What are the responsibilities and job description for the GRADUATE CLINICAL COORDINATOR – SCHOOL OF NURSING position at Edgewood University?
Description Of Job
The Graduate Clinical Coordinator is responsible for securing, maintaining, and initiating new clinical and practicum site placements that meet the educational needs of graduate and doctoral students. This position leads community outreach efforts to obtain clinical, practicum, and residency placements that meet student educational needs and program accreditation standards.
Responsibilities
Administration Responsibilities
Necessary Education or Work Experience:
Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values – truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.
The Graduate Clinical Coordinator is responsible for securing, maintaining, and initiating new clinical and practicum site placements that meet the educational needs of graduate and doctoral students. This position leads community outreach efforts to obtain clinical, practicum, and residency placements that meet student educational needs and program accreditation standards.
Responsibilities
Administration Responsibilities
- Coordinates clinical services within graduate nursing programs.
- Conducts ongoing assessments and evaluation of procedures and processes.
- Assists HPCoHS Dean and SoN Associate Dean in fulfilling accreditation requirements.
- Maintains clinical and practicum records for the program in accordance with state and federal requirements.
- Leads policy development and policy revision efforts for graduate clinical/practicum placement.
- Maintains community learning platforms for clinical/practicum/residency students.
- Facilitates the clinical/practicum/residency orientation process.
- Maintains apprised of current graduate program curricula and graduate requirements.
- Participates in SoN committees.
- Represents the SoN at meetings, conferences, and seminars, and participates in professional organizations.
- Enhances visibility of SoN program on and off campus.
- Collaborates with faculty within the SoN in tracking student retention and progress.
- Assists in marketing and recruitment for students/faculty/preceptors.
- Facilitates faculty and staff development efforts.
- Participates in Advisory Board Meetings.
- Develops and implements strategies for building and maintaining clinical site placements and preceptor supervision.
- Develops knowledge of Wisconsin healthcare systems to enhance site selection; develops knowledge of identified states outside of Wisconsin healthcare systems as needed.
- Coordinates with the Program Specialist/Outreach Coordinator in serving the MSN and DNP nursing population and to project and manage enrollment related to clinical/practicum.
- Assists SoN Associate Dean and concentration-specific directors in providing preceptor orientation.
- Liaisons with Chief Compliance Officer to ensure accountability in preceptors and students completing health requirements and evaluations.
- Provides input into budget needs of clinical/practicum placement.
- Promotes the mission and vision of Edgewood University and the SoN.
- Fosters strong relationships with current and potential healthcare organizations to facilitate clinical/practicum placements at the graduate level.
- Oversees the placement of students in clinical/practicum sites.
- Identifies and coordinates the procurement of preceptors for graduate student placement.
- Travels to sites, as necessary, to initiate and formalize contractual agreements.
- Completes onsite visits to promote SoN programs and maintain positive work relationships.
- Engages and informs Deans regarding aspects of the clinical/practicum program education.
- Acts as a liaison between the student, the faculty, and the clinical/practicum/residency site and/or preceptor to ensure effective communication and exchange of information and evaluation.
- Assesses potential clinical/practicum/residency sites and monitors current clinical/practicum sites to ensure students are placed in learning environments that meet the needs of the individual program(s).
- Identifies new clinical/practicum/residency sites as necessary to ensure graduate nursing students receive the necessary breadth and depth of clinical/practicum education appropriate to the program of study.
- Coordinates with students, faculty, and preceptors in the evaluation of students engaged in the clinical/practicum/residency education component of the program.
- Coordinates the processes necessary for ongoing evaluation of clinical/practicum/residency sites.
Necessary Education or Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s in Nursing, Education, or related field.
- Experience in working with faculty development and working with administrative personnel.
- Possess public and interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to lead through collaborative decision-making and ability to work effectively with internal and external constituents.
- Working knowledge/familiarity with HIPPA regulations.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills.
- Attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
- Ability to plan and predict student placement needs
- Confidence in public speaking.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently.
- Master’s Degree in Nursing, Education or related field (or in progress).
- Successful record of leadership and accomplishment in areas such as: partnership development; recruitment; negotiating between faculty, students, and preceptor with academic concerns; strategic planning; administration of exemplary academic programs with success in improving educational outcomes and student retention.
- Experience integrating communication, technology, and information resources into teaching and other operations of the university
- Demonstrated success in attracting and retaining novice faculty, faculty of color, and other under-represented groups.
- Knowledge of online learning platforms.
Edgewood University, a Catholic university sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to academic excellence through diversity in its faculty, staff, and students. Candidates must demonstrate multicultural competence – the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to work with others who are culturally different from self in meaningful, relevant, and productive ways. Applicants from traditionally underrepresented populations including women and racial and ethnic minorities are especially encouraged to apply. The selected candidate must actively support the mission of the University by working with faculty, staff and students to share in our core values – truth, compassion, justice, partnership, and community.