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An Invitation to Apply: University of Nebraska Medical Center

College of Nursing Division Assistant Dean: Scottsbluff Campus

The mission of the College of Nursing is to transform lives through premier nursing education, innovative research, the highest quality health care, and promotion of health

equity.

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THE SEARCH The University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) College of Nursing invites applications and nominations for the position of Division Assistant Dean for the Scottsbluff Campus. The Division Assistant Dean is appointed by the Dean and responsible to the Dean for leadership in meeting the goals of the Division and assuring congruence with the mission and goals of the College. S/he has responsibility for oversight of administrative and academic matters. General areas of responsibility include the recruitment, mentorship, evaluation, and career development of faculty; the quality and staffing of courses; recruitment of students; obtaining and managing resources and information; and making timely reports as needed for the College Annual Report, accreditation reports, or as requested by the Dean. The Division Assistant Dean has

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responsibility for working collaboratively with the Associate Deans and Academic Program Directors to accomplish Division, program and College goals. The Division Assistant Dean is responsible for community relations and for representing the Dean in the local area. As a member of the faculty, the Division Assistant Dean also participates in the tripartite faculty role of teaching, research, and service.

Rank, tenure and compensation are commensurate with experience and qualifications. This position is a 12-month appointment.

UNMC College of Nursing Divisions The College of Nursing has five Divisions: Omaha, Scottsbluff, Kearney, Lincoln and Norfolk. Each Division has both full time and part time faculty, student services, and staff support and dedicated facilities. All of the College of Nursing degree programs are available at each Division campus.

TO APPLY Applications and nominations will be reviewed beginning immediately, and will be accepted until the position is filled. Individuals from underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. All inquiries, application materials and nominations will be treated in a confidential manner and may be sent in electronic form to:

The Hollander Group info@thehollandergroup.net

Phone: 202-270-8772 Fax: 877-334-0626

UNMC College of Nursing is an Equal Opportunity/Americans with Disabilities Act employer and has a strong commitment to the principles of diversity.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION The responsibilities of the Assistant Dean include:

Curriculum The Division Assistant Dean collaborates with other administrators to ensure the quality of courses taught at the Division. S/he assures adherence to all policies related to curricular planning, implementation, and evaluation and student admission, retention, progression, and graduation. S/he schedules courses at the respective Division in collaboration with the Academic Program Directors and the Director of Administration and Operations as needed, and works collaboratively with relevant others in implementing program delivery via distance learning technologies.

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Faculty The Division Assistant Dean encourages and facilitates faculty career development and scholarly activity. S/he mentors faculty in their teaching, scholarship, and service activities. The Division Assistant Dean works with the Associate Dean for Research to facilitate doctorally-prepared faculty’s research programs, and with the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Associate Dean for Transformational Practice and Partnerships to encourage faculty’s scholarly productivity in the teaching and clinical practice missions. S/he is responsible for making the undergraduate teaching assignments of faculty and for considering equity in faculty's total workload. S/he collaborates with the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and appropriate Academic Program Directors in making assignments to graduate courses. The Division Assistant Dean recruits faculty to the Division, recommends the appointment of new faculty to the Dean, and orients new faculty. S/he annually evaluates faculty performance, holding faculty accountable for their responsibilities to their tripartite roles. The Division Assistant Dean counsels faculty toward promotion and tenure, and makes recommendations to the Dean for merit salary increases. S/he approves faculty travel for educational and presentation opportunities within budget and makes recommendations to the Dean for faculty educational leave, sabbatical leave, and nominations for faculty awards and scholarships. In consultation with faculty and the Director of the Morehead Center for Nursing Practice, s/he facilitates contractual agreements for faculty practice, ensuring that practice arrangements are aligned with the mission and needs of the College and are budget-neutral or budget-positive.

Staff The Division Assistant Dean makes recommendations to the Dean regarding personnel needs. S/he recruits, hires, supervises, develops and evaluates staff, manages workflow and ensures collaboration across functional units such as Learning Resource Centers, Student Services and technology.

Students The Division Assistant Dean, in consultation with faculty, generally oversees the academic performance and welfare of students and they collaborate with the appropriate Standing Committees, Associate Dean for Academic Programs, and appropriate Academic Program Director regarding matters of admission, retention, progression and graduation. S/he works closely with the Student Services Advisor and the College's Director of Student Services and maintains open communication and support in regard to recruitment, inter-institutional coordination and advisement of students.

