Job Details

The Clinical Coordinator is a core faculty member within the Midwifery & Women’s Health Programs and plays a central role in supporting Thomas Jefferson University’s midwifery students through the oversight, development, and evaluation of all clinical education components. This position manages the administrative, academic, operational, and student-facing functions related to clinical placements, preceptor engagement, and clinical evaluation.

The Clinical Coordinator serves as a primary point of contact for clinical partners and preceptors and collaborates closely with student advisors to ensure high-quality clinical learning environments. In partnership with program leadership, faculty, and the program coordinator, the Clinical Coordinator ensures compliance with accreditation standards, state regulations, and university policies. This role is ideal for a highly organized, student-centered professional who excels in relationship-building, communication, and collaborative academic work.

Clinical Coordinator Key Job Responsibilities:

Clinical Placements, Credentialing & Compliance

Ensure all clinical sites, preceptors, and students meet credentialing and compliance requirements prior to each rotation, in collaboration with the Program Coordinator.
Serve as a resource for clinical policies, procedures, and best practices.
Review clinical forms at regular intervals to ensure accuracy and relevance; implement updates annually or sooner if urgent.
Hold weekly clinical meetings or “office hours” to support advisors in guiding students through the clinical site search process.
Assist in placing internal students at Jefferson clinical sites.
Ensure clinical preparation materials (student and faculty versions) remain current and comprehensive.

Teaching & On Campus Intensives

Coordinate and teach during all on campus intensives (held in May and January).
Participate in orientation of new students prior to the fall semester each year.
Contribute to the design, delivery, and evaluation of clinical preparation content.

Clinical Course Support

Assist in the Midwifery Clinical Collaborative courses by attending weekly student check in meetings and educational sessions.
Provide guidance to students on clinical expectations, professional behaviors, and competency development.

Preceptor Relations & Development

Host Preceptor Information Sessions each semester for new and returning preceptors.
Foster strong relationships with clinical preceptors and serve as a resource for questions, concerns, and educational support.

Student Support

Support student compliance processes in collaboration with the Program Coordinator.
Collaborate with faculty and advisors to address concerns.

Program & Faculty Participation

Attend midwifery faculty meetings and contribute to program planning, evaluation, and continuous quality improvement.
Participate in accreditation-related activities as needed.
Collaborate with faculty on curriculum refinement related to clinical education.

Job Description

Qualifications:

Education Requirements:

Master’s degree or doctorate in midwifery, nursing, or a closely related field from an accredited institution.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:
Certified Nurse-Midwife (CNM) or Certified Midwife (CM) with current licensure and national certification.

Experience Requirements:

Minimum of three (3) years of clinical midwifery practice.

Experience teaching or precepting midwifery students in academic or clinical settings.

Demonstrated excellence in communication, organization, and collaboration with students, faculty, and clinical partners.

Evidence of professional engagement, scholarship, or contributions to the midwifery community.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience coordinating clinical education or managing clinical partnerships.

Familiarity with ACME accreditation standards and university academic policies.

Experience advising or mentoring graduate-level students.

Demonstrated ability to build and sustain relationships with clinical partners.
 

Applicants are requested to submit an on-line application/CV: https://hr.jefferson.edu/careers.html then in search box enter: REQ-0021891 to apply.
 

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Employee Entity

Philadelphia University

Primary Location Address

3464 School House Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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