Clinical Preceptor

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner Preceptor serves as a clinical mentor and educator for graduate nursing students, providing hands‑on learning experiences in a real‑world healthcare setting. Preceptors support the clinical education, professional development, and competency of future nurse practitioners while collaborating with faculty to ensure student success.

• Provide supervised, real‑world clinical learning experiences for nurse practitioner students.
• Offer guidance, mentorship, and clinical expertise to support students’ development of diagnostic reasoning, assessment, and patient management skills.
• Facilitate progressive student independence by assigning appropriate patient care responsibilities based on competency.
• Review and approve student findings, diagnoses, and treatment plans prior to patient discharge.
• Communicate regularly with assigned faculty regarding student progress, concerns, or questions.
• Complete required student evaluations at mid‑term and end of the clinical rotation.
• Maintain a supportive and professional learning environment that promotes compassionate, high‑quality patient care.
• Clinical supervision ranging from approximately 60–240 hours per semester, depending on course requirement.

Active North Carolina license in an applicable discipline (e.g., Physician, Nurse Practitioner, Certified Nurse Midwife, Physician Assistant, or LCSW for applicable programs).

Minimum of one year of clinical practice experience prior to precepting.

Clinical expertise relevant to the assigned specialty area (e.g., family medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, etc.).

• Prior teaching or precepting experience.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills.
• Commitment to advancing nursing education and workforce development.