Graduate Nursing - Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Partnerships Manager

As the second-largest Catholic university in New England, and one of the fastest-growing private doctoral institutions in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU offers more than 100 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs on its Fairfield, Conn., campus. Sacred Heart also has a campus in Dingle, Ireland, and offers online programs. More than 10,000 students attend the University’s eight colleges and schools: College of Arts & Sciences; School of Communication, Media & the Arts; School of Social Work; School of Computer Science & Engineering; College of Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington College of Education & Human Development; the Jack Welch College of Business & Technology and the Dr. Susan L. Davis, R.N., & Richard J. Henley College of Nursing. Sacred Heart, a Laudato Si’ campus, stands out from other Catholic institutions as it was established and led by laity. The contemporary Catholic university is rooted in the rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts, and at the same time cultivates students to be forward thinkers who enact change—in their own lives, professions and in their communities. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its Best 390 Colleges: 2025 Edition, and Best Business Schools: 2024 Edition. Sacred Heart is home to the award-winning, NPR-affiliate station, WSHU Public Radio, a Division I athletics program and an impressive performing arts program that includes choir, band, dance and theatre. www.sacredheart.edu

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Position Summary
Oversees, supports, and manages all advanced practice nursing clinical partnerships. Secures new primary care and specialization practice sites to meet program clinical education needs. Provides strategic direction for improved use of advanced practice nursing clinical placement capacity.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities
• Enhance/grow placement locations to support NP programs in conjunction with the placement coordinating team via outreach efforts.
• Recommend strategies to maximize the use of clinical placement capacity, including the ability to pivot discussions to adapt and uncover new opportunities when the current strategy isn't successful.
• Collaborate with graduate chair, program directors, and clinical placement team members to identify and project needs for clinical education sites by geographical location.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director of Advancement of Health Professions & Nursing to develop and implement strategic clinical placement opportunities and expansion.
• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the entire clinical placement process, including contract management, student compliance with clinical requirements, clinical placement policies, and adherence to established standards and regulations.
• Ability to revisit unresolved issues or explore future possibilities.
• Ability to negotiate clinical partnerships to maximize utilization of partner resources.
• Follow up with senior management (executives at our sites/potential sites and at SHU) to explore additional opportunities for expanding the preceptorship program across the organization.
• Effective Communication Skills with CEO/COO level and hands-on clinical and non-clinical staff.
• Collaborate with SHU admission partners to develop strategies for identifying and securing advanced practice nursing clinical partnerships.
• Create and manage a Clinical committee within DHCON and university-wide (PA, PT, OT) if warranted including faculty, staff and administrators.
• Ability to facilitate recurring brainstorming sessions.
• Ability to collaborate across departments.
• Implement approved initiatives.
• Stay current with industry news/trends.
• Collaborate with SHU’s marketing team on communication and outreach efforts to support imaging and branding for primary care and specialty care clinical partnerships.
• Maintain knowledge of advanced practice nursing clinical education requirements and industry trends.
• Conduct periodic satisfaction surveys of strategic clinical pa