Risepoint
Director, Healthcare & Nursing
🇺🇸 Remote - US
🕑 Full-Time
💰 TBD
💻 Other
🗓️ August 19th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Risepoint is hiring a Director, Healthcare & Nursing to lead strategic academic program planning and provide consultative support for university partners' nursing programs. The role involves serving as a subject matter expert in nursing education, driving clinical operations readiness, and collaborating with universities to ensure successful program transition, launch, and expansion.
Highlights
- Lead consultative and strategic planning for pre- and post-licensure nursing program transitions and clinical operations readiness.
- Collaborate with internal teams and university partners to implement best practice strategies and enhance program marketability.
- Serve as a nursing education subject matter expert, monitoring retention, licensure pass rates, and curriculum concerns.
- Conduct professional development workshops on online learning, program design, instructional technology, and licensure preparedness.
- Monitor healthcare education regulations, accreditation changes, and workforce trends to inform strategic decisions.
- Support business development, program expansion, and clinical relationship building with health systems and hospitals.
- Consult on clinical readiness documentation, management system solutions, and risk mitigation for scalable program delivery.
- Requirements include a Master's or terminal degree in nursing/healthcare, RN licensure, 3-5 years managing nursing education programs, and experience with online delivery.
- Proficiency with MS Office and strong written and oral communication skills are essential.
- Comprehensive benefits offered including PTO, medical/dental/vision, retirement with company match, parental leave, and professional development.
Director, Healthcare & Nursing Full Description
Director, Healthcare & Nursing
US - Remote
Full time
Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.
The Director, Healthcare and Nursing leads consultative strategic academic program planning and extended support services with university partners to ensure the collaborative establishment of best practices strategies to prepare for pre-and post-licensure nursing program transition, launch, and expansion, and operational support for clinical operations readiness strategy. This leader will serve as a subject matter expert in nursing education, driving the best practice strategy for clinical operations and licensure preparation. This includes providing guidance on program structure, regulatory compliance, and clinical placement planning. Partner closely with universities to ensure nursing program success across transition, launch, and expansion phases.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Works professionally and collaboratively with internal cross-functional teams to implement strategic plans and prepare university partners for program launch. This leader will work closely with all of the Academic and Product teams as well as our academic partners.
- Leads program discovery and academic program consultation for partner institutions with healthcare and nursing programs working closely with deans, chairs, and program directors to understand program goals and challenges, provide program enhancement recommendations for maximum program marketability and success, and promote operational infrastructure best practices for scaling clinical programs.
- Serves as internal healthcare and nursing education subject matter expert. Assists in the analysis of program performance through retention and persistence monitoring, and auditing licensure exam pass rates. Promotes program best practices, reviews curriculum concerns and develops resources as appropriate.
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with partner universities ensuring satisfaction and long-term success as through academic program planning phase and extended support consultation to promote ongoing program performance evaluation, identification of improvement opportunities, and provide data-driven recommendations.
- Conducts professional development workshops and working sessions with faculty regarding best practices in online learning, innovative approaches to healthcare and nursing education, guidance on program design, incorporation of instructional technology, and licensure examination readiness strategies.
- Monitors healthcare higher education regulatory and program accreditation changes. Researches healthcare workforce, market and industry updates to inform internal business decisions and serve as subject matter expert to relevant internal stakeholders.
- Supports business development and sales efforts to promote healthcare and nursing program expansion as needed and assists in assessing and securing new nursing program partners.
- Participates in cross-functional activities, independent research, and document development as needed to address healthcare and nursing education and industry topical issues.
- Collaborates in the development of business relationships with health system and hospital partners to promote the establishment of clinical relationships to support program expansion efforts with new and existing partners.
- Serves as subject matter expert for clinical operations for healthcare and nursing programs to include prelicensure, graduate programs (nurse practitioner, DNP), allied health, public health, social work, and other experiential site-based education programs within the university partner portfolio.
- Provides consultation on strategies for managing clinical readiness documentation, clinical management system solutions, and the monitoring of completion of clinical requirements and student progression, and program completion data.
- Provides subject matter expertise around clinical operations program design and delivery to support program scalability with attention to risk mitigation. Implements tailored training and resources and leverage third-party providers as needed.
- Supports cross-functional partner enrollment growth and program expansion efforts through prelicensure program growth initiatives, development of prelicensure program recommendations and guidance resources, and collaborative partnership on health system and workforce strategy.
- Contributes to the success of the Academic Services and Products team with a spirit of continuous innovation, active collaboration, focused process improvement, and operational excellence through ongoing positive interactions with team members and cross-functional colleagues.
- Works in various technology and program management systems following department procedures, meets required deadlines, and escalates concerns appropriately in a timely fashion.
Additional Position Responsibilities
- Perform in accordance with Risepoint Policies
- Perform other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS
- Terminal Degree or Master’s Degree
- Nursing / Healthcare
- 3-5years Managing nursing education program across the program spectrum
- 3+ years Experience in academic assessment, outcomes monitoring and evaluation.
- Experience in online nursing and healthcare program delivery
- Licenses & Certifications
- Registered Nurse In state of residence
- Certification in healthcare and/or nursing degree
- Understanding of the academic environment in higher education.
- Communication skills – written and oral
- Customer Service focused
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Collaborative team player who can work in matrixed environment
- MS Office skills
Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws.
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Risepoint offers the following comprehensive benefits:
- 18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown
- 12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday
- Medical – four options
- Dental
- Vision
- Life & Disability (company paid)
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
- Retirement plan with company match
- Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
- Volunteer Time Off
Supplemental Benefits:
- Wellness program
- Alternative medicine options
- Pet discounts
- Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
Personal and Professional Development:
- Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
- Rewards & Recognition programs
Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.
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