Clinical Coordinator - Sterile Processing

Clinical Coordinator for Sterile Processing

 

Position Summary:   
The Clinical Coordinator coordinates all aspects of student clinical placement. This involves communicating and maintaining relationships with community healthcare agencies to arrange student clinical experiences to meet course clinical objectives, as well as developing a timely, effective student schedule of didactic, lab, and clinical sessions. The Clinical Coordinator also works to continuously improve scheduling and curriculum effectiveness, orients, evaluates, and mentors clinical faculty, maintains records of clinical requirements of faculty and students, and provides emergency coverage of didactic and clinical classes when the original instructor is unavailable. The Clinical Coordinator teaches in the Sterile Processing program as assigned by the Dean/Director of Sterile Processing. 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Professional Behavior: 

• Demonstrates proper respect for students and has a student-friendly manner in the conduct of class. 

• Teaches the course learning objectives on an as-needed basis. 

• Works effectively as part of the overall faculty team, demonstrating positive interpersonal relations, collaborating with other faculty members to meet student needs, participating in faculty meetings and program committees, and responding to requests from management. 

• Faculty Development and Program Support: 

• Coordinates student clinical education and provides administration, organization, and supervision of student clinical experiences. 

• Ensures documentation, evaluation, and progression of each student’s clinical performance leading to proof of clinical competence. 

• Provides continuous quality review and improvement of student clinical experiences. 

• Establishes course schedules for faculty and students for each term, including clinical assignments and rotations. This includes establishing lab, simulation, and didactic schedules, if applicable. 

• Provides academic oversight, including curriculum planning and development of student clinical experiences. 

• Coordinates student and faculty orientation to sites and, as soon as possible, notifies students and/or faculty of any changes made to their assignments. 

• Assists clinical faculty in addressing students’ abilities to assume clinical assignments, including, but not limited to, education preparedness and physical, mental, and emotional behaviors.  

• Ensures orientation to the program’s requirements for the personnel who supervise or instruct students at clinical sites. 

• Attends faculty meetings and departmental meetings, and participates appropriately on program committees, communicating effectively to facilitate operations. 

• Provides meaningful input into strategic and fiscal planning. 

• Clinical Site Resource Development: 

• Promotes a positive image and reputation of the Sterile Processing program in the classroom, academic community, healthcare community, and community at large. Networks to establish contacts with employ