NURSING - Chair

Job Classification

  Faculty Administrative

Position summary

Reporting to the Dean of the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), the Chair has responsibility for the overall operations in the School of Nursing, which includes BSN, RN-to-BSN, and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs. The Chair maintains the accreditation of the programs, development and maintenance of the evaluation plan, curriculum review, organization of division projects, faculty development, and the self-study report.

Qualifications summary

• Doctorate degree in Nursing (preferred) or a doctorate degree in a health-related field, leadership, or education with a master’s degree in nursing.


• Associate Professor.


• License/ eligibility to practice Nursing in Michigan.


• Three years of experience practicing Nursing.


• Five years of college teaching experience.


• Experience with accreditation of Nursing programs  (preferred).


• Demonstrated scholarly activities.

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

Duties and responsibilities

Policy Developer and Supervisor

• Interprets school and university administrative policy, considering the needs of the education programs in the School of Nursing.


• Establishes the School of Nursing’s policy in consultation with program directors and faculty.


• Supervises the admissions process and administers student admissions policies.


• Develops and upgrades the School of Nursing’s student handbook.


• Produces the School Nursing’s bulletin copy.

Performance Evaluation & Advocate

• Acts as faculty advocate to higher administration.


• 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.


• Generates timely reports relating to credentials, tenure and advancement in rank. Evaluates the performance of adjunct and supporting faculty.

Financial Manager

• Assures adequate financial resources for the security and sound operation of viable School of Nursing’s education programs for ÀÏ˾»ú´«Ã½.


• Establishes the School of Nursing’s budget in consultation with the program directors and faculty.


• Approves travel and expense reports.


• Monitors the Nursing’s budget.

Academics & Accreditation

• Schedules courses and assigns faculty teaching loads.


• Annual teaching load as agreed upon with the Executive Dean of the College of Health and Human Services.


• Schedules classes, labs and other program functions.


• Monitors and adjusts academic standards and curriculum content.


• Monitors accreditation issues and assigns appropriate responsibilities to assure compliance.


• Monitors accreditation standards for the programs.


• Function as the liaison to the Michigan Board of Nursing, accrediting agencies, clinical facilities, and professional groups.

Research

• Encourages faculty research/ publications and creative scholarship/ practice.


• Encourages student research/ publications and creative scholarship/ practice.

Enrollment, Recruitment and Professional Affiliations

• Works with the CHHS Enrollment Coordinator and Enrollment Services to develop an annual marketing plan.


• Monitors enrollment, progression, and performance of Nursing students and communicates pertinent information to the Executive Dean of CHHS.


• Serves as liaison or appoints a liaison to professional organizations, state agencies, and other educational entities.

Supervisory responsibilities

Provide guidance to faculty, staff, graduate assistant (as applicable) in the conducting of required functions and responsibilities.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Doctorate degree in Nursing or a doctorate degree in a health-related field, leadership, or education with a master’s degree in nursing.


• Associate Professor.


• License/ eligibility to practice Nursing in Michigan.


• Three years of experience practicing Nursing.


• Five years of college teaching experience.


• Demonstrated scholarly activities.


• Member in good standing of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.


• Must be fluent in English. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD in Nursing.


• Experience with accreditation of Nursing programs.

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

Technical competencies

• Technical competencies as needed to fulfill teaching, service, research, advising, and administrative responsibilities.


• Ability to prepare and organize a wide variety of documents, reports, files, and information in various formats.

Interpersonal interactions

• Provide collegial service to the department, university, and community.


• Promote an all-inclusive, equitable learning environment, and be comfortable working in a culturally and demographically diverse community.

Physical demands

As needed to fulfill teaching, service, research, and administrative responsibilities.

Work environment

Work environment should maintain a relatively quiet noise level.