Clinical Coordinator

University of St. Francis

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

· Coordinate clinical placements for undergraduate, RN-BSN, graduate, and Clinical Role Transition (CRT) nursing students by identifying, negotiating, and securing clinical/practicum sites that meet educational and program requirements.

· Serve as the primary clinical liaison between the University of St. Francis, LCON, healthcare agencies, clinical partners, faculty, students, and preceptors to facilitate effective clinical learning experiences and address placement needs.

· Establish and maintain clinical partnerships and affiliation agreements with healthcare agencies in collaboration with the LCON Dean, while maintaining current knowledge of agency requirements, placement expectations, and available learning opportunities.

· Collaborate with faculty, program directors, the LCON Dean, and CRT Coordinator to assess clinical placement needs, match students and instructors with appropriate clinical experiences, coordinate CRT placements and preceptors, and communicate course objectives and student learning outcomes to clinical agencies.

· Coordinate clinical scheduling and assignments by working with clinical course lead instructors to assign students and faculty to clinical groups and maintain accurate placement, scheduling, and evaluation information in eMedley.

· Coordinate clinical site orientations, meetings, and evaluations, including communicating agency-specific requirements to faculty and students, attending orientations and placement meetings as needed, conducting annual and as-needed site visits, and facilitating clinical site evaluations.

· Monitor and coordinate student clinical compliance requirements by collecting, maintaining, and submitting documentation related to background checks, CPR certification, drug screening, health requirements, immunizations, and other agency-specific placement requirements.

· Manage nursing skills and health assessment laboratories by creating an environment conducive to student learning; coordinating laboratory schedules; preparing facilities, equipment, and supplies for instruction, demonstrations, and competency testing; and providing open lab opportunities for student practice.

· Oversee laboratory operations, resources, and safety by maintaining organization and cleanliness, supervising student lab workers, monitoring inventories, ordering and maintaining supplies, coordinating equipment maintenance and replacement, managing hazardous and waste materials, and maintaining vendor relationships.

· Coordinate and support simulation operations by preparing simulation rooms, simulators, equipment, supplies, documentation, and instructional technology for simulation activities and providing student orientation and faculty support as needed.

· Provide technical and simulation expertise by operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing simulators and multimedia, computer, video, audio, and other instructional technologies; restoring simulation environments; and researching and recommending simulation products and equipment.

· Promote continuous quality improvement and effective educational practices across clinical placement, laboratory, and simulation activities

· Perform other related duties and responsibilities consistent with the scope of the position.