Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and three (3) years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

At least three (3) years of experience in academic advisement in a school of nursing and/or health professions.

Job Summary:
To support the educational mission of the School of Nursing by acting as Academic Advisor for all undergraduate, masters, and Doctor of Nursing practice students. To assure that all students enrolled in School of Nursing programs have correct programs of study and that the programs of study are current and loaded into a database that allows for accurate projection of enrollment in all courses.

Job Duties:

• Maintains current knowledge of all SON programs and their programs of study to include required pre-requisites and co-requisites.
• Assures that each student’s program of study is appropriate to their degree program.
• Collaborates with Program Directors, or designee, and students to facilitate transfer credits.
• Maintains an accurate list of courses approved for transfer.
• Maintains each students program of study on the SON Degree Plan database.
• Provides faculty and staff requested reports from the SON Degree Plan database, especially regarding enrollment projections.
• Collaborates with Enrollment Services and SON Admissions Office in degree audits and maintaining records in each students file.
• Collaborates with student’s faculty advisor in the development and updating of the student’s program of study/degree plan.
• Works with the Academic Mission and Evaluation Committee to assure that program evaluation data regarding programs of study are collected and readily available.
• Works with SON faculty and staff to assure that academic practices are effective and efficient and meet the needs of the students and the faculty.
• Gathers and disseminates information from other offices within UTMB to assist faculty in advising students.
• Collaborates with academic counselor regarding student appeal stipulations.
• Conducts faculty and/or staff training as needed to ensure success of the advisement program.
• Maintains accurate records related to advisement and updates student advisement folders each semester and as needed.
• Participates in professional development offerings in areas related to the role.
• Collaborates with administrators and faculty to provide accurate information regarding nursing programs across the school and the corresponding policies and procedures.
• Meets regularly with members of Student Affairs to insure accuracy in Bulletin, General Information Catalog and Student Handbook as it pertains to the School of Nursing.
• Maintains on-going bulletin updates and revisions.
• Maintains high level of technical skills in current software, especially Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.
• Collaborates with appropriate staff to maintain websites and other reported data.
• Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:
Performs related duties as required.

Salary Range:
Commensurate with experience.

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 VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.