UNIV-Clinical Education Manager, College of Nursing

Medical University of South Carolina•Charleston, SC

About The Position

Manages clinical placement process for the College of Nursing educational programs. This includes coordinating graduate program clinical placement and processes and overseeing undergraduate program clinical coordinator. This position is responsible for enforcing and updating clinical placement policies and procedures, serving as the liaison between the College of Nursing and clinical sites, securing and maintaining affiliation agreements, and managing and maintaining clinical and preceptor paperwork in clinical database. Responds to data requests specific to clinical and placement needs and outcomes. Collaborates with Compliance Manager to ensure compliance requests for required documents, tests, vaccines and certifications for all students at clinical facility sites are met.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree and three years relevant program experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience coordinating clinical placements for graduate and/or undergraduate nursing or advanced practice programs.
Knowledge of clinical education requirements, accreditation standards, and compliance documentation.
Experience managing affiliation agreements and working with legal counsel and external clinical partners.
Proficiency with clinical placement, contract, and document management systems (e.g., Symplr, DocuSign).
Strong relationship-building skills with faculty, students, preceptors, and healthcare partners.
Excellent organizational, communication, and presentation skills.
Ability to manage confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
Experience with clinical site and preceptor recruitment and outreach preferred.

Responsibilities

Graduate Clinical Rotations Tracks, updates, and modifies clinical placements for the graduate practice programs.
Coordinates clinical site placements for graduate students in collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and external partners.
Attends program committee meetings to advise and advocate for clinical related issues.
Communicates clinical facility information and updates to faculty and students.
Advises students through clinical placement process and assists with program development for professionalism, networking, resume building, and clinical planning.
Serves as first point of contact for clinical site, preceptor, and placements issues.
Collaborates with faculty and leadership on plans of action and responses as appropriate.
Presents at orientation and student boot-camp sessions.
Participates in external meetings as an advisor/advocate for CON.
Maintains confidentiality at all times and retains appropriate records for accreditation.
Utilizes clinical management systems to support graduate student placement and clinical logs.
Serves as legal counsel liaison and secures affiliation agreements between CON and clinical sites to assure all clinical contracts are up to date and renewed prior to expiration dates.
Utilizes Symplr and Docusign effectively.
Collects, validates and submits graduate compliance documents to ensure timely entry into the clinical setting.
Supervises the Undergraduate Clinical Coordinator and all activities related to undergraduate clinical placement and process.
Serves as the CON representative responsible for reviewing and approving external NP/PA student clinical requests with internal MUSC providers.
Responds to outside student requests and inquiries for placement.
Reports on clinical placement needs and outcomes related to placement within the MUSC Health System.
Networks and establishes relationships with potential new preceptors and clinical sites for graduate programs.
Develops content to promote opportunities and benefits for supporting College of Nursing students.
Engages in clinical-related recruitment centered events and outreach.
Other duties as assigned To include but not limited to strategic plan objective lead.