Graduate Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Partnerships Manager

Position Summary Oversees, supports, and manages all advanced practice nursing clinical partnerships. Secures new primary care and specialization practice sites to meet program clinical education needs. Provides strategic direction for improved use of advanced practice nursing clinical placement capacity. Principal Duties & Responsibilities Enhance/grow placement locations to support NP programs in conjunction with the placement coordinating team via outreach efforts. Recommend strategies to maximize the use of clinical placement capacity, including the ability to pivot discussions to adapt and uncover new opportunities when the current strategy isn't successful. Collaborate with graduate chair, program directors, and clinical placement team members to identify and project needs for clinical education sites by geographical location. Collaborate with the Executive Director of Advancement of Health Professions & Nursing to develop and implement strategic clinical placement opportunities and expansion.  Gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire clinical placement process, including contract management, student compliance with clinical requirements, clinical placement policies, and adherence to established standards and regulations. Ability to revisit unresolved issues or explore future possibilities. Ability to negotiate clinical partnerships to maximize utilization of partner resources. Follow up with senior management (executives at our sites/potential sites and at SHU) to explore additional opportunities for expanding the preceptorship program across the organization. Effective Communication Skills with CEO/COO level and hands-on clinical and non-clinical staff. Collaborate with SHU admission partners to develop strategies for identifying and securing advanced practice nursing clinical partnerships. Create and manage a Clinical committee within DHCON and university-wide (PA, PT, OT) if warranted including faculty, staff and administrators.  Ability to facilitate recurring brainstorming sessions. Ability to collaborate across departments.  Implement approved initiatives.  Stay current with industry news/trends. Collaborate with SHU’s marketing team on communication and outreach efforts to support imaging and branding for primary care and specialty care clinical partnerships. Maintain knowledge of advanced practice nursing clinical education requirements and industry trends. Conduct periodic satisfaction surveys of strategic clinical partners.  Develop and maintain databases as required to meet data analytic needs for decision-making. Conduct visits to clinical education sites as necessary to maintain positive working relationships and/or evaluate the appropriateness of the site for clinical placement(s) and preceptor(s). Attend state, regional, and national conferences/meetings as appropriate to ensure current knowledge of nursing workforce and clinical placement trends and issues.  Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, & Other Attributes Bachelor’s degree required. Experience working in higher academics preferred.  Healthcare marketing/sales and/or relevant healthcare experience.  Ability to articulate student and program clinical education needs to external clinical partners.  Strong Excel Spreadsheet skills for documenting.  Excellent communication and organization skills.  Attention to detail and ability to follow through on issues.  Ability to work collaboratively and independently with internal and external customers.  Ability to demonstrate proficiency with relevant software applications such as Microsoft Office Suite, Including Teams. Unusual Working Conditions  Regional and national travel as required