Assistant Professor & Director, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program

About

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science is located in the Watts-Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles and was founded in 1966 in response to inadequate medical care in the region. The university is dedicated to providing equitable medical education opportunities for under-represented students and leads multiple partnerships and programs to provide healthcare resources in the local and regional community.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintains an academic teaching course load of up to 10 units every semester.
• Manages confidential student files and records, upholding FERPA regulations.
• Student advisor role and responsibilities, responding to student concerns/problems, and referring students to appropriate resources, including counseling services.
• Ensures processes are in place to track, monitor, and record student completion and/or program outcomes, and proactively create, implement, and communicate appropriate corrective action plans when outcomes do not meet institutional standards.
• Establishes, implements, and refines PMHNP program policies.
• Ensures that clinical simulation, direct patient care clinical hours, and tracking database systems (e.g., eMedley, Typhon, and Exxat) meet accreditation standards.
• May assist with budget development, solicit grants in support of direct patient care clinical hours, community outreach, and PMHNP administrative operations.
• Provides a respectful and professional in-person, or virtual working environment using active learning, reflective thinking, and confidential debriefing processes.
• Participates in leadership development, implementation, and continuous quality improvement of the student success program.
• Participates in professional development and organizations to maintain an understanding of current ideas in research and practices, attend meetings, training, workshops, and seminars to enrich professional growth, knowledge, and skill in management.
• Reviews and develops action plans based on student and faculty feedback for improvement of the program.
• Develops and cultivates community partners to further the achievement of simulation goals.
• Makes decisions regarding student attrition and retention data and works with other campus leaders to develop initiatives that can be implemented to improve retention and student success.
• Collaborates with the CDU Enrollment Department to review, approve, and process potential graduate NP student applications.
• Maintains professional licenses by maintaining the required CEU and clinical practice.
• Participates in national nursing conferences, submits research poster presentations, research abstracts, and publications.
• Coordinates and participates in nursing/medical missions to provide aid within the scope of nursing practice.

Education

A Master's degree with course work in nursing education, and nursing leadership, management, and administration is required, with a terminal degree, strongly desired.

Licenses And Certifications

• CCNE, ANCC, and other national nursing certifying.
• Must hold or be eligible to hold a clear, active, and unrestricted registered nurse license issued by the State of California Board of Registered Nursing.

Experience

• Requires a minimum of five (5) years of direct job-related professional experience, including three (3) years of continuous experience, or equivalent, as a registered nurse providing direct patient care.
• Requires two (2) years of teaching experience in a pre-or post-licensure registered nursing program.
• Experience with CCNE accreditation and BRN approval guidelines.
• Supervisory experience is strongly preferred.
• Experience with transcript analysis is highly desirable.

Complexity

The ability to perform highly detailed work with sustained attention and care while providing/obtaining information on numerous inquiries is paramount to success in this position.

Physical Demands

• Occasional stooping.
• Frequent standing and prolonged sitting.
• Constant walking, sitting, climbing, reaching high/low levels, finger movement, feeling, speaking clearly, hearing conversationally, and seeing far.

Work Environment

This position is onsite unless otherwise authorized by management.

Mental Demands

• Frequent variety of unrelated tasks.
• Constant calculating, interrupted work, a variety of interrelated tasks, and use of sustained concentration, reasoning, judgment, resourcefulness, analytical ability, and ingenuity.

Special Requirements

• Professional ability to work effectively with multi-cultural and socioeconomic, diverse

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, vacation accrues on first day of employment, wellness programs, 17 paid holidays per year, up to 16 hours of paid time off to participate in community service and much more.

Schedule

Full Time

Pay

Assistant Professor-$115,000 + Administrative Y-Factor $20,000 = $135,000

EEO Statement

Charles R. Drew University is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity. Applicants will be considered without regard to gender, race, age, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, disability or covered veteran status.

Fair Chance Statement

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local “Fair Chance” laws.