Description

Oregon Health & Science University seeks a Campus Associate Dean, Monmouth - OHSU School of Nursing
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Location: Monmouth, Oregon

The Position:
The Campus Associate Dean is the onsite administrator for nursing operations and implementation of strategic priorities and a liaison between Western Oregon University (WOU) and the OHSU School of Nursing (SON). This position reports to the OHSU School of Nursing Dean on matters pertaining to strategic priorities, organizational structure and functions, philanthropic affairs, human and material resource management, operational efficiencies, and outcomes associated with representing a regional community of interest. The Campus Associate Dean collaborates with, advises, and is accountable to, the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs OHSU SON for curricula and program management/delivery. Based on the complexity of the region and the varying scopes of services covered, the position may include faculty duties, including teaching, research, practice, and/or service. 

Note: The start date is flexible based on individual circumstances; likely January 2027 or summer 2027.

Responsibilities:
Regional Leadership and Program Management

• Ensures program delivery meets regulatory and accreditation standards, including assessment and evaluation criteria.
• Serves as liaison and campus representative between OHSU SON and the respective regional university campus assigned; includes fostering and developing inter-agency relationships, service on committees and councils, and advancement of relationships between entities.
• Assists with regional recruitment of students to ensure program targets are met/exceeded.
• Initiates and leads the process for local hiring of faculty and staff.
• Supervises faculty, professional, and support staff on a regional campus, using a matrix model for input and evaluation.
• Ensures alignment with overall SON strategic, operational, and financial goals and tactics and functions as a SON leader, coordinating and cooperating with other leaders in support of school missions and goals.
• Visits clinical sites and maintains critical relationships with community partners that include, but are not limited to, practice and community health agencies, community thought leaders, and others who interface with the SON to ensure input from SON communities of interest.
• Advises and assists with alumni, philanthropic, and legislative endeavors per planned opportunities.
• Serves as a media spokesperson for the SON at the regional level, in collaboration with OHSU strategic communications and the dean.
• Ensures that regional characteristics are considered in all SON planned curricular, research, and practice missions.  

Human and Fiscal Resource Management

• Demonstrates commitment to inclusive excellence, becoming trauma-informed, equity, and belonging.
• Meets performance standards and expectations associated with faculty and staff supervision in a matrix with respective Senior Associate Deans.
• Provides leadership and exercises supervisory authority to faculty and staff through active oversight, fostering a climate of open communication, and managing conflict through a trauma-informed lens.
• Provides informal communication channels between affected parties and uses applicable alternative dispute resolution techniques to minimize the escalation of conflict and achieve conflict resolution and problem-solving. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates all sides of an issue in an informed and unbiased fashion.
• Seeks informal, personalized resolution of conflicts and/or differences between employees, supervisors, other agency officials.
• Conducts workplace reviews to identify, analyze, and make recommendations to proactively resolve workplace conflicts between colleagues and/or management and employees.
• Makes recommendations to clients and/or senior management on the best course of action for resolution, accounting for risk and cultural impact.
• Designs services, initiatives, and interventions including conflict coaching, facilitation, and mediation to respond to systemic issues impacting a fair, professional, and ethical workplace.
• Assesses faculty and staff mix needed to ensure that program and curricular objectives are met.
• Assists in recruitment, selection, evaluation, and retention processes in regional areas.
• Monitors faculty and staff productivity to ensure that resources are developed and utilized in the best possible manner to ensure student outcomes and public accountability.
• Provides mentoring and support for early- and mid-career faculty to ensure an adequate faculty workforce. 

Administrative and Faculty Functions

• Serves on the SON Leadership Council and other relevant school and/or university councils and committees relevant to the academic and other missions.
• Serves on the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE) Coordinating Council. Collaborates with regional OCNE schools.
• Leads performance improvement and project management initiatives on a regional or statewide level.
• Models teaching, service, and inquiry through teaching and faculty engagement activities; works collaboratively with other faculty on joint publications and scholarship.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs or Senior Associate Deans/Dean. 

Qualifications:

• Earned doctorate in nursing or related field required.
• Five (5) years of progressive experience in higher education and programmatic oversight; eligible for rank at Associate or Full Professor preferred. Assistant Professor rank will be considered in some circumstances.
• Experience in and passion for leadership and change management.
• Demonstrated experience in enabling faculty and staff to build strong, vibrant community partnerships.
• Licensed/eligible for licensure to practice professional nursing in the State of Oregon.
• Knowledge of the importance of diversity in nursing and the ability and skill to help guide the school toward achieving its strategic goals for diversity, equity, inclusion, and becoming trauma informed.
• Knowledge of undergraduate curriculum in nursing and pedagogy.
• Ability to engage with multiple stakeholders and function within a matrix environment.
• Knowledge of and ability to generate revenue and manage budgets with varying degrees of complexity.
• Ability to balance academic decorum with approachability and accessibility for faculty, student, academic, and community stakeholders.
• Passion for lifelong learning and continuous improvement. 

About the OHSU School of Nursing Monmouth at Western Oregon University:
Based in Portland, the OHSU School of Nursing has four regional campuses across Oregon (Ashland, Klamath Falls, La Grande, and Monmouth) and has nationally ranked undergraduate and graduate programs. Western Oregon University hosts the OHSU School of Nursing in Monmouth. This collaboration allows students to take pre-nursing and other classes on the WOU campus and access all services and amenities, including student housing, the library, the student health center, campus dining, fitness facilities, clubs and intramural sports.  

