Essential duties and responsibilities: - Identify and establish partnerships with cooperating agencies for clinical experiences and academic opportunities.
- Collaborate with the Faculty to ensure clinical experience compliance with course requirements, policies, and standards.
- Clinical & Low and Hi-Fidelity Lab Environment Management: Upholds a professional and organized clinical and lab setting conducive to effective learning and student success.
- Orient students to required documents, training, and processes for clinical experiences, ensuring thorough preparation.
- Participate in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the academic program, ensuring professional competencies of clinical resources involved in the program are met.
- Assist the Director of the Nursing Program with contract processing and policy development to meet clinical site requirements.
- Coordinate with the Director of Nursing regarding budgetary requests related to clinical practices and skills laboratories.
- Conduct regular rounds at clinical sites, maintaining close communication with both faculty and external partners.
- Monitor faculty and student compliance with clinical site requirements to ensure high standards of academic excellence.
- Evaluate cooperating agencies and faculty performance, compile statistical reports, and develop action plans based on findings.
- Collect, analyze, and respond to evaluations of cooperating agencies and clinical faculty, ensuring quality improvement.
- Mediate conflicts and address complaints between students, faculty, and representatives of cooperating agencies during clinical experiences.
- Oversee the evaluation process for clinical experience courses and ensure adherence to academic policies.
- Coordinate the submission of student and faculty documentation to cooperating agencies, ensuring accuracy and timely submission.
- Support the orientation of students entering the clinical program, providing guidance and resources as needed.
- Attend faculty meetings, committee meetings, and accreditation sessions, and participate in cross-campus activities when required.
- Perform additional duties as assigned, in accordance with institutional regulations and policies, and adapt to the evolving needs of the Nursing Program.
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Supervisory Responsibilities: • N/A |
Qualifications/Education: - Bachelors Degree in Nursing with current licensure and registration. Masters Preferred.
- Valid Nurse license in the State of Florida or compact license.
- Proficiency in the required nursing competencies.
- Teaching experience.
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Competencies: - Professional Development & Industry Awareness: Actively seeks opportunities for growth and stays current with industry trends, new technologies, and best practices to enhance professional skills.
- Policy Adherence & Enforcement: Demonstrates a strong understanding of institutional policies and procedures, consistently follows and enforces them to ensure compliance and operational efficiency.
- Student Engagement & Welcoming Environment: Creates and maintains a welcoming atmosphere for prospective students, fostering positive first impressions and supportive student engagement.
- Customer Service Excellence: Consistently delivers exceptional customer service and professionalism in all interactions with students, colleagues, and stakeholders, ensuring positive experiences across all departments.
- Personal Presentation & Professionalism: Maintains a high standard of personal appearance and hygiene, reflecting professionalism and respect for the institutional culture.
- Safe & Positive Learning Environment: Provides a safe, caring, and stimulating learning environment that supports student growth and well-being.
- Clinical & Lab Environment Management: Upholds a professional and organized clinical and lab setting conducive to effective learning and student success.
- Adult Learning Understanding: Demonstrates a deep understanding of adult learners' needs and tailors educational approaches to foster their success in an academic environment.
- Career Path Awareness: Possesses comprehensive knowledge of professional career paths relevant to the programs offered, supporting students in making informed decisions about their future careers.
- Adaptability- Knowledge of successful approaches, tools and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment.
- Collaboration: Demonstrates the ability to work effectively as part of a team, contributing to collective goals and fostering a cooperative work environment.
- Communication Skills: Exhibits strong oral, written, and listening skills to communicate effectively with students, colleagues, and external stakeholders.
- Adaptability: Utilizes successful tools, techniques, and strategies for adapting to changes in the environment and handling dynamic situations.
- Ethics & Integrity: Displays honesty, accountability, and maintains confidentiality while upholding professional and ethical standards.
- Initiative: Takes proactive steps to identify and pursue new opportunities, and shows perseverance in driving projects to successful completion.
- Innovation: Applies creative and original thinking to new and existing challenges, utilizing tools and techniques to foster innovative solutions.
- Problem Solving: Works to identify contributing factors to issues and develops comprehensive strategies for resolving complex problems efficiently.
- Customer Service- Works well with customers, promotes a positive image of the company, strives to solve issues raised by customers
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Language Skills: - Effective verbal, presentation, and listening communications skills
- Effective written communications skills
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Mathematical Skills: - Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts/operations.
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Reasoning Ability: - Ability to define problems collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret extensive variety of technical instructions and deal with multiple abstract and concrete variables.
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Physical Demands: - Must have the ability to stand and sit frequently throughout the day, travel throughout the school complex, reach vertical for overhead use as well as horizontally.
- Must be able to use a computer and telephone or headset equipment.
- Must be able to lift 20 lbs., use stairways, perform work at a computer terminal for 6-8 hours a day, and function in an environment with constant interruptions.
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Work Environment: Work environment is fast-paced, requires high energy, can be stressful at times, and is generally performed in an office environment in which there is only minimal exposure to unpleasant and/or hazardous working conditions. Occasional overnight travel may be required. |
