Assistant Site Director, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Jefferson College of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University, Lehigh Valley Campus

Job Details

Position Responsibilities (includes but not limited to):

Ensures congruence between the mission of the College and University and
the educational goals of the nurse anesthesia program in collaboration with
the Director
Ensures congruence with standards established by the Council on
Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs American
Association of Colleges of Nursing Commission on Collegiate Nursing
Education Pennsylvania Board of Nursing and certifying agencies in
collaboration with the Director
Monitors the policies of the programs accrediting agency to ensure that the
nurse anesthesia program maintains compliance in collaboration with the
Director
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/ Site Director in planning
implementing and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program curricula in
cooperation with the faculty and staff
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning
implementing monitoring and evaluating the nurse anesthesia program
budget that ensures adequate operating expenses academic resources
appropriate number of faculty and support staff and funds for faculty
development
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in day-to-day
program operations
Administers anesthesia one day per week to maintain his/her clinical expertise
and participates in clinical instruction of students when they are assigned to
the University affiliated hospital(s)
Reviews completed program applications
Participates as a member of the nurse anesthesia admissions selection
committee
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in tracking and
obtaining clinical placements for students
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in collaborating with
the Colleges Director of Simulation and Clinical Skills to plan and implement
laboratory and simulation activities
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in planning and
implementing orientation for new students
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director with supervising
recruiting interviewing hiring orientating and evaluating of clinical faculty
Maintains open channels of communication with students course faculty and
staff
Participates in developing implementing and evaluating a plan for success in
the NCE in collaboration with the Director and faculty.
Serves as mentor and role model for teaching and clinical faculty
Provides an environment conducive to student engagement and participation
and the assimilation and enrichment of a diverse student body
Provides oversight for student advisement and remediation
Serves as resource person to faculty for course related responsibilities
Assists the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director maintaining
program data base in collaboration with staff
Prepares monthly and annual reports as requested by Assistant Program
Administrator/Site Director
Collaborates with College leadership team and University support services
related to recruitment marketing admission registration progression and
graduation activities
Verifies that students have met all requirements for graduation in collaboration
with faculty as requested by Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director
Tracks pass rates on national certification examination in collaboration with
Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and faculty
Assists Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director in reviewing the nurse
anesthesia program curriculum annually as part of the systematic evaluation
plan
Collaborates with the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director and the
nurse anesthesia faculty to ensure a curriculum that is consistent with the
other advanced nurse practitioner programs offered within the College of
Nursing and the educational standards of the Council on Accreditation of
Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
Organizes the curriculum to ensure logical sequence of teaching and learning
identifies minimum clinical competencies required of all graduates;
participates in the didactic teaching program; maintains program records/files
current cumulative student records/files and clinical faculty records/files in
collaboration with administrative assistant
Represents the College on select University Committees
Teaching as assigned

Job Description

Position Qualifications:

Earned doctorate in nursing from an accredited college or university

Masters degree preparation in nursing

Licensure to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

National certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in a collegiate nursing

program or equivalent experience

Evidence of progressive leadership and academic responsibilities

Evidence of effective teaching

Demonstrated scholarly productivity

Reporting:

Assistant Site Director reports directly to the Assistant Program Administrator/Site Director Nurse Anesthesia Program Jefferson College of Nursing

Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV; then enter in search box Job ID # REQ-0021466

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address

901 Walnut Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States of America

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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