Director, DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program

The Nursing Department at Methodist University seeks highly qualified applicants for a full time, tenure-track, 12-month faculty appointment to begin as soon as possible. 

The Director is responsible for the overall planning, implementation and evaluation of the nurse anesthesia program and ensures the program is aligned with the mission and standards of the University, and the College. The Director is responsible for budgetary oversight, directing, managing and evaluating program faculty and staff and clinical sites, and ensuring program compliance with accreditation requirements of the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs (COA) and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The Director supervises the Assistant Director, program faculty, and administrative assistant(s), and fosters the development and delivery of best practices with respect to technology and pedagogy to achieve program learning outcomes. All faculty positions have additional expectations for scholarship as well as university and community service.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Qualified candidates are invited to submit a letter of intent, curriculum vitae, teaching philosophy statement, contact information for 3 references, and concise equity and diversity statement about teaching or other experiences, successes, and challenges in working with a diverse student population.

For inquiries, contact Shannon A. Matthews, DNP, RN, CHSE, Nursing Program Director, 910-480-8479 or smatthews@methodist.edu. All applications should be submitted through http://www.methodist.edu/positions-available.

Position Responsibilities

• Prepares and administers the annual operating and capital budgets in a fiscally sound manner.
• Recruits and supervises qualified faculty and staff.
• Serves as subject matter expert in policy development and curriculum design and content to ensure a quality didactic and clinical program of study.
• Leads the initial and continued accreditation of the program by the COA and CCNE.
• Develops and implements strategic initiatives to improve and strengthen program outcomes.
• Utilizes innovative, state-of-the-art teaching methodologies that ensure excellence in academic, clinical skills, and simulation instruction.
• Mentor faculty publications and dissemination of research and scholarly activities
• Leads, develops, maintains, and evaluates relationships with internal and external communities of interest.
• Actively participates in the Program, College and University committees
• Maintains current knowledge of anesthesia education and practice by attending the annual Assembly of Didactic and Clinical Educators and the AANA Congress.

Candidates must meet the following requirements:

• Doctoral degree (Ph.D., DNP, EdD or equivalent) from an accredited institution of higher education that was accredited by an agency officially recognized by the US Secretary of Education to accredit institutions at the time the degree was conferred. 
• Current or eligibility for an unencumbered STATE license as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)  
• Current certification or recertification as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist 

(CRNA) from the National Board of Certification and Recertification of Nurse 

Anesthetists (NBCRNA).  

• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support  
  (PALS) certifications.  
• Minimum of five experiences as a CRNA 
• Minimum of two years teaching experience in a nurse anesthesia program. 
• Two years’ experience as a nurse anesthesia program administration experience preferred. 
• Defined program of scholarship and demonstrated nursing leadership.

Required by the North Carolina Board of Nursing (Board) prior to or within the first three years of employment, faculty must have education in teaching and learning principles for adult education, including curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation, appropriate to faculty assignment. This preparation may be demonstrated by one of the following:

1. completion of 45 contact hours of Board-approved continuing education courses;
2. completion of a certificate program in nursing education;
3. nine semester hours of graduate course work in adult learning and learning principles;
4. national certification in nursing education; or
5. documentation of successful completion of structured, individualized development activities of at least 45 contact hours approved by the Board. Criteria for approval include content in the faculty role in the curriculum implementation, curricular objectives to be met and evaluated, review of strategies for identified student population, and expectations of student and faculty performance.
6. A letter from the controlling institution attesting that the program director has been approved by the controlling institution following the submission of a portfolio. Individuals with prior teaching experience in an academic setting seeking the program director position shall submit to the controlling institution for approval a portfolio detailing the individual's formal education in teaching and learning principles for adult education, which includes curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation, appropriate to the program director role. A copy of this submission shall be provided to the Board upon request.