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Duties and Responsibilities

• Meet and consult with department chair, undergraduate nursing program coordinator and undergraduate faculty to identify the clinical placements required to meet the learning goals of the department and the undergraduate nursing program.
• Meet and consult with department chair, graduate nursing program coordinator and graduate faculty to identify clinical placements required to meet the learning goals of the department and the graduate nursing program when needed. 
•Identify, recruit, and tour new clinical locations undergraduate nursing student placement sites and graduate clinical placement sites.
• Establish and maintain relationships with representatives of the facilities in which students are placed through meeting site expectations.
• Review and recommend appropriate practicum/clinical sites that would meet the identified regulatory and educational requirements for /clinical practicum experiences for nursing students in the nursing program.
• Collaborate with clinical staff, practicum/clinical affiliates, and Bowie State University General Counsel and administration and staff to maintain currency in all contractual agreements.
• Identify potential adjunct clinical faculty for the nursing program.
• Maintain a list of the approved adjunct practicum/clinical faculty and preceptors by practicum/clinical specialty for the nursing program.
• Identify potential student learning experiences in practicum/clinical sites for the nursing program.
• Use continuous process improvement skills to refine practicum/clinical paperwork to create a seamless procedure for nursing students and practicum/clinical affiliates.
• Adhere to and ensure practicum/clinical affiliate deadlines are met for required practicum/clinical documentation.
• Evaluate and file the required documents of nursing students for approval of clinical affiliation.
• Communicate with clinical sites through written communications (letters) each semester and as often as necessary.
• Conduct site visits to practicum/clinical sites on an annual basis and as needed.
• Attend required meetings at affiliated practicum/clinical sites.
• Update Clinical Placement Logs each semester with all clinical facilities.
• Attend community professional meetings and recruitment job fairs.
• Secure and renew affiliation agreements or Memorandums of Understanding between BSU Department of Nursing and clinical sites.
• Maintain an updated database with specific compliance and/or training requirements for each practicum/clinical, and/or community facility.
• Clear students and Faculty in the Exxat Premium semester the start of clinicals.
• Maintain clearance records on nursing students and submit such completed records upon request to practicum/clinical affiliates, including CPR verification, health clearances, background checks, resumes, graduate student malpractice insurance, certificate of insurance, and nursing practice training modules that may be required.
• Prepare immunization documents for all practicum/clinical affiliates if requested.  
• Maintain files and all clinical documentation for current students.
• Schedule and notify nursing students and nursing faculty regarding the clinical placement for each student each semester, as appropriate.
• Obtain orientation documents for all nursing students entering the practicum/clinical setting.
• Maintain all files related to nursing student clinical assignments.
• Collaborate with the undergraduate program coordinator and undergraduate nursing faculty to evaluate clinical sites.
• Schedule orientation sessions and meetings with and serves as a resource contact and support person for undergraduate nursing faculty and undergraduate nursing clinical faculty.
• In collaboration with the Department of Nursing Chair/Undergraduate Program Coordinator, manages undergraduate nursing student clinical placement issues as appropriate.
• Coordinate all practicum/clinical and site evaluations and manages the databases.
• Any other duties as may be assigned or required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Master’s degree in nursing or a related field required.

Experience

A minimum of four (4) years of clinical experience as a registered nurse required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

The Clinical Placement Coordinator must possess the following skills and attributes: management and leadership skills; organizational research skills; strong interpersonal and communication skills; strong clinical and professional skills; licensed and insured to drive a vehicle; ability to interpret learning experience needs of undergraduate and graduate nursing students and match them to the capabilities of clinical placement agencies. Must be proficient in computer usage and Microsoft Office suite. Must be able to work independently and autonomously.

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

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