Director of Clinical Education - Prelicensure Nursing

Description

To participate in a remote work arrangement, employees must reside in the United States. No remote work arrangement will be considered for working from outside the United States.

The Director of Clinical Education is responsible for leading the design, standardization, implementation, and continuous improvement of clinical education across all prelicensure nursing programs, locations, and modalities of educational delivery. It is responsible for the consistency, compliance, delivery, and quality of clinical education in prelicensure nursing.

The Director of Clinical Education establishes and owns the standard processes, clinical experience frameworks, faculty expectations, and evaluation structures that govern prelicensure clinical education. This role does not oversee Intensives programming for online students. The Director of Clinical Education is a secondary/dotted line supervisor for location based Program Chair, who manages day-to-day clinical faculty oversight and student clinical experiences. The Director monitors compliance and quality across all clinical experiences and works collaboratively with, and through, prelicensure nursing Chairs to meet desired outcomes.

• An earned Doctorate in a nursing related field; or an earned doctorate (in a non-nursing specific field) with a graduate level nursing degree.
• Active, unencumbered Registered Nurse (RN) license in state of primary residency, with eligibility for licensure in additional states as needed.
• Minimum of five (5) years of professional nursing practice experience, with a preference of experience in clinical settings relevant to prelicensure nursing clinical education.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in nursing clinical education leadership
• Experience developing or implementing system-wide clinical education standards, SOPs, or evaluation frameworks preferred.
• Experience with clinical education across multiple campuses, regions, or delivery modalities preferred.
• Experience supporting or leading an accreditation self-study or site visit preferred.

Compensation is determined based on the qualifications, experience, and circumstances of each hire. It is uncommon for new employees to start near the top of the salary range. We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including a tuition waiver and reimbursement program, health insurance, paid time off, and a retirement savings plan. The salary range for this position is $119,000 to $161,000.

• Develop, implement, and maintain system-wide standard operating procedures (SOPs) for prelicensure clinical education, including clinical placement processes, faculty assignment protocols, student orientation requirements, and clinical site expectations.
• Design and standardize the clinical experience framework for all prelicensure programs, ensuring alignment with program learning outcomes, accreditation standards (HLC, ACEN, or CCNE), and state board of nursing requirements across all operating jurisdictions.
• Establish clear, written expectations for clinical faculty performance, student supervision standards, patient safety protocols, and documentation requirements that are applied consistently across all clinical sites system-wide.
• Develop and maintain standardized clinical evaluation tools and rubrics for student clinical performance, clinical faculty effectiveness, and clinical site quality, ensuring alignment with accreditation evidence requirements.
• In collaboration, ensure clinical experiences satisfy program and course learning objectives, reinforce concepts introduced in the didactic portion of courses, and provide students the opportunity to observe and apply clinical…