Nursing Director

Position Summary:
Nursing Program Director, 12-month tenure-track faculty position with administrative release. The Director is responsible for oversight of all aspects of the ENMU BSN Completion and MSN Educator Programs. The Director of Nursing teaches 9 credit hours per semester, 6 credit hours in the summer, and advises students regarding academic plans. This is a residential appointment and campus presence is expected.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Academic planning, curricular design, and program development to include coordination of undergraduate and graduate Nursing Program catalog revisions
• Accreditation compliance, annual reporting, and accrediting and re-accreditation activities
• Budgeting, hiring, financial expenditures, and managing resources for the Nursing Program
• Program faculty training
• Student outcome assessment and program effectiveness analysis to include BSN & MSN Effectiveness/Program Assessment Reporting
• Student recruitment, retention, and completion efforts
• Marketing, communication and development
• Affiliation agreement development for student fieldwork/practicum experience
• Other applicable academic and administrative processes
• Participation in institution wide faculty meetings
• Chair program faculty meetings
• Chair yearly advisory council meetings
• Chair yearly program curriculum reviews
• Support staff supervision
• Nursing Graduate Coordinator and Graduate Assistant(s) supervision
• Maintenance of scholarship activities as per Health and Human Services Faculty Evaluation Committee guidelines
• Other duties as required by Health and Human Services Department Chair
  

• Unencumbered New Mexico RN license or eligible for New Mexico Licensure
• Candidates must hold a PhD, EdD, or Doctor of Nursing (DNP) degree
• Master's Degree in Nursing
• Minimum of three years teaching experience with demonstrated leadership ability
• Exhibited strength in program administration, curriculum design, and research
• Minimum of three years nursing practice experience
• Experience with nursing program leadership preferred
• Experience with ACEN accreditation standards preferred

• An entrepreneurial spirit to develop new and innovative approaches to nursing education and research
• Demonstrated ability to work in a leadership position with other faculty
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• A proven record in designing and delivering online programs in nursing and the advancement of undergraduate and graduate education to a diverse student body is desired.

Physical Demand and Working Conditions:

• Work is sedentary in nature that at times requires exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

Application Review Date: Open Until Filled
Condition of Employment: Must pass a pre-employment background check.
Electronic Application Instructions: Electronic applications should be submitted through the "Apply" link on the top of this page. Please attach the following required documents to your electronic application.

Required Documents: Letter of interest
Curriculum vitae
Contact information for three references (Blind reference call will be made on applicants who become finalist for the position)
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