Waukegan Campus BSN Program Curriculum Consultant

Dominican University Waukegan Campus
BSN Program Curriculum Consultant

Position Type:This is an independent contractor appointment.

The Consultant will support the Dominican University Waukegan Campus  through the program curriculum and operational development process to ensure a successful accreditation and regulatory approval application for the Waukegan BSN program.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop a place-based, community-centered BSN curriculum for Dominican University’s Waukegan Campus that meets all accreditation (CCNE) and state (IBHE and IDFPR) regulatory requirements.
• Map all BSN coursework to ensure learning outcomes meet all accreditation and regulatory requirements.
• Develop curriculum plans for didactic, clinical and simulation laboratory experiences.
• Develop all program assessment and continuous improvement plan to meet accreditation standards.

• Recruit and establish clinical placement agreements with Lake County hospitals, clinics, and community agencies to fulfill all curricular and programmatic requirements of an accredited BSN program, ensuring adequate clinicalexperiencesacross content specialties.

• Develop faculty and staff position descriptions, faculty orientation and professional development plans.

• Identify and inventory all supplies, equipment and facility needs for the Waukegan Campus BSN program. Identify all library and research resources needed to support BSN curriculum.

• Prepare Waukegan Campus BSN program schedule concept map
• Prepare curriculum plan of study for the Waukegan Campus BSN
• Identify viable Lake County clinical practice sites to fulfill clinical curriculum needs for the projected BSN enrollment (i.e., 30 students per cohort).
• Collaborate with DU staff to ensure completion of all sections of the Illinois Board of Higher Education new program region application

• Prepare all Nursing required course syllabi, including all accreditation standards aligned learning outcomes
• Collaborate with DU staff to prepare CCNE and IDFPR program applications for the Waukegan Campus BSN program approval
• Prepare equipment, resource and supplies inventories to implement BSN coursework
• Prepare faculty position descriptions and plans for faculty orientation, training and development

Consulting services will be compensated at a rate of $ 5,000 per semester with an estimated time frameof
10 months.

Compensation will be paid in monthly installments.