Dean for Nursing & Health Professions

Arkansas State University-Newport

(Internal Posting)

The Dean for Nursing and Health Professions reports to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and has responsibility for the development, coordination, oversight, and assessment of Registered Nursing, Licensed Practical Nursing, Surgical Technology, Emergency Medical Services, Certified Nursing Assistant, Phlebotomy, Patience Care Technician, Medication Assistant-Certified and the IGNITE Health Professions programs, courses, and faculty for campuses at Newport, Marked Tree, and Jonesboro and all other ASUN instructional locations.

The Dean for Nursing and Health Professions must demonstrate strong leadership, management, and development skills to support the programs, and faculty in teaching, industry partnership, and service. This role supports the College’s mission of providing and ensuring quality educational programs for ASUN’s various constituencies.

This position is an administrative appointment and will be housed on the Newport campus but will work on all ASUN campus locations as well as clinical facilities and other industry partner organizations as needed. This position will provide direct supervision to the Director of Surgical Technology, Coordinator of Patient Care Technician, Clinical and Simulation Coordinator, Nursing faculty, and the Nursing and Health Professions Academic Coordinator while ensuring compliance with the Office of Long-Term Care, Arkansas State Board of Nursing, Arkansas Department of Health Services, and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.

Qualifications:

A Master’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education. Doctorate preferred.A minimum of 2 years of demonstrated work evidence of high-level partnership capacity building and advisory committee development and leadership, preferably at the two- year college level.A minimum of 4 years of two-year college teaching experience or industry experience (or a combination of the two), and two years of supervisory experience.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Promotes, develops, and assesses quality programs that align with local industry needs.Cultivates and maintains strong industry and community partnerships to ensure local support and demand for applied sciences program graduates.

Represents the Nursing and Health Professions Division on the Academic Institutional Council and serves as a conduit for information to and from the other Academic Divisions, faculty, and staff.Exercises effective administrative and management skills through collegial communication with other ASUN departments.Provides effective management of fiscal policies and procedures within the Nursing and Health Professions Division.Actively participates in partnerships geared toward resource acquisition, support, and funding to sustain program infrastructure, growth, and sustainability.Models effective decision-making skills through use of the principles of shared leadership through open communication.Leads implementation of plans for assessment and improvement of student learning in the Nursing and Health Professions Division, assists in accreditation efforts and oversees regular program reviews.Prepares and recommends for approval the budget for the Nursing and Health Professions Division.Recommends qualified faculty for appointment, promotion, and retention.Oversees laboratory and training facilities and coordinates appropriate safety guidelines, training, and equipment in conjunction with other Academic Deans.Facilitates the student grievance process for issues within the Nursing and Health Professions Division,Coordinates special events related to the Nursing and Health Professions Division.Serves on college-wide committees, special project teams, state and local committees, and community service and civic committees as needed, and acts as a professional and positive representative of the College.Maintaining the expectations set forth by the Arkansas Board of Nursing, the Office of Long-term Care (OLTC), Arkansas Department of Health Services (DHS), and the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).Develops and maintains records and reports needed for programmatic approval and accreditation.Coordinates course schedules for all Nursing and Health Professions programs.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDS, PROPERTY and EQUIPMENT

Responsible for the maintenance of all division facilities and equipment.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Provides leadership to all full-time and part-time nursing and health professions faculty and program directors.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

Excellent communication skills are required. Ability to write reports, correspondence, and policy/procedure manuals so others will understand; Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from faculty, administration or the general public.

CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS

Ability to solve complex problems and deal with a variety of unknown variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Under direction of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, working from policies and general directives.

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

PLANNING

Considerable responsibility with regard to general assignments in planning time, method, manner, and/or sequence of performance of own work, in addition, the work operations of a group of employees.

DECISION MAKING

Performs work operations which permit frequent opportunity for decision-making of major importance and also frequent opportunity for decision-making of significant importance, either of which would significantly affect the operations of the College.

IMPACT OF DECISIONS

Requires making decisions that impact the results of co-workers, clients or the College. Mistakes are not easily correctable and have serious consequences, require making decisions that affect organizational process, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization.

CONTACT WITH OTHERS

Involves both furnishing and obtaining information and, also, attempting to influence the decisions of those persons contacted. Regular contact with other College employees at all levels within the organization.

TECHNOLOGY

Knowledgeable in related program, Learning Management System, and ERP software preferred.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

None.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES

The following physical activities described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and expectations. While performing the functions of this job, the employee is continuously required to talk or hear; frequently required to sit and occasionally required to climb or balance.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as computer keyboard, mouse, calculator and similar machines.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

There are no harmful environmental conditions that are present for this position. Some equipment may be hazardous. The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.