FNP/DNP Program Coordinator

Position Purpose

The Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) Program Coordinator is a faculty member who provides academic and specialty leadership for the Family Nurse Practitioner program within the School of Nursing. The Coordinator receives reassigned workload time to support curriculum leadership, student success, clinical education, accreditation activities, program assessment, and continuous quality improvement efforts while maintaining faculty teaching responsibilities.

Core Competencies

• Represents Aurora University in the most positive manner with prospective, former, and current students, clinical partners, faculty, staff, and the community served.
• Serves the mission, vision, and values of Aurora University with the Mission Statement being: At Aurora University, our singular goal is to empower students to achieve lasting personal and professional success. We do this by being an inclusive community dedicated to the transformative power of learning. As a teaching-centered institution, we encourage undergraduate and graduate students to discover what it takes to build meaningful and purposeful lives.
• Supports student learning and success through excellence in teaching, advising, leadership, and service.
• Demonstrates collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Demonstrates adaptability, innovation, and a commitment to continuous learning through the effective use of instructional technologies and teaching practices that support student engagement across multiple learning modalities.
• Promotes inclusive excellence and equitable educational experiences.

Essential Job Functions

• Instructs students in face-to-face, hybrid, and online modalities as assigned.
• Maintain current knowledge of FNP practice standards and healthcare trends.
• Serve as the specialty content expert for the FNP track.
• Monitor student performance and collaborate with faculty to support student success and remediation plans.
• Collaborate with clinical placement personnel and preceptors regarding clinical education needs.
• Evaluate clinical education quality and recommend improvements.
• Maintain relationships with healthcare organizations and community partners.
• Support accreditation documentation, reporting, and site visit preparation.
• Maintain active licensure, certification, and clinical expertise as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Engage in scholarly and professional development activities.
• Support innovation and excellence in graduate nursing education.

Essential Job Requirements

• Doctoral degree in nursing (DNP, PhD, or equivalent) from an accredited institution.
• Current unencumbered RN and APRN licensure.
• Current national certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
• Experience teaching in graduate nursing education.
• Knowledge of AACN Essentials, NONPF competencies, NTF Standards, and graduate nursing accreditation standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience coordinating or leading graduate nursing programs.
• Experience with curriculum development and program evaluation.
• Experience with accreditation and assessment activities.
• Minimum of three years of Family Nurse Practitioner clinical practice experience.

Skills

• Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication skills.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with faculty, students, clinical partners, and stakeholders.
• Proficiency with instructional technologies and learning management systems.