Assistant/Associate Professor-Director of Clinical Education

The approximate base compensation range is posted, but the actual offer will reflect our total compensation and benefits package. The offer will be determined by a number of factors including the selected candidate's experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, FTE, number of months worked, as well as internal equity among our team.

11-month:

Assistant: $71,760-$86,112

Associate: $82,159-$98,591

Campus Location: Duluth (travel to clinical sites in Minnesota)

Job Purpose/Description:

The Director of Clinical Education manages all clinical education for the Department of Nursing. Includes hiring, orienting, supervising, and evaluating adjunct clinical faculty for pre-licensure baccalaureate nursing programs. Leads and supervises the DON clinical coordination team.

Required Qualifications:

• Active, unencumbered RN license in Minnesota.
• Minimum of Master's degree in Nursing.
• Experience in management.
• Experience teaching in the clinical setting.
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and sustain relationships with external agencies.
• Excellent communication and human relationship skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with data collection, management, and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate, advocate, and compromise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Network to secure and grow ongoing sites based on DON needs throughout the Midwest.
• Initiate contact and network with clinical sites toward securing clinical placement.
• Develop a process for facility contract management.
• Lead management of facility contracts.
• Attend statewide and local facility meetings related to clinical education as the DON representative.
• Manage active clinical sites and student experiences.
• Manage clinical experience for both faculty-led group clinical and precepted, 1:1 clinical.
• Place students at clinical sites fairly and manage grievances over site selection, geography, etc.
• Manage issues during clinical placement, such as HIPAA violations, student injury, professional behavior issues, and boundary issues.
• Oversee the facility requirements of student experiences: background studies, immunizations, HIPAA training, EHR training, and general onboarding.
• Maintain documentation of clinical experiences for accrediting bodies and Joint Commission.
• Recruit and hire adjunct faculty to teach pre-licensure clinical rotations.
• Orient, in collaboration with course faculty, adjunct faculty teaching pre-licensure clinical.
• Manage adjunct clinical faculty.
• Provide ongoing professional development for adjunct clinical faculty.
• Evaluate adjunct clinical faculty according to DON standards.
• Manage evaluation process and data related to clinical experiences for all nursing programs.
• Create and manage databases for clinical education.

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