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 program's 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 College's 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

• Master's degree preparation in