Radiologic Technology Clinical Coordinator

Radiologic Technology Full-time Clinical Coordinator

#26031

Westerville, Ohio, United States

26031

Position Summary: The Clinical Coordinator coordinates all aspects of student clinical placement. This involves communicating and maintaining relationships with community healthcare agencies to arrange student clinical experiences to meet course clinical objectives as well as developing a timely, effective student schedule in the clinical setting. The Clinical Coordinator also works to continuously improve scheduling and curriculum effectiveness, orients, evaluates, and mentor’s clinical faculty, maintains records of clinical requirements clinical preceptors and clinical instructors.

and students and provides emergency coverage of didactic and clinical classes when the original instructor is unavailable. The coordinator teaches in the Radiologic Technology program as assigned by the Dean/Program Director of Radiologic Technology.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Professional Behavior:
  • Demonstrates proper respect for students and has student-friendly manner in the conduct of class.
  • Teaches to course learning objectives on an as-needed basis.
  • Works effectively as part of the overall faculty team demonstrating positive interpersonal relations, collaborating with other faculty members to meet student needs, participating in faculty meetings and program committees, and responding to requests from management.
• Faculty Development and Program Support:
  • Establishes course schedules for students for each term including clinical assignments and rotations. This includes establishing lab, simulation, and didactic schedules, if applicable.
  • Coordinates student and faculty orientation to sites and as soon as possible notifies students and/or faculty of any changes made to their assignments.
  • Assists clinical faculty in addressing students’ abilities to assume clinical assignments, including, but not limited to, education preparedness and physical, mental, emotional behaviors, and provides instruction to clinical instructors and preceptors for supervising, educating and evaluating students in the clinical setting.
  • Orients, mentors, and evaluates clinical faculty.
  • Attends faculty meetings and departmental meetings, and participates appropriately on program committees, communicating effectively to facilitate operations.
  • Provides meaningful input into strategic and fiscal planning.
• Clinical Site Resource Development:
  • Promotes a positive image and reputation of the Radiologic Technology program in the classroom, academic community, healthcare community, and community works to establish contacts and affiliations with employers and potential clinical partners in the community.
  • Coordinates and communicates with clinical sites throughout the community to schedule clinical experiences which fit effectively with course objectives.
  • Evaluates each clinical site for its appropriateness for meeting student learning needs, course outcomes, and program outcomes in collaboration with the Director of Radiologic Technology Education and Radiologic Technology faculty.
  • Conduct routine visits to the clinical sites to observe and document the clinical faculty and students to assess if objectives are being met and the clinical facility’s satisfaction with faculty and students’ performance.
  • Coordinates, plans, and implements a process of demonstrating appreciation to the clinical facility and staff for their involvement in the Radiologic Technology education program.
• Faculty Development Plan:
  • Attends workshops and in-service education aimed at earning the necessary CEUs for license requirements and professional growth.
  • Exhibits competency in clinical skills at all levels of the program.
• Other duties as assigned.
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