Nursing Clinical Coordinator

Date:
November 24, 2025

Title:

Nursing Clinical Coordinator

Description:

Under the supervision of the Department Chair the Nursing Clinical Coordinator is responsible for operational details related to the planning, coordination and evaluation of faculty supervised and precepted clinical/field experiences including externships and internships.

Responsibilities:

* Develops and maintains positive relationships with actual and potential clinical affiliates and agency personnel

* Works with Course Coordinators and the Chair to determine current and anticipate future clinical learning needs.

* Markets the program and program needs to potential affiliates as indicated.

* Makes initial and annual site visits to agencies and agency personnel as indicated for the purpose of initial or on-going planning.

* Serves as the first point-of contact for clinical agencies and agency personnel; provides timely and professional communication with agencies, agency personnel, faculty, and students as indicated.

* Develops and maintains current affiliation agreements.

* Provides the agency with timely information-certificates of insurance, clinical clearance documents, contracts, schedules, contact information, and so forth.

* Communicates with agency personnel, community groups, faculty, and students to secure timely and quality clinical learning experiences.

* Makes/facilitates arrangements for on-site student and faculty training as indicated

* Makes site visits as needed to conference with agency contacts, nurse managers, or administrators when unanticipated issues or concerns arise; makes the Chairperson and Course Coordinator aware of actual or potential concerns or issues requiring their attention.

* Ensures that appropriate agency personnel are invited to Department events.

* Provides follow up letters of thanks to agencies/agency personnel.

* Collaborates with the Course Coordinator to arrange clinical placements/ clinical placement schedules

* Creates clinical schedules and calendars based on student learning needs, enrollments, and availability of suitable clinical/field sites,

* Generates draft schedule for review, refinement, and approval by course lead in a timely manner.

* Distributes finalized schedules to all relevant parties-students, faculty, staff and agency personnel; distributes learning objectives and related evaluation materials to agencies and agency personnel.

* Serves as the point of contact for students and faculty with regard to clinical placement issues including the need for scheduling changes.

* Works with the School of Nursing Office Coordinator to arrange accommodations and/or travel arrangements as necessary for clinical or field experiences.

* Collaborates with Chairperson or designee to plan, coordinate and evaluate senior capstone experiences

* Arranges informational meetings with eligible students in the traditional (spring), RNOP (summer), and PNOP (fall).

* Works with the Capstone Coordinator to provide students with accurate and up to date information on the capstone experience.

* Maintains an up-to-date list of available affiliates; communicates this to the students.

* Receives and records student requests.

* Communicates requests to appropriate agency personnel in a timely fashion.

* Provides agency/agency personnel with information needed to process a request.

* Develops or updates affiliation agreements as necessary.

* Communicates with students about ability of agencies to accommodate requests and makes additional requests as necessary in a timely fashion.

* Works with the Chairperson or designee to make sure that course materials are accurate and up-to-date.

* Assists students and faculty with clinical clearance requirements.

* Works with the Chairperson or designee to assign students to faculty advisors.

* Works with the agency to identify a preceptor or manager contact for the student and faculty advisor.

* Assists students as necessary in developing a clinical schedule.

* Provides faculty advisors with student files (agency contact information, student contact information, skills checklist, learning objectives, grading rubric, face sheet for recording grades and the completion of required…