Nursing Education Program Coordinator
About The Position
The Center for Nursing Excellence & Innovation (CNEI) supports nursing excellence through five divisions: Nursing Professional Development, Nursing Quality and Analytics, Clinical Practice, Nursing Continuous Improvement and Research, and the Magnet Recognition Program®. The department's mission is to prepare and support UCSF nurses to be expert clinicians and authentic leaders who provide high-quality, compassionate care, foster the spirit of clinical inquiry, promote professional development, and enhance a culture of diversity and inclusivity. This role applies professional knowledge of health professions education administration to coordinate nursing student clinical placement programs. The coordinator independently administers operational processes supporting undergraduate nursing student placement, onboarding, compliance verification, scheduling, and liaison activities with educational partners. They coordinate multiple concurrent educational activities involving academic institutions, clinical departments, nursing leadership, clinical instructors, preceptors, affiliate management, IT, security services, HR, and students utilizing a student information platform and UCSF systems. The role exercises independent judgment in resolving operational issues and recommending workflow improvements that support clinical education.
Requirements
- Professional knowledge of health professions education administration.
- Experience administering operational processes supporting student placement, onboarding, compliance verification, and scheduling.
- Experience coordinating educational activities with academic institutions, clinical departments, and other stakeholders.
- Proficiency with student information platforms and UCSF systems.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in resolving operational issues.
- Ability to recommend workflow improvements.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with JIRA ticket management.
- Experience with UCSF software systems.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate undergraduate nursing clinical placement cycles for cohort and capstone students at UCSF Health.
- Review and approve Student Information System (SIS) placement requests.
- Evaluate historical placement data and available clinical capacity.
- Develop unit-level placement schedules.
- Maintain placement tracking databases and reports.
- Communicate placement requests and confirmations with nursing leaders and academic institutions.
- Confirm placement decisions within required institutional deadlines.
- Coordinate student onboarding activities to ensure readiness prior to clinical start dates.
- Create and maintain affiliations within UCSF software systems.
- Review learner demographic information and identity records and export reports in a compliant manner.
- Coordinate resolution of identity, account access, badge, and door access requests.
- Track onboarding completion and verify completion within the Student Information System.
- Ensure all required onboarding activities are completed before program start dates.
- Review learner attestations and verify completion of required institutional training.
- Confirm school clearance documentation.
- Coordinate compliance communications with schools and clinical instructors.
- Maintain documentation supporting institutional and regulatory requirements.
- Coordinate orientation activities for new clinical instructors, as needed.
- Provide instructors with access to unit contacts through applicable UCSF systems.
- Coordinate capstone introductions to preceptors.
- Collaborate with unit leadership to identify and confirm preceptors.
- Facilitate communication among instructors, students, unit leadership, and academic institutions.
- Resolve onboarding and learner access issues through JIRA ticket management.
- Troubleshoot learner access problems and provide operational support to schools and clinical departments.
- Identify workflow inefficiencies and recommend operational process improvements supporting learner placement activities.
- Recommend updates to the Student Placement website, as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Total compensation information available at https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/compensation-and-benefits/index.html
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