Community The Division Assistant Dean acts as a liaison with the local and university community and are ambassadors of UNMC, the Division, and the College. S/he encourages alumni relations, and maintain communications, participation, and public relations with organizations and others in the community, promoting development and fund-raising efforts.

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Resources and Information The Division Assistant Dean proposes an annual budget and manages the budget of the Division in collaboration with the Director of Administration and Operations, judiciously utilizing resources for the good of the Division and the College and creating an environment of financial stewardship among faculty and staff. S/he is responsible for the oversight of the building facility and assignment of classrooms, assuring adequate and appropriately maintained space. S/he lends general oversight with the faculty, the appropriate academic Program Director, community agencies, and if needed the Associate Dean for Academic Programs in identifying appropriate clinical sites to meet educational standards and objectives, in making the most judicious use of these sites, and in maintaining current clinical agency contracts and good public relations. The Division Assistant Dean has administrative responsibility for the staffing and functioning of the Learning Resource Center and for faculty use of other learning technologies. S/he prepares reports as requested.

QUALIFICATIONS Qualifications for the Assistant Dean include:

• An earned doctoral degree in nursing or a related field. • A graduate degree with a major in nursing. • Experience and demonstrated skill in administration, interpersonal relations,

teaching and curriculum development. • Demonstrated scholarly activity. • Eligibility for licensure as a registered nurse in Nebraska. • Demonstrate professional leadership activity in professional organizations. • Qualifications commensurate with appointment at associate professor or

professorial rank preferred.

Terms of employment are in keeping with current University of Nebraska policies.

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER (UNMC) A vital enterprise in the nation’s heartland, the University of Nebraska Medical Center has its eye on improving the future of health care in Nebraska and beyond.

More than 3,700 students attend UNMC, seeking degrees in the College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Pharmacy, College of Dentistry, College of Public Health, Graduate College, College of Allied Health Professions, Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, Munroe-Meyer Institute, Stanley M. Truhlsen Eye Institute.

Students at UNMC learn in an environment that embraces the innovation of tomorrow while maintaining low student-to-faculty ratios and small-group learning.

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As Nebraska’s only public academic health sciences center, UNMC is committed to the education of a 21st century health care work force, to finding cures and treatments for devastating diseases, to providing the best care for patients, and to serving our state and its communities through award-winning outreach. UNMC also is committed to embracing the richness of diversity, and is a major economic engine for the state of Nebraska.

COLLEGE OF NURSING

! The UNMC College of Nursing was established in Omaha 100 years ago. The College is the oldest state-supported nursing institution in Nebraska and also the largest nursing school in Nebraska. The College of Nursing is one of the nation’s leaders in nursing education.

The College includes five divisions located in urban and rural settings in Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha, Norfolk and Scottsbluff. The College and its faculty are committed to facilitating access to nursing education programs at all five campuses and to other locations via distance learning technologies.

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The faculty members of the UNMC College of Nursing are internationally recognized as teachers, practitioners, and researchers. They are active in research, publication and service. Over 60% of the full time faculty members hold doctoral degrees, and the remainder are Master’s prepared.

College Of Nursing Academic Programs The UNMC College of Nursing is the only college in Nebraska that offers a full range of nursing programs: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Postmaster’s Certificate (PMC), Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD), as well as a postdoctoral research training program.

Additionally, graduate courses in rural nursing are offered through The Advanced Rural Hospital Care Program (ARHC) and the Advancing Rural Emergency Acute Care (AREA) Program.

ACCREDITATION The University of Nebraska Medical Center is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCACS). All programs of the College of Nursing are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The BSN and MSN programs received 10-year approval – through December 2019. The DNP program is accredited until spring, 2018, when the College will be visited for a scheduled continuing accreditation visit. The BSN program is also approved by the Nebraska State Board of Nursing. The CNE program has been accredited by AACN since 1980; in 2012 the CNE program received AACN “with distinction” – its highest recognition award.

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SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA 1

Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, in the western part of the state of Nebraska. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska.

Scottsbluff was founded in 1899 across the North Platte River from its namesake, a bluff that is now a U.S. National Park called Scotts Bluff National Monument. The monument was named after Hiram Scott (1805–1828), a fur trader with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company who was found dead in the vicinity on the return trip from a fur expedition. The smaller town of Gering had been founded south of the river in 1887. The two cities have since grown together to form the 7th largest urban area (Scottsbluff Micropolitan Statistical Area) in Nebraska.

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