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Director
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing
Peoria Regional Program

General Function

The function of the Director is to guide the development and implementation of a set of high-quality nursing education opportunities for students, assist faculty colleagues with their career scholarship and collaborate with aligned College of Nursing Department Head to manage and grow resources. This is a full time combined scholar and administrative permanent position with faculty rank appointment commensurate with rank and scholarship level at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing.

Organizational Relationship:

Administratively, the Director shall be head of the Peoria Regional Program and be facilitated by and accountable to the Dean through an assigned Department Head (Department of Maternal Child Nursing).

Responsibilities:

Teaching/Learning:

• Work with faculty to create and implement curricula that allow rapid and convenient access to nursing education.


• Identify, seek and obtain or contract for instructional resources and clinical learning sites.


• Oversee development and implementation of timetables, teaching schedules, and clinical site placements.


• Implement academic and educational policies.

Student Support:

• Assign mentor/advisors and monitor outcomes.


• Manage student or advocate concern/issues when necessary.


• Facilitate student leadership development and governance.


• Create facilitative communication processes and modalities.

Faculty Development and Scholarship:

• Engage in faculty recruitment, screening, appointment, orientation, evaluation, promotion and other aspects of career development as needed.


• Encourage innovative nursing scholarship (education, research, and practice).


• Facilitate the attainment of outside resources to support regional program activities in the form of grants, contracts, or gifts


• Administer the UIC CON faculty practice plan as it applies to regional faculty.


• Participate in the conduct of teaching, research and practice domains, as appropriate.

Operations:

Provide leadership in developing and administering cost-effective support services that involve but are not limited to:

• Student recruitment, screening, admissions, retention, graduation and awarding of degrees.


• Budget planning, approval, monitoring, managing and reporting.


• Database management, analyses and information reporting regarding the business initiatives of the regional program.


• Staff job recruitment, retention and facilitation.


• Coordinate and assign space for teaching, research, practice and offices.


• Oversee management and maintenance and change to facilities.


• Align and negotiate contracts with outside heath care or educational agencies as necessary to providing appropriate clinical teaching, research or faculty resources.

University and Campus Relations:

• Represent faculty and students at college, campus or university levels.


• Collaborate with Associate Dean for Nursing Practice Studies on student, curricular and faculty teaching issues.


• Collaborate with other UIUC or UIC disciplines in proximity.

Community Relations:

• Facilitate the marketing plan for any regional education, research and practice programs.


• Develop and implement plans for creating visibility for the regional program within the community and its surrounds.


• Partner with community agencies for mutual gain.


• Facilitate alumni relations in concert with Office of Advancement personnel.

Qualifications

Masters in Nursing and a Doctoral degree (preferably in Nursing), preferably three or more years experience in academia as Assistant Professor or above, with both undergraduate and graduate education. Administrative experience in academia and a record of innovations in education also preferred along with a focused area of nursing scholarship with evidence of publications in well-ranked journals and presentations.

Appointment Date

before August 16th, 2007

Salary Range

commensurate with qualifications and experience

Please submit letter of intent and curriculum vitae electronically to:

jshaver@uic.edu

Joan L. Shaver, PhD, RN, FAAN
Professor and Dean
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
College of Nursing M/C 802
845 S. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60612-7350
(312) 996-7808 lesinski@uic.edu (assistant)
(312) 996-8066 (FAX)