Position Summary:
The National Dean of Nursing provides leadership in the academic operations of the campuses in respect to planning and achieving both qualitative and quantitative measures. Works closely with Deans/Directors of Nursing at the campuses. The National Dean supports the campuses in their efforts to achieve key education targets and assists them by monitoring and managing retention, maintaining compliance in academic areas, driving and assessing the effectiveness of current strategies, identifying areas for improvement and making suggestions and recommendations to Campus Presidents and DONs. The National Dean at Large assists campuses and fills in when Dean of Nursing vacancies occur.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Guides, trains, supports, mentors and empowers the DONs to be the academic leaders at their respective campuses.
- Works with the various members of the corporate nursing leadership team to coordinate curricular initiatives, accreditation activities, retention and NCLEX support.
- Provides campuses with guidance, onsite support and oversight to facilitate the achievement of established academic and operational metrics.
- Manages company-wide strategic initiatives as they are implemented at the campuses by assessing the effectiveness of such initiatives and developing improvement plans and actions with the campus leadership and nursing leadership team.
- Identify training needs, facilitate training and design workshops as needed.
- Monitors the results of assessments that measure course, student, graduate and faculty satisfaction and provide suggestions and recommendations for improvements.
- Provides guidance in training and development efforts for nursing faculty.
- Ensures that campus nursing programs are using the approved curriculum and systematically perform the evaluation, revisions and development that is academically appropriate and consistent with the professional standards for nursing education curriculum.
- Works closely with the Director of Assessment to develop nursing dashboards for each program and uses that information to help develop instructional initiatives to improve outcomes.
- Observes and provides constructive feedback to DONs on maintaining an excellent educational environment that is conducive to learning, including the physical conditions of classrooms, labs and facilities, and equipment.
Skills/Competencies/Qualifications:
- Master of Science in Nursing required and doctoral degree highly desirable.
- A proven track record of at least five (5) years, demonstrating increasing administrative and operational responsibilities in academic affairs, preferably in a proprietary school setting.
- Excellent leadership, organizational, communication, interpersonal, and motivational skills used for working with team members to successfully meet goals and deadlines.
- Solid problem-solving, quantitative and computer skills with strong computer literacy skills in the Microsoft Office Suite and CampusVue software programs.
- Able and willing to travel up to 75% of the work schedule.
Classification: Exempt
Work Hours: May vary daily. Evening and weekend hours may be required.
Travel: 50 - 75% - may require an extended length of time at a campus as needed for leadership coverage.
Working Environment: Interior/Office