Online ABSN Department Chair

The Department Chair oversees the planning, implementation and evaluation of student learning experiences in the theory and/or clinical setting at a specified curriculum level.

Each semester will have their own department chair:

• Semester 1: Foundations and Fundamentals Department Head
  Covers Foundations, Basic Medical-Surgical Nursing, Pharmacology, and Lab Skills.
• Semester 2: Advanced Practice and Specialty Care Department Head
  Covers Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing, Research, Informatics, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics.
• Semester 3: Leadership and Population Health Department Head
  Covers Public Health, Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing, and Leadership.

Appointment:

Department Chairs are appointed by the Dean of the Henry Predolin School of Nursing, Business, Education, and Health Sciences in collaboration with faculty, Director, Associate Dean, and the Assistant Dean. Final decisions regarding appointments are made by the Dean.

This online program offers the potential for a hybrid work model. Upon successful completion of the orientation period, employees may have the opportunity to work remotely for a portion of their schedule, balancing both in-office and work-from-home days.

Coordinates the activities of department faculty in course development, planning, implementation, and evaluation.

• Facilitate course development consistent with the mission and philosophy of the SoN and Edgewood College, in collaboration with the SoN Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (UGCC).
• Facilitates faculty communication within the department regarding theory, clinical, and alignment of simulation.
• Facilitates the process of integrating theory, lab skills, and clinical throughout department courses.
• Facilitates preparation and distribution of course syllabi for theory and clinical courses.
• Collects syllabi each semester, ensuring they are submitted to the SoN and EC as directed.
• Verifies book orders are placed for every section of the department in a timely manner.
• Assumes responsibility for maximizing the use of ATI in the department courses.
• Facilitates and assists faculty on annual course assessment requirements
• Continually updates online ABSN curriculum to ensure alignment with both the traditional and accelerated face-to-face programs.
• Coordinate course scheduling, including immersion experiences with lab and simulation activities.
• Stay current with trends and best practices in nursing education and incorporate them into the curriculum.

Facilitates student progression through the nursing program.

• Assists department faculty with decision-making regarding student issues/concerns and program progression.
• Assists departmental faculty with counseling of students requiring academic alert notices.
• Assists faculty with the development of student performance improvement plans as needed.
• Notifies Director, Associate and Assistant Deans of potential failing or withdrawing of students in the program.
• Assures that grade rosters for the specified department are submitted to the Registrar’s Office in a timely manner.
• Facilitates implementation of student policies as identified in the student handbook.
• Supports academic advisors during advising.
• Collaborates with nursing professional advisors and faculty to review requirements, uniform policy, health requirements and first-class day instructions.

Facilitates departmental faculty collaboration

• Assist with recruiting new faculty in the department.
• Facilitates and executes orientation and mentoring of new departmental faculty to:
  • Ensure the onboarding process is communicated (Email, Blackboard, Office, Parking, ATI, clinical site, etc.)
  • Teaching responsibilities; including theory, clinical, and the CHES.
  • Departmental meeting expectations,
  • Introduction to level faculty and clinical partners,
  • Semester timelines,
  • Course content, pedagogical ideas, etc.
  • Ordering/obtaining textbooks for faculty use
• Provides updates to the Director, Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean on new faculty progress.
• Chairs monthly department meetings with all traditional and accelerated faculty.
  • Includes preparing agenda, facilitate meeting, and recording meeting minutes (can assign a faculty member to record minutes).
  • Sends meeting minutes to the SoN Administrative Assistant, who will electronically store these.
  • Chair submits end of year report to SoN Dean and Administrative Assistant.
• Acts as liaison to the Director, Dean, Associate Dean, Assistant Dean of the Program, and department faculty.
• Reviews and updates Orientation Guide for Faculty, in conjunction with the current orientation, as appropriate.
• Facilitate communication with departmental faculty regarding school-wide or curricular changes made to clinical, lab, assessment, simulation, and/or theory courses.
• Facilitates book orders for new faculty.
• Represents department faculty on UGCC committee.
• Removes ATI access to faculty who stop teaching at Edgewood.

Facilitates clinical agency cooperation.

• Encourages faculty to maintain relationships with departmental clinical agencies and the CHES
• Ensures that clinical faculty provide their agency sites with clinical learning objectives at the beginning of the semester, as well as ensuring communication with preceptors.
• Assists in planning for new clinical sites with the Director, Clinical Department Chair, Dean, Associate Dean, and Assistant Dean of the Undergraduate Program.

Organizes level resources

• Orients new faculty regarding the process for requesting equipment, supplies, library resources, and room reservations, etc.
• Requests appropriate supplies/resources for the department as needed.