Clinical Placement Specialist - School of Nursing

Emory University•Decatur, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The School of Nursing is looking for a highly organized and relationship-focused Clinical Placement Coordinator to join our team at the Emory Nursing Learning Center. In this role, the Clinical Placement Coordinator will take the lead in building and nurturing partnerships with clinical learning sites, managing student placements, and ensuring compliance with credentialing and affiliation agreements. Acting as a key connector between faculty, students, and clinical partners, the Clinical Placement Coordinator will oversee orientations, maintain critical databases, and manage contract execution. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and excel at communication, collaboration, and problem-solving, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact on the future of nursing education.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and two years of experience in the institution of higher learning or healthcare field or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Responsibilities

Develop new partnerships with clinical learning sites for use in the nursing programs.
Plans and attends clinical coordination forums, pre-clinical summit events, career fairs, student forums, planning meeting and conferences as appropriate to prepare and assess clinical program effectiveness.
Conduct or assist with the orientation of nursing students and faculty to clinical site use.
Facilitate quarterly collaboration with facilities and nursing faculty to align clinical utilization to ensure placement needs are met.
Conduct site visits to clinical agencies to enhance partnerships and assess facilities.
Facilitate the evaluation process of clinical instructors, sites, and preceptors.
Coordinate student placements that meet their program requirements and maintain a list of clinical instructors, sites, and preceptors by clinical specialty to remain abreast with our partners.
Maintains and modifies departmental database, verifying credentials, compliance historical information, etc.
Collaborate with clinical partners for the review and clearance of rotation requests.
Provide oversight for all clinical affiliation agreements within the School of Nursing to ensure execution of the agreement, renewals, fee addendums and terms of contracts and short form agreements.
Collaborates with internal and external stakeholder to execute affiliation agreements.
Other duties as assigned.
Maintains an accurate and up-to-date database of compliance, credentialing, and training requirements for all assigned clinical and community partner sites.
Coordinates, organizes, and verifies that all clinical site documentation is complete, current, and compliant with institutional and site-specific requirements.
Demonstrates strong professional communication and customer service skills, effectively supporting stakeholders while remaining calm, flexible, and solution-oriented in high-pressure or rapidly changing situations.
Utilizes and manages credentialing and compliance platforms such as ACEMAPP, My Clinical Exchange, Symplr, Complio, and similar systems.
Proficient in administrative and data-management tools, including Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Outlook.