NURSING - Prog Dir DNP/Clinical Edu Dir Dist/Faculty-Nursing

Job Classification

  Faculty Administrative

Position summary

The DNP Director/Distance Learning Director of Clinical Education holds a faculty appointment and has academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the School of Nursing. This individual demonstrates competence in program development/organization, didactic, clinical education, teaching, and curriculum development at the graduate level. 

Qualifications summary

• DNP from an accredited institution is required


• DNP with PhD in related field preferred


• At least 2 years of current teaching experience as a nurse educator preferred.


• Current Michigan RN licensure or eligibility for licensure in the state of Michigan


• Evidence of scholarship and publications preferred.


• Ability to work well in teams


• Ability to form strong student and peer relationships


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  Experience in online teaching is preferred
  
  

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

• Schedule DNP courses for the academic year


• Create/Review and update applicable syllabi for DNP courses.


• Participate in accreditation preparation and visit when applicable.


• Primary contact for DNP students for advising and communication


• Participate in marketing and admissions for the DNP program


• Chair the DNP committee meetings


• Maintain weekly office hours as required by policy to be available to students.


• Participate in scholarship, service and teaching activities as required by Andrews faculty policy.


• Participate in nursing school activities like graduation, dedication, pinning, recruitment, advising etc.


• Participate in collecting assessment data for the school.


• If teaching online, abide by the online contract and requirements for teaching.


• Other duties that may be assigned by the School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, and


• University levels. 


• Interact with clinical agencies to plan for clinical/practicum rotations


• Schedule orientation sessions and meetings, and support preceptors


• Skills testing as needed


• Serve on department and University committees as assigned

Supervisory responsibilities

Supervise clinical faculty, students, student workers, and graduate assistants when assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Nursing (DNP) minimum requirement.


• At least 2 years of current work experience as a nurse educator 


• Ability to work as a team member


• Ability to teach using current technology


• Dynamic presenter/speaker


• Ability to form good student and peer relationships


• Ability to establish relationships with clinical sites in various communities.


• Experience in online teaching preferred


• Evidence of scholarship and publications preferred

Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

N/A

Interpersonal interactions

• Must be comfortable interacting with students in an advisory role.


• Must be comfortable interacting with multiethnic and multinational faculty and student population.


• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Physical demands

• Must be able to keep up with the physical demand required for students’ practicum rotation within the healthcare settings if needed.

Work environment

• Classes will be taught mostly online 


• Marsh Hall office work environment 


• Practicums at hospitals, clinics in the community and remote oversight for online students.


• Online courses will be taught through the Course Learning Management System (LearningHub).