The OHSU School of Nursing in Monmouth offers a 3-year nursing curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This program is designed to prepare students for a career in nursing through a combination of classroom instruction and practical clinical experience. Students take classes in a newly renovated nursing building and develop their skills in a state-of-the-art simulation suite and clinical skills lab. Starting in the first term, students get hands-on clinical experience in Monmouth, Salem and other nearby areas, including at hospitals, psychiatric care centers, school districts, public health departments, and skilled nursing facilities. 

To take a virtual tour of the Monmouth campus, click here. 

About Oregon Health and Science University:
Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is a thriving institution comprised of five schools including School of Nursing, School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, OHSU/PSU School of Public Health, and the OHSU/OSU College of Pharmacy. OHSU offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and/or certificates in over 55 accredited education programs, several of them joint with other institutions. Of the approximately 3,000 students enrolled at OHSU in Fall 2025, approximately 50% were graduate and professional students. OHSU provides training to over 900 interns, residents, and fellows in over 80 accredited residency and fellowship programs and delivers continuing education to thousands of healthcare professionals each year. Click here to learn more about OHSU. 

Over the past eight years, OHSU has undergone structural and programmatic changes that have fostered innovation and growth across the University’s academic programs. State-of-the-art facilities have come online, dynamic leaders have been recruited, and a multitude of major initiatives have transformed the University’s science and health professions educational programs.  

OHSU has over 21,000 employees including over 3,600 faculty and also engages over 2,000 volunteer faculty at clinical sites throughout Oregon to help train its students in a community setting. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, OHSU’s operating budget totaled approximately $4.9 billion with about 71% of revenue coming from clinical fees, 19% from grants and contracts, and 1.3% from state general fund appropriations. 

The University’s history and current activities demonstrate a deeply felt commitment to community service, improving the health and well-being of people in and around Oregon, and educating Oregon's healthcare providers of the future. OHSU cares for more than 370,000 patients annually through about 1.3 million visits and is the primary resource in the region for many types of highly specialized or tertiary care cases. The University’s patient care services also include dozens of general and specialty clinics and diagnostic laboratories. OHSU seeks to transform healthcare education by building a community of educators and scholars engaged in implementing and evaluating trauma-informed educational practice (TIE-P). TIE-P grounds nursing in an equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive pedagogical approach using the six guiding principles of Trauma-Informed Care. 

Patient care connects directly to the thriving research on the Portland campus. OHSU was the 31st highest NIH-funded medical school in FY24 and is currently conducting over 800 clinical trials to accelerate the translation of research from basic science lab discoveries into treatments that directly benefit patients. In August 2025, OHSU received the largest single donation ever made to a U.S. university, college or academic health center through a $2 billion gift from Phil & Penny Knight to the Knight Cancer Institute. OHSU has faculty members who are Howard Hughes Investigators, members of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine, and fellows of the Royal Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Nursing. To view OHSU’s Mission: https://www.ohsu.edu/about/ohsu-vision-mission-and-values  

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:
Over the University’s history, OHSU has grown into a world-class teaching hospital and research center that educates, employs, and cares for people from many cultures, belief systems, and experiences. Diversity is vitally important to OHSU’s evolution as a world-class health and science university. Being a diverse institution creates an intellectually vibrant climate where a variety of ideas and perspectives work together to foster innovation. Diversity is key to maintaining a competitive workforce advantage. Integrating diversity into all areas and all parts of its mission is critical to OHSU’s strategic goal of being a great organization, “diverse in people and ideas.” OHSU is dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for all Oregonians through excellence, innovation, and leadership in healthcare, education, research, and community outreach and recognizes that diversity of people and ideas are essential to succeed and thrive. 

Why Consider the Opportunity:

• Strong & Innovative Program: The Monmouth campus boasts healthy enrollment, a strong program of committed faculty & staff, and exceptional students. The Campus Associate Dean will have their fingerprint on the curriculum refresh with plenty of freedom to innovate, utilizing the latest technologies like their new Virtual Reality Simulation capacity.
• The Best of Both Worlds: Monmouth has a small campus feel, enabling close relationships with students, faculty, staff and instructors at beautiful Western Oregon University, while also being part of OHSU, a large, prestigious, and well-connected university. Faculty have access to OHSU’s Main Campus in Portland while maintaining local autonomy of their programs.
• Strong Relationships with Clinical Partners: Collaborate in reciprocal and respectful partnerships with Monmouth’s great clinical partners at Salem Hospital, Polk County, and Western Oregon University's pre-nursing programs.
• Ideal Location: The campus is surrounded by the rural beauty and outdoor activities of Willamette Valley while also being within easy access to a variety of locations including Salem, Corvallis, North Portland, McMinnville, Eugene, and Silverton.  

To Apply:
While applications and nominations will be accepted until the position is filled, parties who apply by July 27, 2026, will be given first consideration. All applications and nominations will be held in confidence. Please submit a PDF version of your CV/resume and letter of interest upon application.  

To apply online, go to https://theapplicantmanager.com/jobs?pos=su510 

For more information or to offer recommendations or nominations:
Andrea Martinez
Senior Consultant
Summit Search Solutions, Inc.
Direct: 919-357-8766
amartinez@summitsearchsolutions.com  

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.