Director of Clinical Education Programs at Sun River Health | Beacon, NY, US | Rezi

Director of Clinical Education Programs at Sun River Health

Director of Clinical Education Programs

Sun River Health · Beacon, NY, US

3 weeks ago

Director of Clinical Education Programs

Sun River Health · Beacon, NY, US

23 days ago
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About the Role

The Director of Nursing Education Programs provides strategic, academic, and operational leadership for the Practical Nursing Program, ensuring program quality, regulatory compliance, and graduate readiness for practical nursing practice.

Responsibilities

  • Provide overall leadership, administration, and accountability for the Practical Nursing Program.
  • Ensure ongoing compliance with state board of nursing regulations, institutional requirements, academic accreditation standards, and applicable federal and state laws.
  • Serve as the primary liaison with partner academic institutions and maintain required program reports and compliance documentation.
  • Oversee curriculum implementation, course sequencing, schedules, assignments, clinical rotations, skills-lab experiences, simulation activities, and student-learning evaluations.
  • Monitor enrollment, retention, progression, graduation, licensure examination performance, job placement, and satisfaction outcomes.
  • Lead continuous quality-improvement activities and use program and course-level data to identify gaps and implement improvement plans.
  • Ensure clinical sites provide appropriate patient populations, learning opportunities, supervision conditions, and safe educational environments.
  • Promote consistent grading, evaluation, remediation, and progression practices across classroom and clinical experiences.
  • Ensure the program prepares students for the NCLEX-PN and a safe transition into practical nursing practice.
  • Collaborate with Human Resources, academic partners, and clinical rotation sites to coordinate student experiences.
  • Support and coach faculty and preceptors in clinical teaching, learner assessment, remediation, simulation, documentation, and educational technology.
  • Participate in workload planning and recommend faculty and preceptor staffing levels needed for safe, compliant, high-quality instruction.
  • Maintain clinical-placement records and related compliance requirements.
  • May directly precept or supervise student clinical learning experiences, including laboratory simulation proctoring.

Requirements

  • Current, unrestricted Registered Nurse license in New York, with eligibility to practice and teach.
  • Active CPR/BLS
  • Three to five years of progressive nursing experience, including clinical practice relevant to practical nursing education.
  • Prior experience as a nursing program director, assistant director, department chair, nursing faculty leader, or director of education preferred.
  • Experience supervising faculty, staff, or interdisciplinary teams.

Skills

  • Strong written skills
  • Strong verbal skills
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Strong data-analysis skills

Location

  • Beacon, NY

Work Type

  • Onsite
  • Requires travel

Experience Level

  • Director level

Education Level

  • Master's degree in nursing

Salary/Compensations

  • $112,500/year - $135,000/year