Welcome to Grayson College. Grayson College is in the heart of Grayson County and provides a vital link for higher education. GC offers small classes for personalized instruction, affordable tuition, caring, professional faculty, and the convenience of day, evening or online classes. The college serves approximately 5,000 students annually. Grayson’s reputation is highly respected by surrounding universities and industries as an excellent source of quality graduates who bring specialized, skilled and much-needed talents to the workplace.
Director of Nursing:
Role:
Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the ADN, VN, and RN to BSN programs. Directs and administers program activities in support of policies, goals, and objectives. Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs in accordance with the academic standards and rules and regulations of Grayson College, the Texas Board of Nursing, the Accreditation Commission of Education in Nursing and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Serves as a liaison between the programs and the college system and community.
**Pending approval of 2025-2026 budget.**
Salary Range: $90,453.02 - $135,679.52
Benefits:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Short & Long-term disability insurances available
- Medical premiums covered by Grayson College for FT employee only
- Vacation Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Sick Leave Accrual- 2 weeks per year
- Personal Leave- 2 days for FT employees per year
- Holidays- Labor Day, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spring Break, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day
- Tuition-FT employees, their spouse & dependents are eligible for coverage of full Grayson College tuition amount.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
- 30% Supervises and maintains program curricula to meet rules and regulations of the governing organization, state regulatory, and national accreditation agencies. Ensures regular evaluation of the program by students, graduates, faculty, advisory committee members, and employers.
- 25% Monitors compliance with policies and procedures and maintains academic standards as established by the College and the School of Nursing. Leads the development, implementation, and evaluation of the nursing curriculum and teaching/learning methods.
- 5% Completes required annual reports to agencies such as the BON, ACEN, THECB; maintains all reports required for GC Institutional Effectiveness.
- 5% Supervise orientation and mentoring of new faculty, lab personnel, clinical teaching assistants, and preceptors.
- 5% Participate in local, state, and national meetings to maintain currency and trends in education and health care delivery.
- 5% Maintain course schedules, catalog, and website program information.
- 5% Develop and oversee budget
- 5% Enforces policies and procedures and academic standards as established by the College and the School of Nursing; reviews student and faculty handbooks twice yearly and updates as needed.
- 5% Develops grant proposals to support and enhance the nursing programs.
- 5% Collaborate with Team Coordinators to plan schedules, make faculty assignments, and allocate resources.
- 5% Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
This Job Description is not a complete statement of all duties and responsibilities comprising the position.
Performance Measurements:
- To ensure high quality adult education programs.
- To develop new program initiatives.
- To develop, support and evaluate adjunct faculty.
- To provide effective leadership within the educational community.
- To ensure performance reviews completed within 2 weeks of the due date.
- To ensure effective communication within the College and with the external environment.
- To note observations of employee performance into appropriate reporting tool, as well as, give to and receive feedback from employee on the same no later than XX working days following each quarter.
- To ensure successful accreditation; and facilitates activities at the unit level to seamlessly integrate department with all-college goals.
- Demonstrates the Viking Values of balance, clarity, gratitude, service, teamwork, and trust.
- Complies with all federal and state laws and regulations relating to higher education.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Experience: Two years to five years of similar or related experience.
- Education: A Doctoral degree.
- Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.
- Other Skills: Minimum of three years in academic administration, with experience in adult programs preferred. Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills are necessary.
- Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light items, driving an automobile, etc. No speciall physical demands are required to perform the work.
- Work Environment: Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a normal office.
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS: To be considered for this position a Grayson College application, cover letter, résumé or vitae, official transcripts and a list of three professional references must be submitted.
If your degree is from a country other than the United States, you must also include an evaluation from a NACES member evaluation agency indicating the U.S. equivalency of your degree.
This position is considered a security sensitive position and will require a criminal background check.
GRAYSON COLLEGE IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BASIS OF MERIT AND WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, GENDER, AGE, DISABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROHIBITED BY LAW.
The employer actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact the human resources office at 903-463-8770 or [email protected]. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The employer actively supports the Americans with Disabilities Act and will consider reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact the human resources office at 903-463-8770 or [email protected].