Nursing Clinical Education Coordinator

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School of Nursing Clerical Salem, WV, US

30+ days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $40,000.00 To $50,000.00 Annually

Position Summary:

The Clinical Coordinator provides centralized administrative and operational coordination for student clinical education within Salem University's School of Nursing. This position is responsible for coordinating clinical placements, maintaining clinical partner relationships and affiliation agreement records, tracking student and faculty clinical compliance requirements, maintaining clinical schedules and capacity information, and providing timely reporting to School of Nursing leadership.

The Clinical Coordinator works proactively with Nursing leadership to anticipate clinical placement needs based on upcoming cohorts, course schedules, enrollment projections, clinical-hour requirements, faculty assignments, and available clinical capacity. The position serves as a primary administrative liaison among the School of Nursing, students, faculty, clinical agencies, and University departments to ensure clinical placements, onboarding requirements, and related processes are completed accurately and within established timelines.

This is a non-faculty, non-clinical administrative position and does not require licensure as a registered nurse. The Clinical Coordinator does not provide nursing instruction, evaluate student clinical performance or competency, make decisions requiring professional nursing judgment, or perform duties requiring nursing licensure. Nursing-specific academic, clinical, patient-safety, and regulatory decisions remain under the authority of appropriately credentialed nursing faculty and School of Nursing leadership

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The duties listed below are representative of the responsibilities of this position. Additional duties may be assigned to support institutional priorities.

Clinical Placement Coordination

• Coordinate administrative and logistical processes associated with student clinical placements across nursing programs.
• Coordinate clinical placement requests and schedules in collaboration with nursing program leadership and faculty.
• Maintain current information regarding clinical sites, agency contacts, placement capacity, student and faculty assignments, and clinical schedules.
• Communicate with hospitals, healthcare systems, long-term care facilities, community agencies, and other clinical partners regarding placement availability, onboarding requirements, and scheduling.
• Assist with resolving scheduling conflicts, placement changes, and other logistical issues.
• Develop and maintain a forward-looking clinical placement plan based on projected enrollment, course sequencing, clinical-hour requirements, faculty availability, and clinical site capacity.
• Proactively identify potential placement shortages and work with Nursing leadership to develop alternative placement options.

Clinical Compliance & Readiness

• Coordinate and track student and faculty clinical onboarding and compliance requirements, including background checks, drug screenings, health and immunization documentation, CPR/BLS certification, agency orientation, required training, HIPAA/confidentiality requirements, and other site-specific requirements.
• Maintain a centralized tracking system providing visibility into student and faculty readiness, placement status, clinical capacity, and outstanding requirements.
• Notify students and faculty of upcoming deadlines, missing requirements, and expiring documentation.
• Maintain accurate and confidential clinical placement and compliance records using University-approved systems.
• Consistently communicate established requirements and deadlines while providing professional and responsive support to students and faculty.

Clinical Partnerships & Affiliation Agreements

• Develop and maintain positive professional relationships with clinical agency representatives.
• Maintain a centralized inventory of clinical affiliation agreements, including responsible contacts, programs covered, effective and expiration dates, renewal requirements, student capacity, and site-specific conditions.
• Initiate affiliation agreement renewal processes sufficiently in advance of expiration to minimize disruption to student placements.
• Collaborate with appropriate University departments to facilitate new clinical…