Clinical Coordinator, School of Nursing

Position Title:

Job Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Site Development and Agency Relations

·        Establish and maintain collaborative relationships with healthcare agencies, community organizations, and clinical partners.

·        Identify, develop, and secure clinical placements that support program enrollment and curricular needs.

·        Coordinate affiliation agreements and monitor contract renewals.

·        Serve as the primary point of contact between clinical agencies and the nursing program.

·        Monitor agency requirements, regulatory changes, and clinical placement availability.

Faculty Collaboration and Course-Specific Clinical Planning

• Meet regularly with course faculty to identify clinical learning needs for each nursing course.
• Collaborate with faculty to ensure clinical placements provide learning opportunities that support course objectives, level-specific competencies, and program outcomes.
• Coordinate placement experiences that align with specialty requirements, including adult health, maternal-newborn, pediatric, mental health, community health, leadership, and capstone courses as directed by course faculty.
• Collaborate with faculty to address gaps in clinical experiences and develop alternative learning opportunities when needed.
• Support clinical faculty in planning experiences that promote clinical judgment, person-centered care, quality and safety, interprofessional collaboration, population health, and professional identity formation.

Clinical Operations and Compliance

• Facilitate clinical placement scheduling with healthcare agencies and communicate placement availability and requirements to course faculty.
• Maintain records of clinical placements, clinical hours, and agency utilization.
• Ensure compliance of student and faculty requirements, including immunizations, background checks, drug screening, CPR certification, licensure verification, and agency-specific onboarding.
• Maintain documentation required by clinical agencies, institutional policies, and regulatory bodies.

Quality Improvement and Program Evaluation

• Collect and analyze data related to clinical placement effectiveness, student learning experiences, agency satisfaction, and faculty feedback.
• Participate in systematic program evaluation and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Collaborate with faculty to evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of clinical learning environments.
• Assist with implementation of improvement strategies based on outcome data and stakeholder feedback.

Accreditation and Regulatory Compliance

• Support compliance with Maryland Board of Nursing regulations regarding clinical education.
• Participate in preparation of reports and documentation for CCNE accreditation and state approval processes.
• Assist in demonstrating alignment of clinical experiences with AACN Essentials, program outcomes, and curriculum objectives.

Job Requirements: Education, Experience and Skills:

Required

·        Master's degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.

·        Current, unencumbered Registered Nurse license in Maryland or eligibility for Maryland licensure.

·        Minimum of five years of clinical nursing experience.

·        Experience in nursing education, clinical instruction, or academic administration.

·        Knowledge of pre-licensure nursing curriculum and clinical education requirements.

Preferred

• Experience coordinating clinical placements in a BSN program.
• Knowledge of CCNE accreditation standards and AACN Essentials.
• Experience with clinical contracts, agency partnerships, and compliance tracking systems.
• Demonstrated success working collaboratively with faculty and healthcare partners.

Starting Salary

$90,000/year

(Actual compensation will be commensurate with experience, education, and qualifications.

Employee Benefits:

This full-time position includes a comprehensive benefits package, featuring annual, holidays, and sick leave. The University offers a generous suite of benefits, including tuition remission for both graduate and undergraduate courses at Mount St. Mary’s University, an employer-sponsored retirement contribution, and a robust paid time off program.

For a complete list of employee benefits, please visit: https://inside.msmary.edu/more/human-resources/index.html

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