Director, Center for Community and Global Partnerships, College of Nursing

Director, Center for Community and Global Partnerships, College of Nursing - 23000002P8 

Description

 

INTERNAL SEARCH

Responsibilities:

Community Outreach and Projects (15% Effort)

Works under the direction of the Asst. Dean of the Center for Community & Global Partnerships (ADCGP) to facilitate faculty and community collaborations for community-based research and quality initiatives. 

·         Assist the ADCGP in strategic planning and annual goals for the CCGP.

·         Match and recruit faculty for joint appointments into the Center for Community and Global Partnerships to align with identified needs.

·         Facilitate partnerships between faculty and community partners and ensuring the use of established processes to implement projects and initiatives.

·         Provide a monthly CON leadership team report on the progress of current and identification of new initiatives.

·         Report quarterly at All-College Meetings on opportunities and current initiatives.

·         Support and facilitate scientific dissemination of CCGP initiatives.

·         Serve on the CON Executive Team.

·         Other duties as assigned.

Nursing Professional Development Unit (10% Effort)

Works collaboratively with the Community Outreach Director Nurse Planners contributing to the overall functioning of the UTHSC College of Nursing Continuing Education (CNE) Provider Unit.

·         Provide an annual report to the College of Nursing (CON) Executive Committee regarding the CNE events for the next 2-3 years.

·         Conduct needs assessments of alumni and nurses to determine workshops and seminars to be conducted by the CON CNE office and presents to the Executive Committee with recommendations.

·         Plan and implement all CNE events in coordination with CON staff, including space planning, managing AV needs, marketing, registration, securing speakers, transporting speakers, etc.

·         Provide review of relevant correspondence and forms and files, including BIO and Conflict of Interest and educational planning forms; provide guidance regarding all aspects of operation and evaluation to the CNE Professional Development Associate.

·         Participate in ongoing nurse planner and CNE training.

·         Participate as a super user for CENow.

·         Maintain accreditation of the NCPD unit and annual reporting requirements.

·         Participate in ongoing meetings regarding CON events.

·         Facilitate identification of visiting professors such as sponsored Distinguished Visiting Professors (DVPs) and Cashdollar lectures.

Rural Health Initiatives (5% Effort)

·         Provide a strategic vision for organization and expansion of rural health initiatives for the CON.

·         Create connections across the campus and communities for rural health.

·         Organize and lead a CON rural health task force that meets monthly to review and organize initiatives related to rural health.

·         Maintain the CON rural health map.

·         Communicate with CON leadership on the progress of rural health and seek approval for the rural health strategic plan.

 

Qualifications

 

Basic Qualifications: 

The candidate must qualify for rank of Assistant or Associate Professor. 

Must possess doctoral degree from an accredited institution.

Must be eligible for licensure as a registered nurse in the state of Tennessee.

Departmental Preferences: 

Must be detail-oriented, strategic thinking to assist in CCGP growth; experience in evaluation and event planning related to CE; Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Human Subjects application experience; ability to facilitate research and QI projects; and ability to build and support teams.

Process: Submit to the Dean’s office no later than Jan 15, 2024 a letter of interest. Identify how your career goals and background is commensurate with the Director of the CCGP role. 

For benefits information, please visit https://uthsc.edu/hr/benefits/documents/2023-benefits-preview-packet.pdf .

Applicants should have a demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.

 

The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA/V institution in the provision of its education and employment programs and services.

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is the flagship statewide, public, academic health institution in Tennessee. Founded in 1911, the mission of the University of Tennessee Health Science is to improve the health and well-being of Tennesseans and the global community by fostering integrated, collaborative, and inclusive education, research, scientific discovery, clinical care, and public service. Employing more than 4,600 people on its faculty, staff, and not-for-profit corporation faculty practice groups, and with more than 3,200 students across the state, UTHSC contributes $4 billion to the economy of Tennessee.

Part of the University of Tennessee System, the Health Science Center is headquartered in Memphis and includes all six of UT’s doctoral-degree-granting health science colleges -- Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Health Sciences, and Health Professions. UTHSC spans the state with its four major, regional clinical health science locations in Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, and Nashville, as well as more than 100 clinical education sites across Tennessee. UTHSC is the largest educator of health care professionals in the state and operates the state’s largest residency and fellowship advanced training programs.

Located in West Tennessee on the banks of the Mississippi River, Memphis is the second-largest city in the state and among the largest cities in the Southeast. The Greater Memphis metropolitan area has more than 1.3 million residents, and the city ranks among those with the lowest cost of living in the country. It is home to a vibrant restaurant scene, a revitalized Downtown, the Midtown Arts District, many scenic neighborhoods, an active medical district, and a burgeoning airport in the midst of a $214 million modernization.

Memphis boasts attractions, including Elvis Presley’s Graceland, the Memphis Grizzlies, historic Beale Street, the National Civil Rights Museum, the second-largest urban county park in the United States, and the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

 

Job
  Executive/Administrative 
Primary Location
  US-Tennessee-Memphis 
Organization
  Admin-College Of Nursing 
Campus/Institute  Memphis 
Schedule
  Part-time 
Job Posting
  Dec 20, 2023, 11:08:27 AM