Nursing Clinical Faculty Onboarding Lead

At Galen College of Nursing, we educate and empower nurses to change lives. Since 1989, we’ve dedicated our work to delivering high-quality nursing education with a student-first mindset. As one of the largest private nursing colleges in the country, we combine the support of a close-knit learning environment with the strength of a nationally recognized institution, HCA Healthcare.

That same passion for excellence in the classroom extends to our offices. At Galen, you’ll find a culture deeply rooted in collaboration, innovation, and a shared commitment to improving the future of healthcare. Your work directly touches the next generation of nurses, and your contributions help our students pursue their dream of a compassionate career.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a difference, grow professionally, and be part of a caring team, we’d love for you to apply for the Clinical Faculty Success Spec position today!

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Position Summary

The Clinical Faculty Success Specialist is a single or shared position responsible for leading and coordinating the onboarding, orientation, readiness assessment, remediation, professional development, and early transition of new clinical faculty at the assigned campus. This individual ensures consistent implementation of college-wide onboarding and faculty support standards while partnering closely with campus-based clinical leadership to promote faculty readiness, growth, and long-term success.

This position focuses on new clinical faculty onboarding through successful transition to independent teaching practice.



Key Responsibilities

Clinical Faculty Onboarding & Readiness

• Coordinates and oversees onboarding, orientation, and transition support for newly hired clinical faculty at the assigned campus.
• Ensures standardized onboarding processes, tools, timelines, and documentation are implemented consistently in alignment with college expectations.
• Supports new faculty completion of required training, compliance items, system access, and onboarding milestones related to clinical instruction.
• Provides onboarding to simulation environments, workflows, and expectations as it relates to clinical instruction.
• Assesses faculty readiness for clinical teaching assignments through structured check-ins, milestone reviews, and observations.
• Reinforces understanding of clinical instruction models, course expectations, student safety practices, and clinical site professionalism standards.
• Supports the implementation and evaluation of clinical mentoring programs during the first 90 days, in collaboration with campus leadership and the Clinical Performance and Experience Team.

• Conducts clinical observations and provides actionable feedback to support early teaching effectiveness and confidence.
• Supports with simulation observations and feedback for new clinical faculty functioning in the content expert role during simulation experiences.
• Provides just-in-time coaching, mentoring, problem-solving support, and remediation as needed to clinical faculty.
• Identifies onboarding risks, readiness concerns, or faculty support needs and escalates appropriately to campus and central leadership.

• Provides functional (dotted line) oversight, coaching, and support to Clinical Faculty Mentor(s) assigned to the campus.
• Supports Clinical Faculty Mentor(s) training aligned with college and campus expectations.
• Assists with the selection, training, and evaluation of additional faculty mentors according to the formal faculty mentor program.
• Partners with campus clinical leadership to align onboarding activities with faculty assignment needs and campus readiness priorities.
• Provides onboarding progress updates and…