Senior Vice President & Dean - School of Nursing at University of Texas Medical Branch – Galveston, Texas

Summary:

The SVP and Dean - School of Nursing is the chief academic and administrative officer who sets a vision that continues the legacy of the School, supports its goals and helps faculty become nationally recognized experts in their field. The Dean is responsible for the overall administrative leadership for academic matters including new program development and quality, educational methods, regional and specialty accreditation, assessment and evaluation of students, faculty and programs, faculty and staff development, as well as adherence to federal and state laws governing nursing education. The Dean develops strategic partnerships for learning and professional development, monitors trends and implements suitable changes all while providing effective leadership for planning, growth, and program improvement.

Scope: Academic Enterprise

Responsibilities:

• Identifies the priorities for the School, obtains organizational agreement within the School and then develops an implementation and communication plan to achieve successful completion.
• Develops, facilitates and supports an outstanding multi-disciplinary research program supported by external funding.
• Translates advances in evidenced based practice into models of care that fulfill the ability of the practitioner to practice "at the top of their license" in delivering high quality care.
• Contributes to University performance metrics and improves national rankings relevant to nursing.
• Establishes and oversees mechanisms to support faculty in maintaining a clinical practice in addition to their teaching and scholarly activities.
• Enhances administrative, academic and research relationships with other UTMB entities, including contributing to the UTMB leadership team, actively promoting inter-professional education and facilitating transdisciplinary research.
• Engages the community (community groups, economic development groups, foundations, philanthropists, business leaders, companies, and elected officials) to effectively convey to all stakeholders the vision and direction of the School.
• Coordinates the formulation of objectives, policies, plans and programs that maintain and enhance their strategic, financial and programmatic positioning in the market.
• Provides direction and is responsible for the overall results of the School in terms of meeting pre-determined organizational objectives including, importantly, direction and oversight of the divisions of the School.
• Ensures the development and implementation of sound fiscal policy, procedures and control systems necessary to assure the sound financial performance of the School.
• Establishes and maintains an effective organization for managing the affairs of the School.
• Maintains an optimal environment to foster a continuous productive dialogue with nursing students, faculty, community providers and administrative representatives of the School.
• Recruits, retains, develops, and mentors School leaders including track administrators, directors, associate deans and assistant deans to guide nursing education, research and clinical care of the highest quality within their departments.
• Inspires, motivates, and provides mentorship to generate high morale and enhanced teamwork leading to a high level of motivation and productivity.
• Assesses and implements initiatives to improve the graduate education programs of study.
• Personally publishes books, articles and/or abstracts in recognized scientific publications and encourages and mentors School leaders and their faculty to do the same.
• Plays a leadership role at the Federal, State and local level in effectively advocating for adequate funding for nursing education and research.
• Collaborates with Program Directors and others to prepare reports related to academic matters for various constituents and audiences, e.g., SON administration, budgetary meetings.
• Recommends faculty member appointments to hold Professorships and Endowments assigned to the School.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Possesses a collaborative and entrepreneurial leadership style characterized by upfront and direct communications and results oriented behavior.
• A visible and accessible leader to the faculty, the students, and the community.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems in familiar and unfamiliar domains.
• Creative, a visionary who can manage innovation; is an effective strategist full of ideas and possibilities; sees multiple futures; has broad interests and knowledge; can both create and bring exciting ideas to market; comfortable speculating about alternative futures without all of the data.
• Politically aware and agile; knows what the right thing to do is; presents views well.
• Has effective written and oral communications skills; works well in a team environment and has a track record of developing effective and trusted relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated success in aligning various stakeholders' needs and expectations and leading through successful style of negotiation to 'win-win' solutions.
• Strategic focus with ability to delegate and hold accountable multiple high-functioning direct reports.
• Ability to work constructively with new and existing external partners.
• Demonstrated ability to balance School affairs with institutional priorities and to identify actions necessary to complete tasks and obtain results.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing masters program (MSN), a PhD, DNP or equivalent degree plus ten years of progressive leadership experience in a nursing school administrative capacity to include two (2) years of teaching experience in a professional nursing education program.
• Hold an unencumbered current license or privilege to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Texas.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A demonstrated ability to lead teams effectively, and demonstrated scholarship through teaching awards, publications and extramurally-funded research.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.