Faculty Manager, Experiential Learning at Nightingale College

Role Title: Faculty Manger, Nursing Education, EL

Starting Salary: $96,679

Position Summary:

Faculty Manager, Nursing Education provides daily operational oversight of function specific nursing faculty; ensures that policies and procedures are followed in facilitating distance education; responsible for completing personal and lead faculty audits and mentoring new faculty during time to independence.

Essential Function and Responsibilities:

• Supervises the day-to-day operations of the nursing faculty, based on established Programs and College policies.
• Meets with faculty monthly.
• Onboards, develops, and precepts faculty to increase alignment within the function and College
• Audits job performance to ensure policies and procedures are followed in facilitating distance and clinical education and provides feedback and coaching to develop faculty.
• Facilitates courses as needed by the College.
• Collaborates with other College collaborators and faculty to meet academic, programmatic, and organizational outcomes.
• Learns and adapts to innovative technologies that are utilized within the College to facilitate the curriculum and enhance the learning experience.
• Contributes to institutional accreditation activities.
• Participates in the successful implementation of other functional projects as they arise
• Coordinates with Director, Nursing Education, and the Nursing Education senior management team to oversee Lead Faculty and implement NE strategic plan.
• Conducts performance audits on Lead Faculty and reports results to Nursing Education senior management team.
• Supports Lead Faculty in daily operations including local and distance course facilitation and learner assessments.
• Ensures all faculty obtain and maintain continuing education and licensure requirements and submits required reports according to published deadlines.
• Maintains proficiency in online delivery of concept-based nursing education.
• Embodies the College’s frameworks in all interactions with learners, collaborators, and partners.
• Completes performance evaluations on each Lead Faculty every semester.
• Accountable for NE successful attainment of key performance indicators.
• May be required to travel to support learning activities.
• Engages in shared decision making when in college, faculty or nursing committee meetings.
• Engages in local, state, and/or national nursing education and practice organizations.
• Maintains expertise in nursing education and awareness of current trends in nursing practice and healthcare.
• All nursing faculty roles include a travel component and may be required to travel on occasion and spend up to two (2) weeks facilitating on-ground teaching experiential learning activities per semester.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Current unencumbered RN or APRN in the state of residence.
• Active and unencumbered RN or APRN with multistate privilege.
• Ability to obtain licensure as required by the College in multiple states.
• Three (3) years of experience managing.
• Five (5) years of experience in clinical nursing.
• Three (3) years teaching experience in post-secondary professional nursing program.
• One (1) year experience in delivery of Concept Based Nursing Education.
• One (1) year of distance education experience.
• Supervision of clinical education activities with relevant clinical expertise.
• Experience using Learning Management Software, Canvas preferred.
• Highly proficient in modern technology platforms and ability to quickly adapt to various software.
• Ability, willingness, and availability to perform needed responsibilities throughout the three academic semesters each calendar year.

Nightingale’s commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected both in our learners and collaborators because we believe the best outcomes for learners from underserved and diverse populations are achieved through collaborators with similar backgrounds and cultures. Nightingale College is an equal opportunity employer.

Our Mission (not just words on the wall, we live it, love it, and daily contribute to it).

At Nightingale College, our Innovative Education model helps transform rural health landscapes through our blended-distance learning platform. Every person involved with Nightingale College helps to change lives of our learners, our communities, and the world by adding to the quality of healthcare. We are proud to have graduated over 3,400 nurses serving communities in need. We are serious about our outcomes and have a little bit of fun getting there.

The professional and personal development of our learners and our collaborators is our company’s foundation. Not only do we develop strategies that promote a positive work-life integration, but we also create an environment that invites you to become an expert in your field, be it through higher education or professional development. Put simply, we elevate employment, elevate health, and elevate education. We are so happy that you have found us!