Director, Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Completion Program and Nurse Anesthesia Educator TrackProgram

Job Summary

Responsible for all aspects of the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Completion programand Nurse Anesthesia Educator programs at MTSA.

Qualifications

• CRNA with current Re-certification
• Earned Doctoral Degree
• Current APN licensure
• Minimum of five (5) years of teaching and educational administrative experience
• Post-Graduate level courses in curriculum, instruction, and evaluation
• Minimum of five (5) years of clinical experience as a CRNA.

Responsibilities

The Director performs each of the following functions:

• Interviews, hires, and evaluates all faculty with academic appointments for the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Completion Program and Nurse Anesthesia Educator TrackProgram
• Maintenance of faculty records
• Determines the academic schedules
• Ensures the development of manuals for curriculum plan and course outlines
• Reviews Course Outlines and Objectives for courses
• Reviews student performance for courses
• Participates in teaching classes
• Ensures that student evaluations of academic courses/faculty are reviewed

In the role to support the Admissions Department, performs each of the following functions for the DNAP Completion and Nurse Educator programs:

• Reviews all applications for admission
• Oversees the verification and review of references for number, content, and appropriate referral
• Assures orderly processing and handling the selection of the new class

In the role of support to the Executive Vice President in performing each of the following functions:

• Develops, maintains, amends, and implements School policies governing the academic program
• Develops and maintains the DNAP Completion and Nurse Educator handbooks
• Develops and maintains policy governing qualifications of instructional staff and documentation of compliance with criteria
• Reviews and directs revisions of policies as the appropriate committees propose policy changes
• Collaborates with the department of Institutional Effectiveness to direct Self-Studies for Reaffirmation of Accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• Collaborates with the Department of Institutional Effectiveness to assure appropriate submission of IPEDS data
• Director for Nurse Faculty Loan Program
• Collaborates regarding office staff needs
• Reviews evaluations by faculty and students, in conjunction with the Evaluation Committee
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Vice President

In the role of a professional CRNA educator, attends the following meetings when appropriate:

• AANA Assembly of School Faculty
• AANA National Convention
• AANA Mid-Year Assembly
• Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists (TANA) Annual meeting
• Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Annual Meeting
• Workshops presented by the Council on Accreditation (COA)
• Workshops presented by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)
• Professional development workshops

Reporting

Reports to the Executive Vice President, with frequent communication with Vice President, Finance & Administration and MTSA President

Committee Involvement

• MTSA Faculty/Staff Committee member
• President’s Council Committee member
• Nurse Anesthesia Program Council
• ECRC Committee
• Informatics Committee
• Evaluation Subcommittee and Committee
• Academic Affairs Committee (BOT subcommittee)

Terms of Employment

Full time employment by Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia