Student Clinical Placement Coordinator
University of Utah Health Research is seeking a Student Clinical Placement Coordinator to join their Student Affairs team at the College of Nursing. This role involves coordinating and scheduling clinical experiences for undergraduate nursing students, maintaining relationships with clinical partners, and overseeing student clinical placements.
Responsibilities
- Coordinates and schedules clinical experiences for the students in the College of Nursing under the direction of the Director of Student Affairs & Academic Operations
- Coordinates and maintains strong relationships with clinical partners, preceptors, clinical course faculty, and specialty track directors
- Utilizes professional advising and guidance skills to assess diverse needs of students and provides appropriate advice related to planning and progression of clinical experiences leading to graduation
- Negotiates and implements contracts for academic-clinical partners and provides oversight for all student clinical placements
- Contributes to and maintains databases of clinical rotation sites, student schedules, and preceptor information
- Troubleshoots related problems, and leads quality improvement activities and program redesign, as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), plus one year of directly related experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze and make decisions related to program content
- Strong coordination and organizational skills required to prioritize conflicting deadlines
- Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills are also required
- Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description
- Experience with Exaat; or other online applications/database systems would be helpful, though not required
Benefits
- Medical-dental-wellness coverage
- An additional 14.2% of salary employer contribution to retirement (401a)
- Paid leave
- Paid holidays
- Tuition assistance for employees and family
- Free UTA transport pass
- Others
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