Undergraduate Nursing Clinical Coordinator

Maryland Connect•Bowie, MD

1d•$75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Undergraduate Nursing Clinical Coordinator works with department leadership and undergraduate and graduate nursing faculty to identify clinical placements that meet program learning goals. The coordinator recruits and evaluates clinical sites, maintains relationships and agreements with placement facilities, and helps ensure placements meet regulatory and educational requirements. The role manages clinical placement operations and documentation, including maintaining facility and student records, tracking compliance and training requirements, coordinating clearances through Exxat Premium, arranging student and faculty placements, and communicating placement information and deadlines. The coordinator also conducts site visits, attends affiliate meetings, coordinates orientations and evaluations, supports undergraduate faculty, and addresses undergraduate student placement issues in collaboration with department leadership.

Requirements

Master’s degree in nursing or a related field.
At least four years of clinical experience as a registered nurse.
Management and leadership skills.
Organizational and research skills.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Strong clinical and professional skills.
Licensed and insured to drive a vehicle.
Ability to interpret undergraduate and graduate nursing students’ learning needs and match them to the capabilities of clinical placement agencies.
Proficiency with computers and Microsoft Office.
Ability to work independently and autonomously.

Responsibilities

Consult with department chairs, program coordinators, and faculty to identify clinical placements that meet undergraduate and, when needed, graduate nursing program learning goals.
Identify, recruit, and tour clinical placement sites for undergraduate and graduate nursing students.
Establish and maintain relationships with placement facilities and their representatives.
Review and recommend clinical and practicum sites that meet regulatory and educational requirements.
Collaborate with clinical staff, affiliates, university counsel, administrators, and staff to keep contractual agreements current.
Identify potential adjunct clinical faculty and maintain a specialty-based list of approved adjunct clinical faculty and preceptors.
Identify potential student learning experiences at clinical and practicum sites.
Improve clinical and practicum paperwork and processes, and ensure affiliate documentation deadlines are met.
Evaluate and file student documents required for clinical affiliation approval.
Communicate with clinical sites each semester and as needed; conduct annual and as-needed site visits and attend required affiliate meetings.
Update clinical placement logs each semester and attend community professional meetings and recruitment job fairs.
Secure and renew affiliation agreements or memorandums of understanding between the Department of Nursing and clinical sites.
Maintain a database of facility-specific compliance and training requirements.
Clear students and faculty in Exxat Premium before each clinical semester begins.
Maintain student clearance records and provide completed records to affiliates upon request, including CPR verification, health clearances, background checks, resumes, graduate student malpractice insurance, certificates of insurance, and required nursing practice training modules.
Prepare immunization documents for affiliates upon request and maintain current student files and clinical documentation.
Schedule student and faculty clinical placements each semester and notify those involved.
Obtain orientation documents for students entering clinical settings.
Collaborate with undergraduate program leadership and faculty to evaluate clinical sites.
Schedule orientation sessions and meetings and serve as a resource and support contact for undergraduate nursing faculty and clinical faculty.
Manage undergraduate student clinical placement issues in collaboration with the Department Chair and Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
Coordinate clinical and practicum evaluations and manage associated databases.
Perform other duties as assigned or required.