Associate Dean of Academic Affairs - Nursing

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 22 locations and online post-licensure degree programs and certificates including RN to BSN, RN to MSN, a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with nine 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 Physician Assistant Studies, Public Health Certificate programs, and a Master of Social Work degree. Learn more about Chamberlain University, part of Adtalem Global Education, 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!

The Associate Dean of Academic Affairs directs and provides leadership for all campus level faculty and academic staff to ensure curricula are current and consistently delivered in an environment and manner that achieves superior student outcomes. 

Responsibilities

• Participates in the recruitment, selection and onboarding of qualified faculty and staff, monitors and evaluates their ongoing performance.

• Administers the implementation and assessment of nursing program curricula on the campus with coordination/collaboration of the national academic teams.

• Ensures learning experiences align with the BSN curriculum and collaborates with national team to support implementation.

• Collaborates with national academic committees to ensure that appropriate goals and projects are implemented.

• Creates plans for student success in all learning areas, including student retention, graduation rates, NCLEX pass rates as well as student satisfaction and works with collaboratively with the local and national partners to achieve superior student outcomes.

• Ensures that course resources and course assessment data are evaluated each session and inform recommendations for campus student success plans.

• Support faculty with timely and effective implementation of changes that address evolving needs of students and ensure delivery of course and/or program outcomes

• Ensure faculty are oriented & accountable to teaching and learning best practices through regular evaluation/feedback.

• Serves as a faculty and staff mentor in areas of academic excellence, customer service, collaboration with local and national partners communication and professionalism.

• Create and monitor a well-defined process for campus faculty participation expectations in national course advisory councils, ensuring that the faculty are providing feedback and making curriculum delivery decisions.

• Solicits recommendations from faculty and staff for academic budget.

• Supports faculty and clinical coordination teams for clinical placement of nursing students to meet program objectives.

• Ensures regular meetings of the faculty and comprehensive academic team to facilitate communication and faculty participation in planning, implementing and evaluating the curriculum.

• Assigning faculty and academic team workloads

• Collaborates with campus leadership and national partners to prepare capital requests for learning areas as necessary.

• Supports national academic team in consistent execution of core CAS programs and developing local programing (when necessary) to support student success.

• Collaborates with national library staff for management of local holdings.

• Monitors and analyzes student academic success data to identify recommendations to improve delivery of curriculum and engage student success interventions.

• Will be responsible for teaching up to three courses per year.

• Completes other duties as assigned and complies with all policies and standards.

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• Master's Degree in nursing required, Doctorate (or credit towards doctorate) in nursing preferred.
• 2 years’ experience in nursing education at the Bachelor level or above. 
• Recent development/participation in simulation/clinical experience. 
• 3 years in acute patient care/trauma/emergency and/or medical-surgical environments preferred.
• Previous leadership experience.
• Above average competency in Microsoft Suite of products.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels: students, faculty and staff. Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to lead, direct and advise faculty.
• Unencumbered Professional nursing licensure in the state of Texas. 

In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected salary range for this position is between $70,696.34 and $127,957.05. Actual pay will be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements. The position qualifies for the below benefits.

Adtalem offers a robust suite of benefits including:

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem’s Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays
  
  For more information related to our benefits please visit: https://careers.adtalem.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation