Nursing Clinical Operations Coordinator

CLASSIFICATION TITLE: Nursing Clinical Operations CoordinatorEMPLOYMENT STATUS: Part-time REPORTS TO: Director of Nursing DIVISION: Academic Affairs CAMPUS: Central CampusDISTINGUISHING JOB CHARACTERISTICSThe Nursing Clinical Coordinator provides leadership and oversight of clinical education experiences for the Practical Nursing (PN) and Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs in collaboration with the Director of Nursing (Program Administrator).This role ensures that clinical learning experiences are organized supervised and implemented in accordance with Ohio Administrative Code 4723-5 approved nursing curriculum institutional policy and accreditation Clinical Coordinator serves as the primary liaison between the nursing program and clinical agencies and supports faculty in delivering consistent compliant and high-quality clinical education. Develops and maintains strong partnerships with representatives of the clinical DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESTo perform this job successfully an individual must perform essential duties to expected performance standards. Reasonable accommodations are made as required for persons who are disabled under the Americans With Disabilities Education OversightCollaborate with the Director of Nursing and course lead faculty to support compliance with Ohio Administrative Code. Assists in ensuring clinical coordination course implementation and student evaluation processes align while promoting regulatory compliance and program integrityOversee development and coordination of clinical schedules to ensure adequate supervision and completion of required clinical hours. Ensure clinical placements provide learning experiences aligned with course objectives and program consistency in clinical instruction and evaluation across PN and ADN clinical faculty in maintaining safe and effective clinical learning Instructor & Preceptor OversightSupport clinical faculty in implementing clinical objectives and evaluation and maintain current preceptor documentation to ensure qualifications and licensure are precepted experiences remain under appropriate faculty in the selection and recommendation of clinical instructors in collaboration with the Director of guidance regarding clinical performance concerns and remediation PartnershipsDevelop and maintain professional relationships with clinical as liaison regarding clinical expectations supervision standards and student learning with clinical partners to ensure student experiences remain within appropriate scope and competency in resolution of clinical issues involving faculty students or completion of clinical affiliation agreements in collaboration with the Director of Nursing and ensures ongoing compliance with established & Quality AssuranceSupport the Director of Nursing in maintaining compliance with Ohio Board of Nursing requirements for clinical to documentation required for regulatory and accreditation in ongoing program evaluation and clinical quality improvement readiness for regulatory review and accreditation DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIESPerforms other related duties as OF SUPERVISIONRecruits clinical instructors in collaboration with clinical new instructors to role expectations in coordination with the course lead evaluation data from clinical instructors and clinical sites to assess the effectiveness of the clinical learning experience and reports findings to the Director of Director of Nursing retains responsibility for guiding the planning and initiation of performance improvement with support from the Clinical Coordinator in data collection monitoring and PHYSICAL DEMANDSThe following physical demands are typically used to perform this jobs essential duties and responsibilities. They are not qualification standards rather they may be used to help the College employee or applicant identify where and how reasonable accommodations may be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the jobs essential duties due to an ADA performing the duties of this job the employee frequently sits for extended periods of time and occasionally stands and walks. The employee regularly exhibits manual dexterity when working on the computer typing and performing other related tasks. The employee regularly talks and hears when working with students and the general public. Vision demands include close relatively detailed vision with the ability to adjust focus when typing or reading a computer screen. The employee occasionally lifts up to 10 SKILLS AND ABILITIESKnowledge of:Ohio nursing education regulationsClinical supervision standardsPN and ADN scope distinctionsCurriculum implementation and evaluationAccreditation expectationsAbility to:Coordinate multi-site clinical education experiencesMaintain strong healthcare partnershipsApply sound professional and regulatory judgmentCommunicate effectively with faculty students and clinical agenciesManage competing priorities in a dynamic academic environmentQUALIFICATIONSBachelors degree in Nursing active unencumbered RN license in of three (3) years of clinical nursing in nursing education or clinical coordination meet faculty qualification standards consistent with Ohio nursing education regulations when functioning in a faculty capacity.