Assistant Dean, Graduate Program- Goldfarb School of Nursing

Assistant Dean, Graduate Program for Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College

This leader will be over all of graduate programming to include the Master's Program, Post Master's Certificates, DNP Programming, Accreditation Review and Curriculum Management. 

With a legacy beginning in 1902, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College has a strong tradition of educating health care professionals.

Goldfarb School of Nursing is located on the Washington University Medical Campus in St. Louis and is affiliated with Barnes-Jewish Hospital, with a second site at Missouri Baptist Medical Center. Goldfarb is a private nursing college that enrolls over 650 students in its baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degree programs. Goldfarb has nationally recognized educational facilities with state-of-the-art classrooms, lecture halls and sophisticated Clinical Simulation Institute labs with patient simulation manikins and exam rooms that provide high-tech, advanced nursing care experiences.

Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and is approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing and Higher Education Commission.

To learn more about Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College, visit BarnesJewishCollege.edu

Role Purpose

The Assistant Dean will lead the Graduate Program faculty team, student engagement, and delivery of high quality precision graduate education to ensure program outcomes and continuous improvement including collaboration on course offerings, program changes, student experiences. This role oversees faculty-led graduate curriculum development and execution, faculty scheduling, course planning, and advancing the use of sound pedagogical methods. This position collaborates in the program offerings including interdisciplinary activities, mentorship of faculty, faculty scholarship, and service. Must be knowledgeable of professional and national accreditation standards and have experience teaching at the graduate level. Must be knowledgeable of professional and national accreditation standards and have experience teaching at the graduate level.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct supervision to a core group of directors assigned to each graduate division. Recruits and makes recommendation on hiring to the Dean, and on-boards new nursing faculty to ensure academic and regulatory standards are met or exceeded and student education/learning outcomes are optimally achieved. Facilitates faculty orientation and ensures ongoing development.
• Ensures use of innovative technological teaching methods and tools for continuous improvement of the Graduate Programs, including advancement of distance education delivery models
• Responsible for Graduate Clinical programs faculty assignments in collaboration with Program Option Directors. Oversees Graduate program curriculum development, including approval of recommendations for course, curricula and program changes. Prepares outcome measurement data used to demonstrate program effectiveness and to foster nursing program improvement initiatives to stakeholders, such as Advisory Boards, university and programmatic accreditors,
• Shares responsibility for the School’s program evaluation plan and engages in and monitors performance improvement and documentation; ensures that metrics for analysis are set, change/improvement opportunities are advanced, and that resource allocation for evaluation studies are supported. Ensures outcomes meet the standards of the college, including a focus on retaining and advancing the program’s advanced practice certification pass rates
• Develops, mentors, and coaches faculty in pedagogy, professional development, and student management issues and serves as an ex-officio member on assigned faculty committees. Advances diversity and inclusion priorities that align with the strategic plan.
• Manages individual(s) including but not limited to: onboarding and hiring, training, workload management & performance evaluations, conducting professional development plans as needed. Ensures that the productivity and actions of that group meet/support the overall operational goals of the department as established by department leadership.
• Develops and adheres to departmental staffing, revenue and/or expense budgets. Responds to changes in the business which may affect the ability to achieve the budget goals.

Minimum Requirements

Education

• Doctorate

Experience

• 5-10 years

Supervisor Experience

• 2-5 years

Licenses & Certifications

• RN

BJC Total Rewards

At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
• Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
• Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
• 401(k) plan with BJC match
• Tuition Assistance available on first day
• BJC Institute for Learning and Development
• Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
• Adoption assistance

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