AVP Regional Dean - West - Galen College of Nursing : Job Details
AVP Regional Dean - West
Galen College of NursingJob Location : Draper,UT, USA
This position is incentive eligible.You must be located near a Galen campus: Las Vegas NV, Aurora CO, Salt Lake City UT, or Wichita KS.You Can Change the Life of One to Care for the Lives of Many!At Galen College of Nursing, we educate and empower nurses to change lives. Since 1989, we've dedicated our work to delivering high-quality nursing education with a student-first mindset. As one of the largest private nursing colleges in the country, we combine the support of a close-knit learning environment with the strength of a nationally recognized institution, HCA Healthcare.That same passion for excellence in the classroom extends to our offices. At Galen, you'll find a culture deeply rooted in collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to improving the future of healthcare. Your work directly touches the next generation of nurses, and your contributions help our students pursue their dream of a compassionate career.If you're looking for a career where you can make a difference, grow professionally, and be part of a caring team, we'd love for you to apply for the AVP Regional Dean - West position today!Click here to learn more about Galen!Position Overview:As a AVP Regional Dean at Galen College of Nursing, you will be responsible for the oversight and coordination of all the programs and activities that support student education and retention at the campuses assigned. Provides the leadership necessary to fulfill the mission, objectives, plans and goals of the College. The AVP, Regional Dean is the academic leader is the academic leader responsible for leading, supervision, and mentoring, their assigned campus(es)deans and/or associate deans to ensure proper execution of the day-to-day campus academic operations, workload, staffing, clinical operations, simulation, and student support services.Key Responsibilities:Program Administrator1. May be designated as nursing program administrator role for regulatory agencies, state boards of nursing, and programmatic accreditors.2. Serves as acting dean when campus dean unavailable.Outcomes1. Leads assigned campus' academic leaders to build and maintain quality educational experiences to meet all College performance metrics related to academic outcomes, including but not limited to, NCLEX pass rates, student retention, completion, satisfaction, and campus budgets.2. Provides oversight to ensure campuses are properly and effectively implementing the College's common curriculum and common assessment processes.3. Provides oversight to ensure campuses achieve explicit goals identified in the College's strategic plan and annual budget.4. Along with Campus Deans, develops, maintains, and monitors fiscal resources and student outcomes to meet campus and regional budgetary goals.5. Provides leadership to Campus Deans to ensure that students and graduates achieve the student learning outcomes, program outcomes, and role-specific graduate competencies.6. Provides leadership to ensure that the systematic plan for evaluation is implemented.7. Provides leadership to ensure that aggregated and trended evaluation findings are used to inform decision making for the maintenance and improvement of the student learning outcomes and program outcomes; shares these findings with communities of interest.Campus Academic Operations1. Leads campus deans/associate deans to ensure sufficient numbers of quality faculty are recruited, onboarded, evaluated, and retained to provide a world-class educational experience to students2. Collaborates with campus academic and College leadership to support timely faculty work assignment determination, compensation, and evaluation and development of faculty.3. Provides oversight to ensure the delivery of quality customer service to healthcare development program partners and ensures compliance with policies and procedures, ethical practices, and the guidelines of government and accrediting organizations.4. Provides oversight to ensure continued compliance with all institutional and programmatic accreditations; federal and state standards, licensures, and approvals for assigned campuses.5. Collaborates with College and campus leadership to create, support, and assess a shared organizational culture committed to high employee satisfaction and student success excellence.6. Collaborates with the Executive Vice President & Provost in an advisory capacity regarding prelicensure issues and campus growth initiatives.7. Engages with members of the healthcare community to gain insight about emerging nursing education and workforce needs.8. Engages with community and nursing leaders to build collaborative relationships that help expand Galen's nursing programs.9. Other duties and responsibilities as assignedPosition Requirements:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to successfully perform the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education: Graduate degree in Nursing and a Doctoral Degree in nursing or a related field, from an accredited institution, required.Experience: Five (5) to eight (8) years of progressive leadership experience in campus operations and/or nursing education programs. Excellent written and verbal communication, project management, and highly effective presentation skills. A strong working knowledge about nursing education, higher education policy, regulatory requirements, and accreditation standards required. Ability to effectively and persuasively present strategic initiatives to industry leaders and senior management.Licensure & Special Qualifications (where applicable): Per State Board of Nursing RequirementsPhysical Requirements: Physical/Mental Demands and Work Environment: Position requires mental activity, reading, planning, preparing, evaluating, and decision making. Physical demands in the classroom and office are minimal and considered sedentary work with occasional lifting and/or carrying such articles as records, files, and books (10 pounds maximum).Operation of standard office equipment such as phone, computer, classroom projector, Scantron, and printer/scanner, occurs on a frequent basis.Degree of Supervision: Minimal.Travel will be required.BenefitsAt Galen College of Nursing, we want to ensure your needs are met. We offer a comprehensive package of medical, dental, and vision plans, tuition discounts, along with unique benefits, including:
- Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
- Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
- Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial well-being
- 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
- Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
- Referral services for children, elders, and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
- Consumer discounts through Abenity.
- Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
- Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
- Colleague recognition program.
- Time Away from Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
- Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
- Inclusivity: I foster an environment that provides opportunity for every individual to reach their full potential.
- Character: I act with integrity and compassion in all I do.
- Accountability: I own my role and accept responsibility for my actions.
- Respect: I value every person as an individual with unique contributions worthy of consideration.
- Excellence: I commit myself to the highest level of quality in everything I do.