JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for all aspects of the Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Completion and 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 Program - 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
This general outline illustrates the type of work which characterizes the job classification. It is not an
all-encompassing statement of the specific duties, responsibilities and qualifications of individual positions assigned to the
classification.
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