Associate Dean, Nursing

Salary: $78,520.00 - $125,611.20 Annually
Location : Prescott, AZ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: 2025-00109
Department: Associate Dean - Nursing
Opening Date: 04/06/2025

Description of Position
The Associate Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences will provide visionary leadership for the continued development of the Nursing Department, its program, resources, and future direction in compliance with the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), Arizona State Board of Nursing (AZBN), and college resources.

The Associate Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences will ensure that the governing organization's mission, goals, and/or values are evident in the nursing program's mission, goals, values, and/or philosophy. While also ensuring that communities of interest have opportunities to provide input into nursing program processes and/or decision-making.

The following are typical duties assigned to positions:

• Plans, directs, evaluates, and oversees the administration of the academic program.
• Participate in district committees on various issues related to the program.
• Direct and coordinate activities of instructors, administrative staff, and others.
• Plans and implements for professional development activities for instructors.
• Supervises the preparation of catalog material for the academic program.
• Determines scheduling of courses and recommends implementation of additional courses.
• Assists in selecting, improving, and evaluating instructors; reviewing credentials; screening applications; and formulating recommendations for final interviews.
• Maintains current knowledge of and interprets and applies to Federal, State, and related legislation. Revises program administration to comply with regulations.
• Other duties may be assigned.

College Administration & Reporting

The Associate Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences will report to the Dean of Health Sciences & Public Services (Academic Division 2).

In addition to the Nursing Programs, the Associate Dean of Nursing & Health Sciences will have supervisory responsibility for the Director of Allied Health and Director of Radiology.

Minimum Expectations & Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.
• Current nursing license for the state of Arizona (or eligible).
• Three years of experience as a registered nurse providing direct patient care.
• One academic year full-time teaching or administering a nursing education program leading to licensure.
• Leadership experience, in leading a team(s).
• An effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and written/oral communication skills.
• Strong organizational, leadership, and computer skills.
• Regular attendance is an essential job function as it demonstrates dependability towards the performance of job duties.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Doctoral degree (PhD or EdD) with an emphasis in nursing.
• Certified Nurse Educator (CNE).
• Experience in nursing program accreditation (ACEN or the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education - CCNE).
• Experience in programming and nursing curriculum development and instructional design.
• Experience as a nursing program director at the associate degree program level or higher, including managing department budgets, personnel, policy and procedure development, and grant writing.
• Three years or more of teaching experience in nursing at the associate degree program level or higher.
• Transformational leadership, team building, staff building, and organizational skills.
• Ability and desire to be a collaborative, solutions-oriented leader to help inspire change.
• An understanding of the role of information technology, informatics, and other learning modalities in educating the next generation of nurses.
• An ability to advocate effectively for the nursing profession and education within the college and at the local, state, and national levels.
• Professional experience in a community college/higher education work environment.

Essential Functions
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent knowledge, skill, and/or ability. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Physical Demands

An employee must meet the physical demands described here to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel reach with hands and arms. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities this job requires include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environmental characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
Yavapai College offers its full-time employees a comprehensive benefit package:

HEALTH/LIFE BENEFITS

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance: College's partial payment of premiums toward medical with pharmacy and/or dental plan options picked by employees for themselves (and eligible dependents)
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families for depression, stress, family/marital conflict, and alcohol/drug issues
• Vision: Provides an amount per plan year for eligible expenses such as vision exams, lenses, frames, prescription sunglasses, and contact lenses
• Life Insurance: The College provides Basic Life Insurance coverage at twice of the employee's annual salary. Dependents have automatic coverage of $2,000/spouse and $1,000/per child if enrolled in medical plan.
• Voluntary Individual And Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• Other Insurance Coverage: Short Term and Long Term Disability (replacement income insurance), and Workers' Compensation (compensation, medical expenses and death benefits for on-the-job injuries or occupational diseases)

RETIREMENT BENEFITS

• Retirement Benefits: Arizona State Retirement System or Optional Retirement Plan, and Social Security (which provides a basic retirement annuity based on age and years of contribution)
• Tax Deferred Annuities: Employees' contributions to designated tax-deferred annuities
• Unemployment Compensation: Employees who are laid off or terminated may receive benefits in covered wages meet requirements

LEAVE BENEFITS

• Vacation : 15 days of Vacation leave annually. NOTE: For employees who work an amount of contractual days, there will be no earned vacation.
• Sick Leave: 12 days sick leave annually. NOTE: Employees working less than full time or an amount of contractual days will receive a proration of sick leave.
• Personal Leave: Use of up to three personal leave days per year which are charged against accumulated sick leave to take care of items of personal business
• Other Leave: Bereavement leave, Civic Duty Leave (Jury duty, active military duty, military training), and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• Holidays: 24 days during the year as paid holidays for full-time employees which include Independence Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, 3 days at Thanksgiving, 10 days at Winter/year-end break, Martin Luther King Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, and Juneteenth.

OTHER BENEFITS

• Breaking Bread: 32 meal swipes for use at the Prescott Campus Eatery. All Other Campuses and Sites receive a $140 credit each semester (fall and spring) to be used at the Open Market on campus/center
• Spanish Interpreter Incentive Program: Employees interested in additional compensation for their Spanish speaking skills agree to assist YC by attending two recruiting events and being available for Spanish Interpretation needs as they arise. Compensation is added to the employee's regular pay at the rate of $175 per month. Employees that are interested in participating let your HR Business Partner know, so they can schedule you for the ACTFL language proficiency test at the YC testing center.
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s)
• Tuition Waiver: Eligible Full-time Faculty and Staff may enroll up to 6 hours; eligible dependents may enroll in a partial or full program of course work without payment of tuition, exceptions may be lab fees and market based additional fees
• Sabbatical: Faculty, professional and administrative staff may apply for compensated leave of up to a year after six years of continuous service
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Additional Benefits and Services: Bookstore discount, local community discounts to faculty and staff, computer loan program, mail and notary service.