Director of Nursing - Porterville - Relocation Available

Company Description

Unitek Learning Education Group Corp. (“Unitek Learning”) is a leader in healthcare‐focused workforce development. With over 30 years of experience, Unitek Learning provides customized education programs that bridge the gap between academic preparation and real-world clinical needs. Drawing on its deep roots in nursing education, Unitek Learning helps hospitals and health systems build sustainable talent pipelines by embedding faculty and curriculum directly into hospital settings through its “School in a Box” and integrated workforce solutions. In partnership with hundreds of clinical sites, we upskill incumbent staff, train new clinicians, and enable hospitals to better recruit, retain, and advance nursing talent.

Job Description

Instructional and management responsibilities for the specified Workforce Development site

• Responsible for providing site supervision of nursing program activities.
• Assists the Regional Dean with implementing special projects
• Works with and functions under the supervision of the Regional Dean.

Assists the Regional Dean with planning, developing, managing, updating, and evaluating all aspects of the program including, but not limited to:

• Faculty and staff.
• Clinical site liaison.
• Clinical calendars and matrix.
• Blended Learning Curriculum implementation.
• Program compliance with Board and/or accreditor rules and regulations; site visits.
• Student advocate.
• Program policies and procedures.
• Faculty and student handbooks.
• Oversee maintenance of and identification of needed supplies and equipment to meet program objectives.

Assists with preparing data and other written materials for all required state and Board requirements, reports, proposals, self-studies, surveys, and site visits.

• Assists with maintaining on-site student records.
• Collaborate with HR to maintain the required faculty and staff documentation.
• Identifies need for obtaining outside resources for the nursing program
• Serves on program committees
• Assists with admission process and nursing core orientation
• Must be able to fill-in for clinical, skills lab, or sim lab when vacancies occur. 

Clinical Responsibilities

The academic director assists the Regional Dean with the following aspects as relates to clinical sites:

• Thorough assessment of the ability of the agency to provide clinical experience that meets the objectives for application of theory and clinical course objectives. The assessment includes an analysis of risk, hazards, and safety of all students, as well as ensuring adequate staffing to handle clinical objectives.
• Meets with specific clinical faculty or agency educational representative to discuss and confirm number of students, faculty assignments, dates, times, and clinical objectives. Completes and forwards to the Regional Dean the BRN clinical approval forms as required prior to initiating clinical rotations.
• Meets monthly with Clinical Partner and Regional Dean to review clinical operations.
• Is the primary contact for partner Human Resources for concurrent student/employee disciplinary concerns that may affect program standing.
• Participates with the assigned clinical consortium.
• Ensure clinical evaluations are completed in a timely manner by assigned faculty.
• Collects and disseminates semester-end student and clinical site evaluations data to the Regional Dean.
• Communicate with the Clinical Education Management Department to maintain clinical facility contract updates.
• Maintains minutes of inter-agency meetings.

Faculty Responsibilities

Assists with preparing data and other written materials for all required state and Board requirements, reports, proposals, self-studies, surveys, and site visits.

• Assist with strategic planning and assessment of instructional initiatives to ensure quality of program.
• Utilize principles of teaching that recognize the characteristics of the adult learner.
• Make continuous efforts to improve quality of instruction by reviewing and utilizing different and innovative methodologies and techniques in teaching.
• Demonstrates willingness to acquire skills for utilizing online activities as enhancers to course content/material during interactive teaching and learning.
• Ensures that clinical assignments, clinical rotation matrixes and calendars are completed one month prior to start of next rotation.
• Confirms that clinical faculty consistently follows policies and guidelines as related to student clinical rotation experience.
• Ensures that student performance in theory and clinical learning objectives and outcomes is completed and documented in a timely manner by all faculty.