Position Title Nursing Success Coach (On Site - University Center, MI)
Division/Department Health & Wellness
Employee Group Administrative/Professional
Status
Full time, Starting Salary $63,908 – $71,591: Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience
Position Summary Information
Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions
The successful candidate must demonstrate experience, skills, and commitment to fostering an environment of belonging, diversity, equity and inclusion in students, faculty and staff.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Nursing Success Coach is a multi-faceted role that will promote the success of our nursing students from clinical entry to their graduation. You will support the academic success of our students working with them directly by identifying barriers to their success, assisting with their learning processes along with their clinical skills and reasoning and connecting them to resources for additional support. In addition, you will assist with marketing of the ADN to BSN 3+1 program with SVSU, recruitment of students, advising, collection and dissemination of evaluation data, coordinated program growth, student support, and retention. This position will facilitate community partnerships and outreach. The Nursing Success Coach will collaborate with lead and clinical faculty, academic advisors, staff and other departments to develop a holistic, individualized plan for their success while monitoring and analyzing student referrals and performance indicators including progression, retention and graduation. The Nursing Success Coach will report directly to the Associate Dean. This is a grant-funded position through August 31, 2026.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:
- Mentoring
- Serve enrolled students as an academic mentor and coach who is focused on success.
- Provide nursing content-specific coaching and tutoring to help students develop clinical reasoning and judgment related to academic and professional developmental strategies.
- Develop personalized retention activities, (for individual and groups of students) in person and synchronous and asynchronous web-based learning.
- Collaborate with faculty to develop individualized success plans for incoming and continuing nursing students based on their learning needs, using College resources (e.g., Office of Disability Resources, Counseling) as appropriate.
- Develop and implement effective strategies to remediate students, promote confidence, and ensure academic success, including personalized retention activities (individual/group, in-person/online).
- Maintain academic standards and monitor student progression through the Delta College Nursing Program and ADN to BSN 3+1 curriculum.
- Develop student development activities (e.g., study skills, time management, test-taking, APA writing) in conjunction with current student support areas.
- Collaborate with course faculty to promote student success, serving as a resource for nursing student retention strategies.
- Utilize strong planning, organizing, decision-making, and result-oriented skills as an experienced nursing professional.
Advising:
- Advise ADN to BSN 3+1 students after consulting with SVSU RN to BSN Coordinator on courses that can be taken at Delta College.
- Review required SVSU residency credits to ensure student is only completing required courses.
Partnerships:
- Work collaboratively with staff at Delta College and Saginaw Valley State University (SVSU) to support academic success for RN to BSN students.
- Send list of approved awardee participants to SVSU.
- Facilitate community partnerships and outreach initiatives (e.g. hospitals).
Administrative:
- Review and award students that meet the grant funding requirement (if funds available).
- Report awards to Delta College Student Billing and Financial Aid each semester.
- Keep participant data up to date to ensure award money is distributed properly.
- Submit required reports for the ADN to BSN Completion Grant Program to the Nursing Discipline Coordinator, Associate Dean, and Dean of Occupational Programs and Workforce Strategies.
- Utilize strong planning, organizing, decision-making, and result-oriented skills as an experienced nursing professional.
- Assist with policies, proposals, communications, systems, records, statistics, reports, and documentation related to program progression and retention.
- Monitor and analyze student referrals, performance indicators (progression, retention, graduation rates), and identify students at risk of not meeting program/curricular requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- 3 or more years of experience as a Registered Nurse with a current unencumbered Michigan Registered Nurse License.
- Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Additional Experiences Considered
- Master of Science in Nursing preferred (or a master’s degree in a related area).
- Prior instructional experience in a baccalaureate or associate degree nursing program to include didactic and/or clinical teaching.
- Experience with student or employee success programs.
- Application Deadline
- Position will remain open until filled. The College reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified.
- Special Instructions to Applicants
- Complete an on-line application and attach a cover letter with position title, resume and copies of transcripts (official transcripts required upon hire) and/or certifications and licenses.
- Posting Specific Question
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* Please describe how you would promote Belonging, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (BEDI) and strategies used for this as a nursing success coach.
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Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Resume
Cover Letter
Transcript 1
Optional Documents
Letter of Recommendation 1
Letter of Recommendation 2
Letter of Recommendation 3
Professional Certifications or Licensures
Transcript 2
Transcript 3
