Position summary
The DNP Director/Distance Learning Director of Clinical Education holds a faculty appointment and has academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the School of Nursing. This individual demonstrates competence in program development/organization, didactic, clinical education, teaching, and curriculum development at the graduate level.
Duties and responsibilities
- Schedule DNP courses for the academic year
- Create/Review and update applicable syllabi for DNP courses.
- Participate in accreditation preparation and visit when applicable.
- Primary contact for DNP students for advising and communication
- Participate in marketing and admissions for the DNP program
- Chair the DNP committee meetings
- Maintain weekly office hours as required by policy to be available to students.
- Participate in scholarship, service and teaching activities as required by Andrews faculty policy.
- Participate in nursing school activities like graduation, dedication, pinning, recruitment, advising etc.
- Participate in collecting assessment data for the school.
- If teaching online, abide by the online contract and requirements for teaching.
- Other duties that may be assigned by the School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, and
- University levels.
- Interact with clinical agencies to plan for clinical/practicum rotations
- Schedule orientation sessions and meetings, and support preceptors
- Skills testing as needed
- Serve on department and University committees as assigned
Supervisory responsibilities
Supervise clinical faculty, students, student workers, and graduate assistants when assigned.
Interpersonal interactions
- Must be comfortable interacting with students in an advisory role.
- Must be comfortable interacting with multiethnic and multinational faculty and student population.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
Physical demands
- Must be able to keep up with the physical demand required for students’ practicum rotation within the healthcare settings if needed.
Work environment
- Classes will be taught mostly online
- Marsh Hall office work environment
- Practicums at hospitals, clinics in the community and remote oversight for online students.
- Online courses will be taught through the Course Learning Management System (LearningHub).
Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.