Associate Director for Clinical Placements

Job Posting Title:

Associate Director for Clinical Placements

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Hiring Department:

School of Nursing

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Position Open To:

All Applicants

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Weekly Scheduled Hours:

40

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FLSA Status:

Exempt

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Earliest Start Date:

Immediately

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Position Duration:

Expected to Continue Until Aug 31, 2025

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Location:

UT MAIN CAMPUS

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Job Details:

General Notes

This position is a fixed-term position, contingent upon successful renewal of funding for a total of three years.

Purpose

The associate director for clinical placement (ADCP) oversees the process for clinical placement for undergraduate and graduate placements; assists in acquiring and retaining clinical placement options; and monitors and assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of the processes for clinical placements.

Responsibilities

Undergraduate and Graduate Placements

Responsible for clinical placements for students in the following:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing Capstone

• Alternate Entry in the Master of Science in Nursing (Integration, Leadership in Diverse Settings [LeaDS] Capstone Projects)

Communication & Coordination

• Arrange clinical experiences which meet the educational requirements for students.

• Maintains awareness of clinical agency policies affecting the School of Nursing.

• Assures appropriate orientation of faculty and students to the clinical sites.

• Partners with faculty to educate students on clinical placement processes and expectations.

• Communicate with representatives of the agencies in which students are placed to maintain a variety of clinical practice sites for students.

• Partner with program heads to improve processes and communication pipelines to increase efficiency in the clinical placement process.

• Maintains communication with preceptors, faculty, and students regarding placements

• Maintains contacts within clinical sites to regularly update/clarify onboarding and orientation processes and/or affiliation agreements.

• Communicates (including information on Course Objectives, student start/end dates, clinical evaluations) with preceptors.

• Streamlines communication processes between preceptors, faculty, and students, enhancing efficiency ensures timely placement of students at clinical sites.

• Visits students and preceptors at clinical sites to strengthen processes and retention.

Preceptor and Site Recruitment & Retention

• Forming partnerships with employers (e.g., hospitals, community health, educational institutions) to identify and secure experiential learning projects (e.g., Disseminating Quality Improvement, Evidence-Based Practice, Leadership in Diverse Settings Capstone) for graduate students to develop transferable career skills that competitively positions them for their transition into leadership career opportunities.

• Assists with general preceptor recruitment and retention events and activities.

• Assists with recruiting a pool of high-quality preceptors and facility partnerships, strengthening the clinical training network and meeting placement demands.

• Researches and recommends appropriate agencies that would meet the identified educational requirements for clinical experiences for nursing students.

• Assist with partnering with faculty to visit new preceptors at the end of their first semester of precepting and to personally acknowledge (e.g., tokens of appreciation) their contributions.

Data Collection

• Assists in the collection and reporting of “90% Career Knowledge Rate” and the “90% Career Outcomes Rate” metrics and other impactful (e.g., placement/employment-to-employment/placement conversation, first-choice placement/employment, confidence self-assessment, satisfaction surveys) career success data and statistics.

• Develop, collect, and report additional impactful (e.g., placement/employment-to-employment/placement conversation, first-choice placement/employment, confidence self-assessment, satisfaction surveys; compensation) career success data and statistics.

Supervision

• Supervise and support clinical placement staff

• Directly develops and manages clinical placement staff.

• Mapping, documenting, assessing, and evaluating processes to ensure continuity of programs and services

• Crosstrain staff to ensure the sustainab