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

Overview

Rutgers Health Overview: New Jersey’s premier academic health center, Rutgers Health takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our elite and renowned faculty are teachers, health researchers and providers, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education and training in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. An important mission of RBHS is to promote the careers of faculty, staff, and learners. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

School Overview

The School of Nursing is one of eight schools that make up the Rutgers University, Rutgers Health. As part of the Rutgers Health division, the School of Nursing offers unique opportunities in education, research, and practice at a leading national research university which is the state’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Innovative academic offerings include bachelor’s (BSN), master’s, post-master’s, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), and PhD programs that are preparing nurse leaders of today and tomorrow at campus locations in Newark, New Brunswick, and Blackwood, NJ. Our BSN, master’s and DNP programs are ranked by US News and World Report as being among the highly rated programs in the nation. As one of the nation’s largest, most comprehensive nursing schools, the Rutgers School of Nursing is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, evidence-based research and health care delivery, and promotion of community health. The school is dedicated to meeting the educational needs of current and future students through innovative teaching and learning strategies in the undergraduate and graduate programs. Moreover, the school has distance education offerings that include online hybrid options. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a variety of baccalaureate and graduate programs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• 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

The ideal candidate will possess a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) or Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) with a concentration in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP) or related field, along with a current New Jersey license as a Nurse Practitioner (NP). They should also have a minimum of 5 years of clinical experience in adult-gerontology acute care nursing, a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring, and a demonstrated ability to lead and manage a program. Leadership skills, excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, and a collaborative approach to working with colleagues are essential. Proficiency in using technology and software relevant to nursing education and administration is required. A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is expected.