Assistant Professor and Pre-Licensure Clinical Program Director

Summary

Under the direction of the Associate Dean of Pre-Licensure Nursing, the Director of Pre-Licensure Clinical Programs will oversee and manage all aspects of the clinical experience in the Pre-Licensure curricula. The Director will ensure clinical courses and objectives are fully developed and realized each semester through appropriate student placements, learning opportunities, and robust evaluation. This includes recruitment and development of clinical faculty and clinical sites and guiding students through their clinical experiences. The Director will employ strategies to increase the number of instructors, preceptors, and clinical site partnerships throughout the academic year and collaborate with departments internally and externally to build and strengthen those relationships. The Director is responsible for ensuring all legal, state, federal and Board of Nursing requirements are met regarding students, preceptors and clinical sites as it relates to utilization, student placements, requirements for clinical participation, and the ability to provide required learning experience based on established clinical learning objectives.

Essential Functions

• Recruit and hire clinical faculty.
• Recruit and manage relationships with clinical sites/settings/organizations through varied modalities including in person visits when appropriate.
• Verify that clinical affiliation agreements are active and up to date.
• Collaborate with course coordinators, program directors, the clinical placement team, and clinical affiliates to ensure students have appropriate and timely clinical placements.
• Maintain regular contact with clinical affiliates to ensure clinical objectives are met. 
• Engage with nursing leadership, faculty, clinical coordinators, and students to resolve student concerns regarding their experience with clinical preparations and placements.  
• Communicate student expectations of timely compliance with pre-clinical requirements, securing timely placements through the approval process and receiving the guidance needed during their time as students in clinical courses.
• Engage with the clinical faculty regularly to ensure they have the tools, knowledge and skills to perform their work efficiently and remain connected to their Regis College colleagues.
• Responsible for the development and delivery of virtual clinicals.
• Review and revise the student clinical manual, student evaluations, faculty and clinical site evaluations as needed. 
• Oversee and work closely with other members of the placement team to develop and manage critical workflows such as placements, assessments, and data integrity.
• Work toward continuous improvement of clinical coordination processes and procedures. 
• Participate in CCP meetings, attend weekly Director's meetings, and PLD/SON meetings.

Other Responsibilities

•  Other responsibilities as designated by the Dean, Associate and Assistant Deans of PLD.

Supervisory Responsibility

•  Provide direct supervision to a team of Clinical Program Coordinators.

Requirements

• Current MA RN license, master's degree required.
• Excellent organizational skills: demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks, consistently meet deadlines, and work independently while paying attention to details.
• Ability to communicate effectively and timely, both verbally and in writing, with faculty, staff, students, and clinical affiliates. 
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of records and information, and to handle sensitive matters with judgement, tact, and diplomacy. 
• Strong phone and virtual presence and experience communicating across platforms regularly. 
• Expertise with Zoom, synchronous online meeting platforms.
• Excellent organizational skills; demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks; consistently meet deadlines; and work independently while paying attention to details
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing; to establish positive public relations for the college; and to interact effectively with a wide variety of people.
• Available to travel to local clinical settings during regular business hours when needed.
• The ability to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Knowledge of business English, grammatical construction, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary and the ability to compose routines letters.
• Ability to positively interact with a diverse population and uphold the College’s commitment to inclusive excellence.
• Willingness to learn and use multiple platforms and technologies.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Normal office environment, not subject to extremes in noise, odors, etc.
• May spend extended periods at terminal, on telephone, or operating other office machines requiring eye-hand coordination and finger dexterity.
• Travel to clinical settings when appropriate.

Compensation: $86,416 - $91,412 annually.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to do this job. The above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required.

External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, must be able to perform the essential job functions (as listed) either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by management on a case-by-case basis.

In employment, as in education, Regis College is committed to equal opportunity. Regis does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran’s status, membership in uniformed services or any other protected status.

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