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
• 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
• Monitors the policies of the program's accrediting agency to ensure that the
nurse anesthesia program maintains compliance
• Collaborates with the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Chair for
Graduate Programs in planning, implementing, and evaluating the nurse
anesthesia program curricula in cooperation with the faculty and staff
• Collaborates with the Dean and AVP Business Planning 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
• Establishes and implements an efficient system for 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
• Chairs the nurse anesthesia admissions selection committee
• Schedules planning and evaluation meetings with teaching faculty pre-term
and post-term for scheduled courses
• Tracks and participates in obtaining clinical placements for students
• Collaborates with the College's Director of Simulation and Clinical Skills to plan
and implement laboratory and simulation activities
• Plans and implements orientation of new students
• Supervises recruitment, interviewing, hiring, orientation, and evaluation of
clinical faculty
• Collaborates with the Chair for Graduate Programs in planning teaching
assignments and course scheduling
• Maintains open channels of communication with students, course faculty, and
staff
• Develops programmatic calendars and schedules for SEE examination,
Prodigy, and plan for success in NCE in collaboration with the Chair for
Graduate Programs 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
• Oversees maintenance of program data base in collaboration with staff
• Prepares monthly and annual reports
• 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
• Tracks pass rates on national certification examination in collaboration with
faculty
• Reviews the nurse anesthesia program curriculum annually as part of the
systematic evaluation plan
• Collaborates with the Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs 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
• Provides guidance for nursing student organizations in collaboration with the
faculty liaison
• Teaching as assigned

Job Description

Position Qualifications:
 

• Earned doctorate in nursing from an accredited college or university

• Master's degree preparation in nursing

• License 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 Program Administrator/ Site Director shall report directly to the Chair for Nurse Anesthesia Programs Jefferson College of Nursing
 

Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV; http://hr.jefferson.edu/human-resources.html then enter in search box Job ID # REQ-0021464

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 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's 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 8,300 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 diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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