Nursing Regulatory Affairs Analyst

Arizona College of Nursing is a rapidly growing, nursing school that transforms people’s lives by preparing them for careers in nursing and improving communities through the care its graduates provide. As a leading nurse educator, Arizona College of Nursing offers students the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s in nursing in 3 years or less with qualified transfer credits. Our quality nursing curriculum prepares students for an in-demand career to help communities overcome the chronic, well-known, and increasing nursing shortage. Through the execution of a targeted growth strategy, the college plans to meet the growing demand for nurses by launching campuses in markets where bachelor’s prepared nurses are needed.

Putting students first, we are dedicated to providing students with an exceptional education in growing healthcare fields; teaching them relevant, required skills for today and the future. Our culture is positive, supportive, and collaborative. As a team, we continually embrace our core values:

Passion: We love helping others succeed.
Excellence: We strive to be the best.
Adaptability: We learn, in part by trying new ideas.
Accountability: We own our results.
Integrity: We do the right thing.

The Nursing Regulatory Affairs Analyst manages gathering, organizing, and analyzing regulatory data and resources. This analyst interacts with internal and external stakeholders such as state and national Boards of Nursing to review and record rules, regulations, statutes, and advisory opinions in the development of resources for internal use. This position plans, coordinates and supports new program Board of Nursing applications, internal and external site visits, as well as regulatory surveys or reports.  

• Conducts State Board of Nursing regulatory research for all 50 states and US territories.
• Develops, maintains, and updates a regulatory resource repository for the prelicensure BSN programs.
• Monitors local, state, and national legislation and regulations that impact nursing education programs (StateNet).
• Develops and distributes regulatory research crosswalk publications for internal decision making.
• Performs database management, database report generation and distribution. (StateNet; EMSI)
• Conducts regulatory research for regulatory impact surveys, manages Qualtrics distributions, reminders, and generates reports.
• Prepares and submits requisition forms and serves as a liaison with Accounts Payable for regulatory fees, purchase orders and/or supply chain for department supplies, etc.
• Catalogs and stores accreditation/regulatory documents/approvals in a designated repository.
• Transcribes and maintains standard operating procedures for Nursing Regulatory Team.
• Provides internal regulatory editing of documents including but not limited to Letters of Intent, Feasibility Studies, and Self-studies.
• Prints, packages, submits, and tracks local, state, national, and international accreditation/regulatory documents.
• Coordinates, schedules, creates, and distributes agendas, and records minutes for BON Application Advisory Committees/Board of Trustee Committees.
• Plans, coordinates, and supports regulatory related events. (Based on a site visit bi-monthly assumption). Ensures compliance related to rooming specs, audiovisual support, document production, surveyor needs, transportation, and other services for regulatory site visits.
• BON Mock Site Visits and/or Compliance Visits – Assists in College Colleague training, planning, hosting, and after-action reviews.
• BON Site Visits - Assists in College Colleague planning, follow-up with any issues of non-compliance in real time (i.e., retrieving P & P, updating files).
• Provides on-site support for accreditation/regulatory meeting/site visit (Some travel required).
• Composes or transcribes correspondence, memorandums, and other material including agendas, meeting schedules, announcements and notifications, reports, and complex documents.
• Records meeting minutes and distributes minutes/documents. 

Other duties as assigned. 

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master of Science in Nursing preferred.
• Experience working in a healthcare, legal, academics, business office or similar organizations. 
• Previous experience in monitoring legislative matters preferred.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft including Word, Excel, SharePoint and PowerPoint or similar applications required.
• Strong editing skills demonstrated by the ability to proofread documents checking grammar, syntax, and spelling errors required.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively to a diverse population. 
• Demonstrated ability to meet tight timelines for complex projects in a fast-paced work environment.
• Self-motivated while working on multiple deliverables at once.
• Ability to prioritize and to accommodate tasks and in a fast paced matrix organization. 
• Flexibility with hours to accommodate work across multiple time zones.