Nursing Accreditation Specialist

Summary

Join Unitek Learning, a leading healthcare education organization, as an Accreditation Specialist for Nursing and Allied Health Programs. You will support programmatic accreditation, ensuring compliance with various regulatory bodies. Responsibilities include tracking and monitoring accreditation requirements, preparing reports, coordinating with program leadership, and managing accreditation projects. This role requires a relevant undergraduate degree, 2-3 years of related experience, and strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. Unitek offers a competitive salary, generous benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree from four-year college/university in Compliance, Healthcare, Economics, Finance, Business, Management, or related field, or combination of education and Regulatory Affairs experience that would provide an equivalent background
• 2-3 years previous related experience with compliance and/or auditing in corporate, education, government, or public agency
• Project coordination skills
• Excellent skills to analyze, write and integrate highly detailed information
• Advanced Microsoft Office Skills (Word, Excel, PPT, Outlook) and Adobe Acrobat
• Basic project planning/management tools (SmartSheet, MS Project)
• Ability to utilize computer-based resources
• Must be accurate and have precise attention to detail
• Demonstrated problem-solving, research, analytical, presentation, facilitation, organizational, consultation and training skills
• Self-motivated, self-directed, proactive
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple projects simultaneously with competing priorities. Effectively prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously in fast-paced environment, able to remain focused and shift priorities as needed
• Ability to actively learn, listen, and take on multitude of tasks with a positive attitude
• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills with the ability to influence others in a positive and effective manner
• Exceptional organizational, planning, coordination skills
• Strong moral compass and commitment to the core values of respect, accountability, and excellence
• Excellent written communications
• Teamwork style that emphasizes collaboration, teamwork, and facilitation
• Able to stay calm, focused, organized
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, anticipate, and stay proactive
• Caring and positive attitude

Responsibilities

• Support programmatic accreditation, tracking, reporting, research, analysis, investigation, planning, and training in order to maintain compliance with CCNE, CNEA, CAPTE, boards of nursing, and other programmatic accreditation bodies
• Learn, demonstrate strong understanding, and maintain current knowledge of relevant education program accreditation regulations and standards and conduct leadership / team training as needed (i.e. CCNE, CNEA, CAPTE)
• Apply, and maintain program compliance of regulatory agencies
• Track and monitor all programmatic accreditation and regulatory requirements, maintain regulatory calendar, across all campuses and programs. Create and update tracking systems as needed
• Analyze, write and integrate highly detailed information into various reports, applications, and related regulatory materials
• Coordinates with program leadership to ensures timely submission of accreditation filings, reports, applications
• Plan projects related to nursing program accreditation, developing, enhancing, and standardizing processes and procedures
• Organize and facilitate Program Advisory Committee meetings to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Record and maintain communications with program regulatory bodies, accreditation library, and files
• Coordinates and completes accreditation projects as assigned
• Assist in investigating and resolving accreditation compliance issues, provide responses to leadership as needed regarding compliance requirements
• Correspond with College departments (i.e. Corporate Compliance, Marketing, Legal, Clinical Teams) as needed
• Project manage and oversee programmatic accreditation audits and site visits as required
• Assist with creating and revising policies, procedures, applications, regulatory notifications and reports
• Assist other departments to understand and comply with programmatic accreditation requirements
• Research accreditation compliance issues and topics
• Keep Outcomes Trackers up to date for all nursing programs
• Conduct analysis (Quantitative and Qualitative)
• Report generation; prepare and submit a variety of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports
• Other special projects as assigned which assists in the success and expansion of the programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Accreditation, regulatory agency compliance experience desired
• Regulatory experience in education setting

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year. Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program