Clinical & Field Placement Site Development Specialist

Nectar Inc

1d•$21 - $23•Remote

About The Position

Alchemy is hiring a Clinical & Field Placement Site Development Specialist to grow and maintain a network of clinical sites, field agencies, preceptors, and field instructors for placements in nursing, nurse practitioner, physician associate, social work (MSW/BSW), counseling, and allied health programs. The role is primarily focused on outreach and relationship-building: identifying organizations that can host students, engaging and qualifying potential partners, and developing sustained relationships with sites that host students term after term. The specialist will develop new placement capacity, verify that sites meet program and accreditation requirements, collect site and supervisor documentation, and coordinate affiliation agreements with university partners and site contacts. They will work with Placement Advisors to match students to sites, coordinate candidate presentations and interviews, and ensure placement records are accurate. The role also includes regular partner check-ins, pipeline tracking in a CRM, weekly reporting, and safeguarding student and partner information under FERPA and partner policies. This is a fully remote role centered on phone, email, and video outreach. The employee needs a private workspace with a door, reliable high-speed internet, and a Mac or Windows computer.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
At least 2 years of experience in an outreach-focused role such as site development, business development, healthcare or provider recruiting, partnership development, or clinical/field placement coordination.
Comfort with high-volume cold calling and email outreach, and persistence in the face of non-responses and rejection.
Strong persuasive writing and phone skills.
A track record of meeting activity and conversion targets.
Excellent organization and follow-through across a large pipeline.
Experience working with CRMs.
Private workspace with a door for calls and confidential conversations.
Reliable high-speed internet.
A Mac or Windows computer.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing clinical rotation or field practicum sites for nursing, NP, PA, MSW, counseling, or allied health programs.
An existing network of healthcare providers, behavioral health agencies, or social service organizations.
Familiarity with preceptor and field instructor requirements and accreditation standards.
Experience negotiating or coordinating affiliation agreements.
A background in social work, nursing, healthcare recruiting, or medical sales.
Experience with Tevera, Exxat, Typhon, CastleBranch, ELC, or LinkedIn Sales Navigator.

Responsibilities

Research and build target lists of potential clinical and field placement sites by geography, specialty, and population focus.
Conduct high-volume outreach by phone, email, and LinkedIn to decision-makers, clinical educators, practice managers, and field education contacts.
Recruit individual preceptors, field instructors, and task supervisors, including clinicians who have not previously hosted a student.
Address concerns about workload, liability, onboarding, and compensation to encourage organizations to host students.
Meet weekly targets for outreach activity, new sites, and new preceptor or supervisor commitments.
Confirm site capacity, specialties or practice areas, supervisor credentials and availability, required hours, schedules, and onboarding requirements.
Check sites against applicable program and accreditation standards, including CCNE/ACEN, ARC-PA, CSWE, and CACREP.
Collect site and supervisor documents and coordinate affiliation agreements with university partners and site legal or HR contacts.
Identify sites that cannot support a placement and discontinue work with them when requirements or barriers make a placement unfeasible.
Serve as the main contact for developed sites before, during, and after placements.
Check in regularly with sites, resolve problems, secure capacity for future terms, and expand partnerships by adding specialties, locations, and preceptors.
Collect site feedback and share it with placement and partnership teams.
Work with Placement Advisors to match students to sites based on program requirements, specialty, geography, and supervisor qualifications.
Present student candidates to sites and coordinate interviews and approvals.
Join student intake or check-in calls when sites need additional context.
Log outreach, responses, and pipeline stages in a CRM; maintain accurate, audit-ready site, preceptor, and supervisor records.
Send leadership weekly reports covering outreach volume, pipeline stages, new sites, open capacity, and site gaps by region and specialty.
Protect student and partner information in accordance with FERPA and partner policies.