The Division Chief, Nurse Anesthesia Programs reports directly to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs with secondary consultation from the Dean and other Associate Deans. The Division Chief, Nurse Anesthesia Programs is responsible for the provision of leadership and direction in the planning, development, and delivery of Nurse Anesthesia Programs across all campus locations while maintaining fiscal awareness and excellence in teaching and learning practices within the Department. The Division Chief is accountable for program compliance with all professional and accreditation standards, guidelines, and benchmarks consistent with the mission, vision, and values of the Jefferson College of Nursing. The Division Chief, in accordance with University Policy, is responsible for securing, supporting, evaluating, and maintaining a faculty and staff who deliver high-quality academic programming and services.

• Facilitate the master scheduling of all courses based on curriculum pathways and enrollment projections.
• Assign faculty workload within the Department.
• Facilitate curricular design ensuring alignment with current professional trends, accreditation standards, and changing pedagogies.
• Oversee curriculum/program/student evaluation and ongoing curricular revisions based on evaluation outcomes.
• Direct the recruitment, orientation, retention, advising and timely graduation of students.
• Oversee faculty personnel matters related to teaching and learning practices within the Department's academic programs and remediate unsatisfactory performance.
• Facilitate faculty advancement through mutual goal-setting, development of an implementation plan, and evaluation of outcomes.
• Provide effective management and direction to support staff and student workers within the Department.
• Provide leadership in response to student concerns, in the resolution of conflicts, appeals, and disputes/grievances.
• Oversee the recruitment, selection, and hiring process of faculty.
• Oversees congruence with standards established by the Council on Accreditation for Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, Pennsylvania Board of Nursing, and certifying agencies
• Assist in the preparation of academic program proposals for new/proposed programs within the Department.
• Maintain strong working relationships with federal, state and local constituencies, accrediting bodies, nursing boards, clinical agencies, specialty organizations, students, preceptors, faculty and alumni.
• Develops initiatives to integrate the Jefferson College of Nursing and its communities of interest.

Qualifications

• Earned doctorate in nursing from an accredited college or university
• Master's degree preparation in nursing
• License to practice professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• National certification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
• Academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in a collegiate nursing program or equivalent experience
• Evidence of progressive leadership and academic responsibilities
• Evidence of effective teaching
• Demonstrated scholarly productivity

Interested candidates should submit on-line application/CV; https://hr.jefferson.edu/careers.html Job ID # 9302072

Closing Statement

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet®-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.