Clinical Education Coordinator

Summary: The Presbyterian School of Nursing (PSON) Clinical Education Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of undergraduate clinical education experiences and serves as required by our clinical affiliation agreements, as the liaison between the university and clinical agencies.  This position reports to the BSN Program Chair. This position is not exempt from the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is eligible to earn overtime pay for hours worked above 40 in a single work week. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with BSN Program Chair and faculty to schedule clinical learning opportunities based on current standards of practice.
• Serve as clinical liaison between the School of Nursing and Undergraduate Clinical Facilities.
• Develop and maintain professional working relationships with Facility Coordinators.
• Ensure that School of Nursing students and faculty are aware of current facility practices and policies.
• Develop and maintain internal processes as they relate to the clinical facilities’ requirements.
• Ensure that all students and faculty complete annual facility compliance packages.
• Collaborate with the BCH Compliance & Communication Coordinator to create processes to meet facility, local, state, federal and all other governing bodies regulations related to clinical practice.
• Process accurate and timely requests for electronic documentation access to all clinical facilities.
• Attend clinical agency meetings to acquire facility updates for the School of Nursing.
• Request site placement for undergraduate NUR clinical courses.
• Collaborate with the BSN Program Chair each semester to determine an accurate count of students and clinical groups in each cohort; collaborate with the BSN Program Chair and faculty to assign faculty and students to clinical sections.
• Coordinate with the BCH Office Manager for new Affiliation Agreements and Certificate of Insurance requests.
• Collaborate with BSN Program Chair to facilitate adjunct clinical faculty orientation.
• Retain accurate and thorough student clinical assignments as required by clinical agencies.
• Obtain student and faculty identification badges from clinical facility.
• Maintain a document repository of clinical placement communication in a shared file.

Non-Essential Duties:

• Other duties and special projects may be assigned to meet department or university needs.

Experience, Skills & Qualifications:

• Well-developed ability to communicate information in an effective manner suitable for the intended audience (faculty, students); emphasis on written and verbal communication skills, including professional email and telephone skills.
• Strong PC knowledge and skills; proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.
• Ability to use discretion when dealing with sensitive, confidential information.
• Superior detail-orientation to ensure accurate, complete and timely recordkeeping.
• Excellent follow-up and follow-through skills, ensuring on time and accurate completion of short- and longer-term assignments. 
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills.  
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively towards team objectives with minimal supervision.
• Solid problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze components and arrive at a logical course of action while knowing when to ask for assistance or direction.
• Ability to quickly learn and apply new knowledge and skills.
• Proven exceptional attention to detail and ability to consistently produce error free results.
• Must demonstrate a commitment to diversity and inclusiveness through words and actions and possess the ability to develop and maintain rapport with a diverse population.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic work environment.
• Associate’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Application Process
Does this sound like a good fit? Click on the green “I’m interested” button and submit:

1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience
2. Current résumé
3. Salary requirements
4. Contact information for three professional references.

Applications received by December 13, 2024, will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nation’s second fastest growing metropolitan area, Queens University of Charlotte leverages the city’s diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education, Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners, faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level, the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry, non-profit, and community organization sectors. 

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership, Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education. This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving, we are thinking much bigger. 

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges. 

By 2030, Queens aspires to become the leading, private, national university of Charlotte with deep, meaningful, and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the world’s most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected, integrated, and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community. 

Queens University of Charlotte aims to be a leading comprehensive university, distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity, promote global understanding, encourage ethical living, and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end, the University recruits talented faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live, learn, and work. 

Queens works to provide an accessible living, learning, and working environment for current and prospective faculty, staff, and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodations, we can provide to make your application process more accessible, please contact the Director of Human Resources ([email protected], 704-337-2297). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process. 

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees, including: medical, dental and vision insurance, domestic partner benefits, a 403b retirement plan, with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match, vacation and generous paid holidays, tuition remission and tuition exchange, Queens-paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts (medical, dependent care, Health Savings Account), sick leave and long-term disability leave, paid parental leave, FMLA leave when eligible, reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall, employee assistance program (EAP), free access to the Levine Center, wellness programs. In addition, employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance, critical care insurance and legal assistance.