Associate Dean of Academic Affairs – Clinical Immersion & Experiential Learning -BSN Online

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About Chamberlain University

Chamberlain University has a 130-year history and the mission to educate, empower, and embolden diverse healthcare professionals who advance the health of people, families, communities, and nations. Our regionally accredited University is comprised of the College of Nursing and the College of Health Professions. Our College of Nursing offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree program at 23 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with six Specialty Tracks, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Our College of Health Professions offers online options with a Master of Public Health degree, Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Covista, at www.chamberlain.edu.

There is one very significant way Chamberlain is different than other Universities - Chamberlain Care®. Healthcare education is offered in a culture of service excellence and care in four ways: care for self, care for colleagues, care for patients/clients, care for all. By living Chamberlain Care®, we’ve built a culture in which colleagues and students thrive and we graduate extraordinary healthcare professionals who transform the health of people worldwide.

Chamberlain Care® is the guiding principle we provide to each other and to our students to help our students achieve their goals, reach their dreams and impact healthcare at a national level.
If you're ready to live Chamberlain Care®, we invite you to apply today!

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Opportunity at a Glance

Chamberlain College of Nursing is committed to providing quality and accessible nursing education. Most nursing schools incorporate tools for building nurse-patient relationships into their curricula, but Chamberlain has gone a step further and made care of students a part of the educational culture. Chamberlain believes that extraordinary care of nursing students is more likely to lead to extraordinary patient and family care.

If you share in this belief and model behaviors of care, respect, and professionalism—creating a culture that fosters collaboration, cooperation, and respect—the role of Associate Dean of Academic Affairs – Clinical Immersion & Experiential Learning may be right for you.

The Associate Dean provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered in a manner that drives superior student outcomes while upholding the principles of Chamberlain Care™. This role includes direct oversight of high-impact clinical immersion experiences, leading large-scale, multi-day onsite immersions in Illinois designed to strengthen clinical competency, skills validation, and NCLEX readiness. The Associate Dean collaborates across regional academic teams and simulation leadership to support hands-on and virtual learning integration, while ensuring consistency and quality across multiple immersion waves serving large student populations. Responsibilities include oversight of weekend-based immersion delivery (one weekend per session), faculty alignment, and operational execution to ensure an exceptional, student-centered learning experience.

This position follows a structured schedule of Monday–Friday with one required weekend per academic session; candidates will be required to accommodate this schedule.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight for large-scale clinical immersion experiences, supporting nursing students through skill-based, high-impact learning sessions.
• Lead and manage on-site immersion weekends (1 weekend per session), ensuring strong execution of clinical skills validation and student engagement.
• Oversee multi-day immersion events (3-day format), including return demonstrations, teaching components, and applied clinical skill development.
• Support delivery of core clinical competencies including IV insertion, head-to-toe assessment, oxygenation, mobility, medication calculations, and NCLEX-style readiness activities.
• Collaborate with Associate Deans and regional teams across five regions, ensuring alignment of immersion execution and student outcomes.
• Manage and scale immersion operations to support high student volume (150–900+ students per session) across multiple waves, ensuring quality and consistency.
• Partner closely with academic and simulation leadership to integrate virtual simulation (VSIM) and hands-on immersion experiences, enhancing overall