NURSING - Chair - Department of Nursing
Job Classification
Faculty Administrative
Position summary
Responsible for faculty, staff and activities within the department. Assures adequate resources and processes to attract and nurture qualified students, faculty and staff; provide adequate facilities and environment for student learning; evaluate all aspect of the department /programs and make appropriate ongoing adjustments as needed.
Qualifications summary
- Doctorate degree in Nursing or a doctorate degree in a health related field with a Master's degree in Nursing
- Administrative experience in an educational setting
- Demonstrate scholarly activities
- Strong interpersonal skills
Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
Duties and responsibilities
- Interprets school and university administrative policy in light of the needs of the nursing education programs.
- Establishes department policy in consultation with program directors and faculties.
- Acts as faculty advocate to higher administration.
- Monitors accreditation issues and assigns appropriate responsibilities to assure compliance.
- Evaluates the performance of core faculty and staff to aid in determining raises and to establish personal goals for their professional development in teaching, scholarly and service activities, tenure and promotion.
- Evaluates the performance of adjunct and supporting faculty.
- Generates timely reports relating to credentials, tenure and advancement in rank.
- Supervises the admissions process and administers student admissions policies.
- Develops and upgrades department and student handbooks.
- Serves as liaison to professional organizations, state agencies, and other educational entities.
- Assures adequate financial resources for the security and sound operation of viable Nursing education programs for Andrews University.
- Establishes the department budget in consultation with the program directors and faculty .
- Monitors departmental and program budgets.
- Approves travel and expense reports.
- Monitors and adjusts academic standards and curriculum content.
- Monitors accreditation standards for the programs.
- Schedules Nursing courses and assigns faculty teaching loads.
- Encourages faculty research and publications.
- Produces departmental bulletin copy.
- Annual teaching load as agreed upon with the Dean.
- Works with the Health Professions Marketing Coordinator and Enrollment Services to develop an annual marketing plan.
- Schedules classes, laboratories, and other program functions.
Supervisory responsibilities
- Evaluates the performance of core faculty and staff to aid in determining raises and to establish personal goals for their professional development in teaching, scholarly and service activities, tenure and promotion.
- Evaluates the performance of adjunct and supporting faculty.
- Supervises the admissions process and administers student admissions policies.
- Monitors departmental and program budgets.
Qualifications
- PhD in Nursing (preferred) or doctorate degree in Health related field with MS in Nursing
- Experience with accreditation of Nursing programs
Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
Technical competencies
N/A
Interpersonal interactions
N/A
Physical demands
Must be able to travel to clinical sites in order to evaluate the students.
Work environment
Theories classes to be taught at Marsh Hall. Clinical experiences will be out in the community.