Nursing Director

The Nursing Department of Green River College (GRC) seeks candidates for a director of nursing position who is passionate about teaching, learning, and student success, and who are committed to the service and equity mission of community colleges. As an open-access institution, Green River is deeply dedicated to helping students from underserved and underrepresented backgrounds to achieve their educational goals. We seek candidates with the same dedication to our mission. This is a full-time position and reports to the Associate Dean of Nursing. This position is eligible to receive the HB2158 26.5% funding.

The Associate Dean of Nursing will maintain legal authority over all nursing programs, with this role providing support. The Associate Dean of Nursing will remain the nurse administrator that is the first point of contact, the authority who speaks for the nursing school, and through which all substantive communications with the Board of Nursing flow. Maintaining a single line of institutional authority,
professional responsibility, and communication between our National Accreditors and the Washington State Board of Nursing.

ABOUT THE COLLEGE:

Green River College has four locations, including the main campus in Auburn and satellite learning centers in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, high school completion students, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, students learning English, and Continuing Education students. Green River’s service areas are increasingly diverse. This includes minoritized and marginalized communities, and the increasingly diverse populations that make up Green River’s community.

Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion: 

Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Diversity is understood in terms of intersectional identities defined by culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, social class, disability, religion, veteran status, immigration status, and age. Given the diversity of our student population and service areas, we encourage applicants from BIPOC, 2SLGBTQIA , women of color, and other diverse backgrounds, with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.

DEPARTMENT STATEMENT:

The mission of the Green River College Nursing Department is to provide quality education to prepare students as safe, competent practitioners within our diverse healthcare community. Graduates of the Green River College Nursing Program will be qualified candidates for the successful completion of the NCLEX and prepared for advancement in continuing healthcare education. The department’s vision is to meaningfully contribute to the advancement of healthcare in a diverse community. The department has embedded following values in its curriculum: community engagement, diversity and inclusion, integrity, excellence, innovation, caring, and student success. We seek faculty experienced in developing innovative course content and delivering instructional practices, as well as those experienced in delivering supportive services for diverse populations and in communicating issues and concerns faced by racially minoritized students.
Leadership and Supervision: 

• Provide oversight of associate and certificate level programs academic scheduling. Provide support of the bachelor's level programs in partnership with the Associate Dean of Nursing.
• Provide oversight of Nursing Assistant Certified State Testing facilitated through Green River College.
• In collaboration with program staff and faculty, provide oversight of student recruitment, admissions, academic performance, disciplinary issues, and initiates corrective action.
• Work collaboratively with the Associate Dean of Nursing and the Clinical Affiliations Coordinator to support clinical course placement, assignments and scheduling in compliance with agency contracts.
• In collaboration with administrators, faculty and staff assures compliance with external regulatory bodies, policies and laws, specifically the Washington State Board of Nursing.
• Initiates the generation of data and provides that data for inferential decision making.
• Collects, monitors and apprises the Associate Dean of Nursing on a quarterly bases regarding adherence to high quality student outcomes.
• In collaboration with program staff and faculty, seeks funding sources to support program growth.
• Directs maintenance and updates of databases, records management, and program websites to ensure accurate administrative records and operational functions.
• Oversees the development and revision of nursing program handbooks in alignment with state and college policies and practices.
• In collaboration with the Associate Dean of nursing, staff and faculty prepare reports as needed for external bodies: eg, CNEA, WABON, College, etc.
• In collaboration with the Associate Dean of nursing, staff and faculty expand community partnerships to facilitate robust advisory board participation, student employment opportunities and clinical placements.
• Supervise assigned Nursing Department employees.
• Participate in recruitment, interviews, hiring recommendations, and training of new instructors, clinical instructor substitutes, and lab assistants in instructional methods and classroom expectations.?
• Coordinate meetings and communicate matters to the Nursing department faculty and staff.
• Establish and monitor process for examining current equipment and supplies.
• In collaboration with the Associate Dean of Nursing, develop, forecast, monitor, report and reconcile department, local, grant budgets, and gifts, including departmental supply and equipment orders and providing input on forecasted expenses for the upcoming term and year in the budget planning process; assists in establishing annual financial goals.

Educational Excellence:

• Collaborates with Associate Dean of Nursing to fulfil college and program mission, vision and values.
• Collaborates with administrators, faculty and staff in daily oversight of the nursing programs with regards to curriculum planning, integration and evaluation.
• Participate and facilitate the development of the department systematic evaluation plans.
• Mentors and counsels faculty in the development and enhancement of teaching skills.
• Assures quality of instruction and development of faculty as educators in conjunction with the Associate Dean of nursing. · Facilitate staff and faculty efforts in establishing program goals and objectives in planning and implementing the activities to achieve them. · In collaboration with the Associate Dean and Nursing, staff and faculty, support monitoring and maintenance of current and accurate course information and academic records, including syllabi, objectives, faculty and student records and reports for accreditation.

Competencies: 

• Demonstrated experience, expertise, cultural competencies, and commitment to equity in working with students, communities, and colleagues from diverse backgrounds and identities. 
• Demonstrated experience with under-represented and under-served communities. 
• Demonstrate multicultural competence (including an awareness and understanding of historically minoritized populations) and maintain classroom environment and teaching philosophy that affirms commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. 
• Advocate for integration diversity, pluralism, social justice and inclusion into teaching and learning. 
• Strategic and innovative thinking 
• Creative solution seeker able to approach complex situations with humility and with tolerance for ambiguity. 
• Collaborative relationship building 
• Intercultural understanding and communication 
• Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution 
• Performance management 
• Team leadership and coaching 
• Strategic enrollment management 
• Enforcing Laws, Rules, Regulations

Knowledge:

• Barriers to educational success for underrepresented and underserved students
• Nursing regulation, WACs, Accreditation processes (CNEA preferred)
• Budgeting principles and practices and policy development
• Program oversite, expansion and development
• Clinical contract management and implementation
• Understanding of collective bargaining agreements

Required education and experience:

• Have a minimum of a master’s degree from an accredited college or university and from a nursing education program that is accredited by a nursing education accreditation body recognized by the United States Department of Education.

• Two years or more of experience in a leadership, management or supervisory role.

• Eligible for or currently have an unencumbered license to practice nursing in the state of Washington.

• Have a minimum of three years of long term or acute care experience.
  
  

Attach the following with your completed on line application and responses to the Supplemental Questions (located under the tab titled "Supplemental Questions") to be considered for this position. 

• A cover letter which specifically describes how you meet each QUALIFICATION
• Resume 
• Supplemental Questions

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All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted.  Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position.) 

Green River College is a tobacco free campus. For more information on the tobacco policy, please visit the following link: https://www.greenriver.edu/campus/policies-and-procedures/general-administrative-policies/ga-2-tobacco-use-policy/ 

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Green River College does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, gender, gender orientation, age, marital status, religion, disability, genetic information or on any other unlawful basis. The college is committed to preventing and stopping discrimination, including harassment of any kind and any associated retaliatory behavior. 

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Executive Director of Human Resources, 12401 SE 320th Street, Auburn, WA 98092-3622, (253) 288-3320. To receive this information in an alternate format, please contact Disability Support Services at (253) 833-9111, ext. 2631; TTY (253) 288-3359.