Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program (Specialty) Director & Faculty Member

Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program (Specialty) Director & Faculty Member

Rutgers School of Nursing invites applications for an inspiring and innovative leader to serve as Director of our Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. In this hybrid academic/administrative role, the successful candidate will oversee the direction and management of the program, work collaboratively with colleagues from nursing and other professions, model high standards of clinical practice, teaching excellence, and scholarship, and actively participate in professional organizations and School of Nursing faculty governance. The position is primarily in the graduate program but the candidate may teach across programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Program Director will:

• Provide the vision for, and academic leadership of, the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program
• Facilitate student recruitment, advisement, progression, and remediation
• Lead, plan, implement, revise, and evaluate curricula to meet and exceed accreditation standards of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
• Maintain all program accreditation documents including written reports
• Perform formative and summative student and program outcome evaluation including certification pass rates
• Assist in recruitment and ongoing advisement of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care students
• Develop clinical partnerships, evaluate clinical sites/preceptors, and secure and provide oversight for student clinical placement process
• Develop and teach didactic and clinical courses
• Advise and chair student DNP projects
• Help recruit and mentor new faculty
• Maintain an active clinical practice as an Acute Care APRN (may be part of teaching workload)

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience - Doctoral degree (DNP, PhD, EdD, or other) Current acute care clinical experience Experience in higher education and a commitment to teaching excellencePREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Experience in academic administration/leadership Experience in high-fidelity simulation Scholarship (e.g., publications, national presentations, grant funding) and active participation in community and/or professional organizations

Certifications/Licenses - Current licensure or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse and APRN in New Jersey Board Certification as an Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (or an Adult ACNP who graduated before 2011 Consensus model for curricular changes)

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