Director/Nursing Program

Position Information

This position is responsible to provide the oversight, leadership, and coordination for the Associate Degree Nursing Program.

Essential Job Functions

• Cook up the development, planning, management, review and assessment of the nursing program.
• Ensure the integrity of the nursing program and its faculty.
• Promote and facilitate professional development activities for self and faculty consistent with contemporary nursing practice; didactic, laboratory, and clinical instruction.
• Provide guidance to and actively participate in processes that help ensure the number and quality of program faculty meet the needs of the program and its students.
• Cook up orientation activities of new faculty.
• Provide guidance to and actively participate in the selective admission process that ensures the number of qualified applicants offered conditional acceptance correlates with program resources.
• Cook up orientation, by cohort, of newly accepted students.
• Cook up coordinates clinical placement of faculty and students through collaboration with individual clinical agencies, verification of clinical compliance and participation in clinical agency affiliation meetings.
• Ensure compliance with all standards, policies and processes as established by regulatory and accrediting bodies and other program-affiliated agencies.
• Ensure nursing program policies and processes that differ from those of the College are recognized and supported by the College.
• Monitor program outcomes and provide guidance in the Program Evaluation and Assessment processes.
• Engage in leadership activities within and external to the organization where appropriate.
• Mediate academic, faculty and student concerns.
• Promote efficient and effective office operation with staff, faculty, grant funded employees, College departments and external constituents.
• Responsible for carrying out College policies and procedures and verify differences are justified by the purpose and outcomes of the nursing program.
• Hire, mentor, and supervise direct reports; complete scheduled performance evaluations.
• Develop and recommend operating and capital budgets; assist in managing approved budgets.
• Perform job duties in accordance with College policies and procedures; adhere to bargaining unit agreements as applicable.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing required; Advanced education in nursing practice and/or education is preferred.
• Current PA Registered Nurse license required.
• 5-7 years of experience in Higher Education, inclusive of 4 years of nursing education experience, required.
• 3 years of experience in educational or healthcare administration required.
• Prior supervisory and management experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior accreditation experience, including interpretation and analysis of data and leading quality improvement initiatives preferred.
• Experience working with and supervising employees under labor contracts preferred.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged sitting.
• Frequent standing/walking or otherwise moving around campus.
• Repetitive finger/hand movements.
• Occasional lifting up to 50 lbs.
• Occasional bending, stooping, carrying, pushing, pulling, reaching, and climbing.
• Ability to communicate orally and hear conversation.
• Ability to hear normal speaking sounds, faint voices, and faint body sounds.
• Ability to hear in situations not able to see lips (e.g., when using masks).

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number: S-2023-228-P
Number of Vacancies: 1
Desired Start Date: Position End Date (if temporary):
Job Open Date: 01/21/2026
Job Close Date: Open Until Filled Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants: Please have your current resume, cover letter, transcripts, and information for three professional references to provide with your application.