Clinical Coordinator, MnSCU Academic Professional 3

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities•Red Wing, MN

22d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Coordinator is a full-time, 12-month staff role supporting nursing programs at the Winona and Red Wing campuses. The position combines instructional and operational responsibilities to coordinate clinical placements, skills laboratory operations, and simulation-based learning, ensuring that student experiences support program outcomes and regulatory requirements. The coordinator works with students, faculty, healthcare agencies, preceptors, simulation staff, and community partners to support high-quality clinical education and experiential learning. The role provides leadership for clinical placement processes, laboratory and simulation activities, student compliance tracking, and faculty support. It establishes procedures and work plans, contributes to budget development and resource planning, and may provide lead work to professional advising or administrative support staff. The coordinator works closely with the Program Director and Dean on course scheduling and with faculty to align clinical, laboratory, and simulation experiences with the curriculum. The position is based at Minnesota State College Southeast's Winona and Red Wing campuses. The stated work shift is Monday through Friday. The salary range is $60,030–$88,030, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing.
Two years of clinical nursing practice experience.
Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the state of employment, or eligibility for licensure.
Knowledge of nursing education principles, curriculum design, and competency-based learning.
Knowledge of accreditation standards, state board of nursing regulations, and state safety regulations for laboratory operations.
Knowledge of clinical placement processes, affiliation agreements, and healthcare agency partnerships.
Knowledge of simulation pedagogy, debriefing techniques, and simulation technologies.
Strong organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
Proficiency with learning management systems, clinical tracking software, simulation technologies, and Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty, healthcare partners, and community stakeholders.
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic academic environment.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Nursing.
At least two years of nursing education experience in academic, clinical, laboratory, simulation, or staff development settings.
Experience coordinating clinical placements, skills laboratories, simulation activities, or academic nursing programs.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with the Dean, Nursing Program Director, and faculty to determine clinical placement needs based on enrollment, course outcomes, faculty assignments, and agency capacity.
Identify and evaluate clinical learning settings and secure placements with healthcare agencies, hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, community agencies, and specialty practice settings.
Develop and coordinate master schedules for student clinical placements, preceptor assignments, and clinical, laboratory, and simulation schedules for academic terms and summer.
Create and maintain clinical scheduling shells; assign students to clinical groups and sites; prepare and distribute rosters and agency-specific assignment lists; and communicate final placements to faculty and students.
Support student orientation to clinical agencies, laboratory environments, simulation experiences, and compliance requirements.
Develop and maintain relationships and communications with healthcare agencies, preceptors, and community partners; evaluate agencies and preceptor effectiveness and recommend continued use of clinical partners.
Represent the nursing program at community, healthcare, and professional meetings and partnership events as assigned.
Write instructions and standard operating procedures for clinical, laboratory, and simulation activities, including procedures for lab equipment and supplies; coordinate maintenance, recalls, and vendor communications.
Align clinical, laboratory, and simulation experiences with nursing curriculum and course outcomes, and manage placement compliance with partner procedures.
Assist with initiating, renewing, and maintaining affiliation agreements and clinical contracts, including tracking expiration dates and agency requirements.
Coordinate student, faculty, and preceptor compliance documentation with the Nursing and Allied Health Administrative Assistant and Program Director; monitor requirements such as health records, licensure, certifications, background checks, and site onboarding, and communicate deficiencies and deadlines.
Maintain clinical tracking systems and databases, accurate placement and compliance records, and data for reporting; generate and analyze reports for program evaluation, accreditation, and planning.
Schedule and support skills laboratory use for courses, remediation, open lab hours, independent practice, and events; maintain readiness, supplies, safety protocols, infection-prevention standards, equipment, instructional materials, and learning resources.
Monitor laboratory inventory and coordinate purchasing, repairs, replacement, and equipment maintenance; assist the Dean of Nursing and Allied Health with laboratory budgeting and resource planning.
Schedule and support simulation activities; maintain simulation equipment, manikins, audiovisual systems, software, scenarios, and technologies; provide training and technical support; and maintain simulation records and evaluation data.
Assist with simulation policies and procedures, evaluate simulation effectiveness, recommend improvements, and maintain compliance with INACSL best practices and standards.
Support faculty with student learning, instruction, assessment, skills checkoffs, competency validation, performance evaluation, guided practice, coaching, and remediation.
Prepare learning activities and resources, coordinate logistics, and support the implementation of new skills and educational initiatives in laboratory and simulation environments.
Collaborate with faculty to integrate classroom, clinical, laboratory, and simulation learning and to improve instructional activities and student experiences.
Provide faculty onboarding, orientation, training, and consultation on clinical, laboratory, and simulation processes, educational technologies, and instructional practices.
Assist with clinical education resources and faculty assignments, including placement activities, teaching assignments, workload planning, qualification matching, scheduling, and communicating assignment changes.
Participate in program governance, accreditation, assessment, quality improvement, committees, advisory boards, strategic planning, and curriculum review.
Maintain professional expertise through memberships, continuing education, professional development, and institutional initiatives.
Contribute equipment and supply inventory, pricing, vendor, usage, and maintenance information to Nursing and Allied Health budget development; prepare annual financial need requests.
Track and manage costs for student and faculty clinical requirements through Castle Branch and costs related to clinical partner placement software.
Work with the Program Director and Dean to develop the course schedule based on clinical coordination and placement outcomes.

Benefits

Low-cost medical and dental insurance with affordable deductibles.
Employer-paid life insurance.
Short- and long-term disability coverage.
Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care accounts with a rollover option.
Confidential Employee Assistance Program for mental health, legal, and financial counseling.
12 paid holidays.
Vacation and sick time.
Six weeks of paid parental leave.
Pension Plan.
457(b) and 403(b) retirement accounts and investment options.
Professional development.
Tuition waivers for employees and their dependents. Specific eligibility and coverage may vary by position type, employee classification, and bargaining agreement.