Program Director Licensed Vocational Nursing

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Location:

2550 Bending Branch Way, Allen, Texas, 75013

We are searching for candidates that meet the required qualifications and experience and are able to perform the essential duties and responsibilities.

Job Summary:

Direct day-to-day management of the nursing program. Maintain accreditation standards as well as meet compliance with SACSCOC (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges) standards and principles. Facilitate staffing, assist with budget preparation and maintenance, facilitate curriculum development, recruitment, advising, and program marketing.

Required Qualifications:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Participate with the academic/workforce dean in strategic and academic cycle planning at the college, division, program, advisory committee and course levels, including development and maintenance of experiential and clinical affiliation agreements and clinical and experiential partnerships to augment the academic program.

Develop the Master Schedule to reflect each concept to be taught on each level, the time the indicated instruction will occur, and what instructor will teach each topic on a single calendar. Subsequently cross reference the master calendar for conflicts of classrooms, or teaching assignments and resolving any conflicts.

Direct day-to-day management and evaluation of the program, associate faculty and staff, facilities and resources to accomplish safe and effective program delivery and coordination of division activities and projects. Assist the academic/workforce dean with full-time faculty supervision as necessary.

Will teach one class per academic year.

Assist the academic/workforce dean in the ongoing, systematic evaluation of the division, program, curriculum, learning resources, and student learning outcomes, including production and preservation of program/student records.

Facilitate management and planning of program budget. Work with the academic/workforce dean to make budget requests and recommendations. Ensure program remains within identified budgets. Assist the academic/workforce dean in the fiscal planning and management of the program and its resources.

Assist the academic/workforce dean with maintaining the Systematic Program Evaluation (SPE) as required by accrediting body and/or the Texas Board of Nursing. This consists of retrieving data from all nursing faculty committees, processing/analyzing the data for inclusion within the SPE, and collecting survey results from the Institutional Review Office (IRO).Maintain accurate and complete program records including curriculum and resource evaluation and development, systematic evaluation, course evaluation, student evaluation, and accreditation documents.

Maintain regulatory compliance associated with the program's field of practice and education, including implementation of college policy and division and program procedures, compliance with the Texas Higher Education Coordination Board standards and compliance with appropriate regulatory and educational accreditation standards including production of accreditation self-study documents and reports.

Assist the academic/workforce dean in the operation of faculty search committees and recommend full-time faculty, associate faculty and staff hires to the dean.

Foster positive human relations and team work among faculty, staff, and students and across all programs and college services.

Manage appropriate student admission, advisement, progression, graduation, certification, and licensing processes for the program.

Attend and participate in professional development activities and participate in service to the college, including college graduation.

Supplemental Functions Perform other duties as assigned.

Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures and Core Values.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations applicable to Texas Community Colleges and Nursing/Nursing Education Knowledge of the teaching-learning process with special knowledge about vocational educational programs

Knowledge of Texas Board of Nursing rules and regulations and national accrediting bodies’ accreditation guidelines

Knowledge of computer programs and formatting

Knowledge of clinical and certification requirements

Knowledge of finance and budget information

Knowledge of staff and faculty requirements

Knowledge of strategic plans

Leadership skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Organizational skills

Computer…