Professional Development Director – NTT – Clinical Assistant Professor

October 11, 2024

University of Texas at Arlington


Position Information

Posting Number F00355P
Position Title Professional Development Director – NTT – Clinical Assistant Professor
Department Nursing
Location Arlington
Job Family Faculty
Position Status Full-time
Rank Non-Tenured
Work Hours Standard
Open to External and Internal
FLSA Exempt
Salary
Duration Funding expected to continue
Pay Basis
Benefits Eligible Yes
Job Summary The Nursing Department in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, the University of Texas at Arlington, invites applications for a Non-Tenure Track Clinical Assistant Professor position. The Professional Development Director (formerly called Lead Nurse Planner) has ultimate authority, accountability, and responsibility for the overall ANCC Accredited Provider Unit (PU). The Professional Development Director is ultimately responsible and accountable for the Accredited Provider Unit’s compliance with the American Nurses Credentialing Center Accreditation Program criteria in the provision of nursing continuing professional development educational activities.
In accordance with USCIS regulations, successful applicants must be legally able to accept work in the United States.
University Information
The University of Texas at Arlington is located in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metroplex, a vibrant and diverse metropolitan area that is home to over 7 million people, one of the fastest-growing tech economies in the United States, and a wide array of arts, entertainment, and cultural activities. UTA is a comprehensive teaching, research, and public service institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through scholarship and creative work. The University is committed to providing access and ensuring student success, and to a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of discoveries by our community of scholars. With an enrollment of approximately 46,000 students, UTA is the largest institution in North Texas and the second-largest in the UT System. As a result of its combination of rigorous academics and innovative research, UTA is designated as a Carnegie R-1 “Very High Research Activity” institution and as a Texas Tier One institution. In 2021, UTA received the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award for its deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education. UTA ranks No. 4 nationally in Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets: Colleges” list and No. 1 in Texas for the number of degrees awarded to African American students (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2021). UTA is designated by the U.S. Department of Education as both a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI), and it has the fifth-most ethnically diverse undergraduate population in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, 2023). UTA is among the top 50 performers nationwide for promoting social mobility of its graduates (U.S. News & World Report, 2023), and its approximately 250,000 alumni, including some who occupy leadership positions at many of the 23 Fortune 500 companies headquartered in North Texas, contribute to the UTA’s $22.2 billion annual economic impact on Texas.
Diversity Statement
Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate a commitment to diversity and equity in education through their scholarship, teaching, and/or service as well as a strong commitment to teaching, advising, and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students from diverse backgrounds. For more information on UT-Arlington’s diversity initiatives, please visit the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion webpage.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Serves as a liaison between the ANCC Accreditation Program and the Provider Unit.
  • Ensures the Provider Unit implements and adheres to the ANCC Accreditation Program criteria for all operational aspects of providing nursing continuing professional development activities and criteria that pertain to the operations of the organization as a PU.
  • Orients Nurse Planners in the organization with respect to the ANCC Accreditation Program criteria.
  • Serves as a Nursing Continuing Professional Development resource to the Provider Unit and others as needed.
  • Ensures each Nurse Planner is a registered nurse and holds a current, unencumbered nursing license (or international equivalent) and a baccalaureate degree or higher in nursing (or international equivalent).
  • Ensures each Nurse Planner understands the ANCC Accreditation Program criteria and is responsible for appropriately evaluating compliance with those criteria.
  • Keeps all members of the Provider Unit up to date on ANCC Accreditation Program criteria.
  • Monitors the actions of all members of the Accredited Provider Unit in relationship to their adherence to ANCC Accreditation Program criteria.
  • Advocates for resources – human, material, and financial – to ensure the Provider Unit meets its goals related to quality outcome and nursing professional development.
  • Ensures the Provider Unit is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations that impact the organization’s ability to meet ANCC Accreditation Program criteria and maintain the Provider Unit.
  • Maintains nursing continuing professional development records according to ANCC Accreditation Program criteria.
  • Submits the application for Provider Unit renewal.
  • Assess learners’ needs and plan, implement, and evaluate continuing professional development activities in accordance with ANCC criteria.
  • Use educational design principles to assess gaps, identify learning needs, develop expected outcomes that reflect competence, learning, and change, plan educational activities in accordance with best practice evidence, implement planned educational activities facilitating positive learning and practice environments, and evaluate educational activities using valid, reliable and relevant methods.
  • Develops and produces/manages continuing education programs for faculty in CONHI including nursing, public health, kinesiology, and athletic training.
  • Includes/makes learning activities available to UTA CONHI stakeholders such as alumni, students, preceptors, community partners, etc. when possible.
  • Coordinates and manages programs for our rural health nursing partners to meet their continuing professional development needs including both onsite and community-based programs.
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    Required Qualifications
  • A masters or higher degree in nursing.
  • A current, valid, unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse in Texas.
  • Has experience in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing continuing professional development activities.
  • Has knowledge of ANCC Accreditation Program criteria and adult learning principles.
  • Demonstrated commitment to education and service.
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    Preferred Qualifications PhD in Nursing or related field.
    Special Conditions for Eligibility
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    EEO Statement

    UTA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Additionally, the University prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation. A criminal background check will be conducted on finalists. The UTA is a tobacco free campus.

    Posting Detail Information

    Number of Vacancies 1
    Desired Start Date 01/15/2023
    Open Date
    Review Start Date
    Open Until Filled
    Special Instructions to Applicants Special Instructions to Applicant
    To apply applicants should go to http://uta.peopleadmin.com/ and submit the following materials:

    • Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV)
    • Cover/Interest Letter
    • Contact information for three references

    Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
    Questions may be addressed to: Dr. Kimberly Siniscalchi ([email protected])
    For more information about UTA, please visit: http://www.uta.edu/uta

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