Healthcare Student Success Navigator Service Faculty

Gate Way Community College is hiring for a great new Healthcare Student Success Navigator position. This position has an anticipated start date is July 1, 2026. This position will report to the Nursing Department/Division Chair and provide strategic and operational planning initiatives to support nursing and healthcare student success. This individual is responsible for collaborating with students, faculty, and staff to identify risks and create individualized student success pathways to address students' academic needs and support academic achievement.

This individual will also develop and offer student success courses/workshops to foster student skills, knowledge, and academic success. Effective communication and collaboration with students, faculty, administrators, and other campus departments whose mission is focused on student success is expected. This position also requires theoretical and clinical nursing knowledge as this person may also provide theoretical, clinical, laboratory, or simulation instruction to nursing and healthcare students from diverse backgrounds.

Essential Functions

* Monitor student success outcomes in healthcare programs.

* Facilitate the development of student remediation programs.

* Communicate with students (1:1 or small groups) to identify risks and create a pathway to success based on each student's identified needs.

* Collaborate with faculty and students to develop an Individualized Student Success Pathway (ISSP) to support academic achievement.

* Offer student success courses/workshops to develop skills and knowledge for student success.

* Implement new student orientations to enhance student readiness for success.

* Monitor licensure pass rates and follow up with repeaters to offer ongoing support.

* Connect students with on-campus support services/specialists as needed, including tutoring, Counseling, DRS, etc.

* Develop programs and activities to enhance student engagement, motivation, and sense of community.

* Foster relationships between students, faculty, staff, and other resources to create a supportive campus culture.

* Work closely with faculty to identify students experiencing barriers to academic success, identify at-risk students, and provide early interventions.

* Collaborate with success and retention committees across Maricopa to support student success and retention initiatives

* Supervise and facilitate student learning for a diverse population of students in clinical, simulation, laboratory, or classroom settings

* Maintain and enhance knowledge of the subject matter taught and individual training skills required to remain current with new trends and developments in healthcare and education through attendance at conferences, seminars, and/or workshops.

* Maintain office hours; serve on and participate in department, college, and district-wide committees and activities.