Clinical Coordinator,LPN to RN Online Program Job Cumberland Maryland USA,Healthcare

The Online LPN-RN Clinical Placement Coordinator is responsible for assisting the online nursing students meet their clinical placement needs. Assists with obtaining new clinical contracts, approving preceptors, as well as making sure all prehospital requirements are met. Notifies students and online faculty of contract and preceptor approvals. Maintains appropriate documentation of all clinical placements. This job description is an addendum to the Faculty Job Description.

Clinical

Placement Coordinator Duties

Responsible for verifying that clinical requirements are in place prior to students attending clinical.

Verify current online nursing students are in compliance with ACM Nursing Program requirements (Learning Harbor and Viewpoint, clinical facility placement programs as necessary) prior to clinical each semester. Advises director, faculty and students of pertinent information.

Receives Clinical Agency Requests from the online students and ensures a current clinical contract is in place.

Works cooperatively with students, clinical agency representatives and ACM administration in securing a clinical contract, if needed. Follows ACM’s process for securing a clinical contract and Certificate of Insurance.

Verify clinical contracts are received prior to clinical experience for the online students in the nursing program and on file in the nursing department.

Maintains current clinical contract files in the nursing office and assists with maintenance of a current master list of contracts in nursing. Works with the Assistant to the Directors and Instructional Affairs to keep the IA list of contracts up to date.

Reviews contract list annually with the Assistant to the Directors, in June for contracts needing renewal.

Works with students and clinical agency representatives in securing clinical preceptors. Reviews and approves preceptors. Notifies the student and preceptor once approved.

Provides preceptors with access to the preceptor website and other resources. Secures “Preceptor Orientation Acknowledgement Form” from the preceptor to verify access to the website. Keeps on file with preceptor forms.

Communicates with course faculty the status of the students prior to beginning clinical each semester, as follows:

Clinical site and address
Preceptor's name and credentials
Preceptor's email address
Completion of Background Check, Health Requirements, CPR, etc. in View Point
Completion of Drug Screen
Completion of prehospital training (ex
- Learning Harbor)

Maintains a file of approved preceptors containing their CV and approval form indicating date and clinical area approved.

Other Faculty Duties

Faculty are required to teach 30 credits for Fall and Spring semesters and 12-month faculty are required to teach 3 credits in the summer. The teaching responsibility for this position is three credits each for the Fall and Spring semesters and 3 credits for summer. Primary teaching responsibility is the Online Nursing Transitions course. The clinical coordination hours will fulfill the other credit requirements.

Other tasks as appropriate that may be assigned by the Director.

Qualifications

MSN with experience in the clinical setting with students.

Registered Nurse, licensed or eligible for licensure in Maryland.

Two years of recent clinical experience.

Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

Organizational skills.

Broad knowledge base of nursing theory and clinical skills.
Knowledge of educational and instructional technologies (Learning Harbor, ViewPoint, etc).
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Interpersonal relations, organizational skills and time management skills are necessary.
Knowledge of statistics and basic algebraic function and concepts are necessary.

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Clinical Coordinator, LPN to RN Online Program