Developing and Validating a Job Description for Directors of Technical Nursing Institutes

Abstract

Background The role of the director of technical nursing institute in technical institute of nursing schools needs to be clarified and standardized. Job description is the process used to determine duties of the job and the kind of people who should be hired to them. The Aim of study: This study aim was to develop job description for the directors of technical nursing institutes. Research design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was used in the execution of this study. Subject & methods: The study was carried out at (40) technical nursing institutes related to General organization teaching hospitals and institutes, Ministry of Health and Population, General honest for specialist centers, General honest for psychiatric healthy, Treating agency. Two groups of subjects were included; all directors working at the technical nursing institutes (40) directors and (30 expertise) of the training administrator of Cairo –general organization of insurance & academic expertise. Tools of data collection three tools were used; self-administered questionnaire sheet, an observational checklist and an opinionnaire sheet. The results showed that the majority of the directors of technical nursing institutes were agreed upon all proposed planning responsibilities, lowest agreement upon preparatory planning before the beginning of academic year students’. As well the majority agreed upon the mechanisms of teaching process activities based upon the set rules of the academic year. Statistically significant differences were revealed between the responsibilities which were agreed upon by director of technical institute of nursing. The majority of jury members agreed upon the face validity items of the proposed job description, and upon all activities and responsibilities in the proposed job description. Conclusion: The validity of the proposed job description for the director of technical nursing institute. Recommendation: Implement the proposed job description for the director of technical nursing institute in the study settings on a trial basis and revise it periodically as well it can be used as a performance assessment tool, and in recruitment.