Graduate Clinical Coordinator

Southern Adventist University

Job Posting

Location - School of Nursing

Hours - Full-time, salaried

Pay: Commensurate with experience and level of educational achievement according to the SAU salary structure for faculty.

Start date: January 4, 2026

Job Summary

The School of Nursing invites applications for a full-time, in-person faculty position. The primary responsibility is serving as the graduate clinical coordinator in the graduate program. The faculty will be responsible for coordinating clinical experiences for graduate students (primarily nurse practitioner students); obtaining appropriate contracts with clinical sites; ensuring appropriate preceptor qualifications and orientation; interacting with and evaluating preceptor performance; overseeing student scheduling, using software scheduling request systems to facilitate student placements; maintaining site, preceptor, and student databases; performing site visits; and orienting and evaluating student performance in the clinical environment. The faculty will be responsible for teaching assigned classes, overseeing practicum courses, and collaborating with faculty, staff, and clinical partners to accomplish program goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum education of a master's degree in nursing
• Recent advanced practice NP clinical experience - within the past one to two years - FNP preferred
• Teaching experience - nursing higher education, including classroom and clinical
• Excellent communication skills with fluency in the English language
• Flexibility and willingness to meet reasonable School of Nursing needs and collaborate effectively with colleagues
• Highly organized and attentive to detail
• Leadership qualities and interpersonal skills that build clinical partnerships and foster cohesiveness and teamwork
• Familiarity with clinical facilities, practice groups, medical offices, and healthcare settings in the greater Chattanooga area
• Service and mission orientation
• Commitment to SDA nursing education
• Member in good and regular standing in the SDA church

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver classroom instruction online or in person

• Use technology and innovative methods to deliver quality course content and engage students effectively

• Create and administer classroom and clinical assignments, assessments, and evaluations

• Engage in student advisement

• Hold regular office hours

• Participate in assigned committees

• Support students in their learning processes

• Assist in the skills, simulation, or clinical areas as assigned

• Contribute to curriculum development and accreditation processes

• Maintain credentials, licenses, certifications, and a current understanding of nursing standards

• Engage in professional development

• Function as a supportive team player with nursing faculty and staff colleagues

• Promote a positive spiritual and emotional environment in all interactions

• Perform reasonable duties as assigned by SON dean

• Special requirements: Must have a strongly expressed commitment to Jesus Christ, the teachings and mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and be an SDA church member in good and regular standing.