Job description
Reports to: Dean, School of Nursing and Allied Health
Job status: Non-Exempt
Position Summary: Will provide ongoing support of student clinical placements to promote achievement of clinical objectives throughout the curricula for the nursing and allied health programs.
Job Responsibilities:
As a member of the SNAH administrative support team, the Undergraduate Clinical Placement Coordinator collaborates with the Department Chair and Nursing Practice Preparedness Coordinator in the provision of recurring clinical placement activities in accordance with established protocol; initiates and implements other activities as directed by SNAH Leadership. The main job functions are as follows:
- Create and maintain accuracy of student course and clinical progression and retention through shared documents.
- Gather data to estimate number of clinical placements.
- Confer with semester faculty about placement to determine sites for requests based on BSN progression, determine accuracy of objectives DOW, hours, etc.
- Ensure affiliation agreements are accurate an up to date. Initiate and finalize new affiliation agreements as requested.
- Make clinical requests in CCPS, My Clinical Exchange, and manually based on current BSN progression and clinical site process.
- Attend clinical coordination meetings/draft.
- Email Special requests: i.e. preceptor.
- Update BSN progression after APG and as requested by SNAH program leadership.
- Accepts clinical placements and responds to denials in collaboration with leadership team and faculty course leads; refines and re-requests as needed.
- Reviews student mandatory clinical compliance in Castlebranch online repository system Notifies students for delinquency.
- Update BSN progression and refine placements after12 day role.
- Run Castlebranch delinquent list and notify as appropriate.
- Prepare clinical paperwork for each site
- Student emails
- CC emails.
- Clinical Site visits.
- Preceptor License verification.
- Track RN licensure
Other Duties And Responsibilities:
- Participate in University events that involve student recruitment and retention.
- Participate and contribute to accrediting processes for the University as well as the School of Nursing and Allied Health.
- Attends and participates in department meetings.
- Assists with other assigned duties as member of the administrative support team.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or an equivalent amount of related experience
- Proficiency in Microsoft suite, including Excel, Word, Power Point, and Outlook
- Must be able to walk about campus
- Must be able to lift equipment and materials (up to 20 lbs)
Knowledge, abilities, skills, and other:
- The Clinical Placement Coordinator is expected to be able to present a positive image of the School of Nursing and Allied Health and the University and possess strong communication and interpersonal relationship skills; must be able to assertively communicate with faculty, staff and administrators as well as external constituents.
Additional Information
Houston Christian University is an independent, private Christian liberal arts institution with a diverse student body. It has access to all the cultural advantages of one of the largest metropolitan centers in the country. For more information about the University, visit hc.edu.
The University is in the process of implementing its Ten Pillars vision (hc.edu/vision) and anticipates significant growth in student enrollment and university programs. The successful candidate will also be able to articulate a vision for the role of his or her discipline at HCU that is supportive of the Ten Pillars vision statement.
Houston Christian University is committed to maintaining a teaching faculty and staff who share an active Christian faith. The Preamble to the By-Laws of the University sets forth a statement of belief which each University employee is expected to support and personify. Your submittal of an application for employment indicates your acceptance and affirmation of these statements.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements of personnel.
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