness
• Accident
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Benefits Broker
• State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS)
• School Employees' Retirement System (SERS)
• Ohio Public Employees Deferred Compensation
• 403 (b) & 457 (b)
• Tuition Reimbursement/Institutional Fee Benefit

Application information:
To apply for this position, please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae or resume, a one-page statement describing how the applicant will address diversity, equity and inclusion in their courses, and copies of transcripts formatted in PDF or Microsoft Word online at:
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/clarkstate/jobs/3646832/director-nursing-programs?page=2&pagetype=jobOpportunitiesJobs

Reference the position title in the first line of the cover letter.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. EOE/AA