DMS Clinical Coordinator

OVERVIEW

The Clinical Coordinator manages the clinical education component of the curriculum.

The Clinical Coordinator for Diagnostic Medical Sonography must have a minimum:

• An Associates degree
• Four years of experience in the field
• Licensed ARDMS

The Clinical Coordinator position plans, coordinates, facilitates, administers, and monitors activities on behalf of the academic program and in coordination with academic and clinical faculty. These activities ensure the quality of our students learning experience during clinical education.

Clinical Coordinators accomplish this through:

• Assist with the development and assessment of the clinical education component of the curriculum with the Program Director
• Coordination and implementation of the clinical education component of the curriculum including site placements, site visits, and evaluation
• Responsible for facilitating students' clinical education
• Responsible for ensuring clinical education program compliance

Assists in the development and assessment of clinical education component of the curriculum

• Responsible for the administrative, academic, service, and scholarship responsibilities consistent with the mission and philosophy of the academic program
• Develops monitors and refines the clinical education component of the curriculum
• Facilitates quality learning experiences for students during clinical education

• Selects clinical learning environments that demonstrate characteristics of an ethical and professional facility that incorporates the programs core values
• Documents and assesses clinical education sites and clinical educators to determine efficacy
• Coordinates the ongoing development of the clinical facility database with maintenance of clinical agreements and other appropriate clinical information
• Ensure clinical agreements are current and that students are assigned only to those facilities in which there are properly executed and unexpired contracts
• Communicates program curriculum, philosophy, objectives, evaluative criteria, policies, procedures, clinical dates, and other pertinent information to affiliating clinical facilities
• Serves as a liaison between the students and clinical facility

• Communicates and oversees communication with the Center Coordinators of Clinical Education, Clinical Instructors and students to monitor progress and assess students' performance
• Provides guidance and support as required to problem solve and discuss students concerns
• Meets with students prior to clinical affiliations to disseminate information on clinical policies and procedures, clinical site information, clinical education philosophy and objectives
• Assesses students' performance during clinical education
• Administers policies and procedures for immunization, preventative health practices, and for management of student injuries while at clinical site
• Prepares clinical rotation assignment schedules
• Teaches clinical education courses and other related course content based on areas of content and clinical experience

• Complies with site requirements
• Ensures student physical and/or immunizations forms are current and in compliance
• Tracks and issues continuing education hours in conjunction in accordance to the state and local laws
• Ensures liability protection of students (and faculty if required) inclusive of professional, governmental, institutional, and risk management principles

The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee may be required to stand or sit for long periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Professional office setting; controlled indoor climate; noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position is an…