Director of Clinical Learning

Salary Estimate

Salary range: $88,212.80 – $132,329.60 per year. The estimate represents the typical range for candidates hired; actual salary may vary based on specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees in the role. The typical candidate is hired below the midpoint of the range.

Position Overview

As the Director of Clinical Learning at Galen College of Nursing, you will operationalize standard clinical experiences and lead the negotiation, arrangement, and campus‑level evaluation of all clinical experiences across nursing programs. You will support faculty in delivering the standardized curriculum and instructional model, ensuring alignment with curriculum outcomes and the college’s mission and values. This role reports directly to the Dean and maintains a dotted‑line relationship with the Clinical Performance and Experience team.

Key Responsibilities

• Outcomes
  • Disseminate clinical experience evaluation findings to inform decision‑making for student learning outcomes, program outcomes, and overall clinical experience.
  • Lead, attend, and support relevant committee meetings.
• Faculty
  • Provide strategic oversight of faculty placement and orientation in collaboration with campus leadership and the Clinical Faculty Support Specialist.
  • Ensure faculty are academically and experientially prepared, maintain expertise, and demonstrate evidence‑based teaching and clinical practices.
  • Interview and hire faculty and staff in accordance with college standards.
  • Oversee 90‑day and annual performance evaluations for full‑time and adjunct faculty and clinical education staff; develop improvement plans as needed.
  • Support faculty in the rank and promotion process.
  • Collaborate on communication processes between theory, clinical learning laboratory, simulation, and assigned clinical faculty.
• Students
  • Orient all students and faculty to clinical agency sites and ensure compliance with agency requirements.
  • Apply student policies and related procedures in collaboration with the program administrator or designee.
• Curriculum
  • Ensure high‑quality, rigorous, diverse clinical experiences that support student learning outcomes across all nursing programs.
  • Oversee placement of clinical experiences aligned with accreditation, regulatory, and institutional policies.
  • Support faculty adherence to standardized curriculum, assessment, evaluation practices, and instructional model.
  • Engage faculty in curriculum review and revision.
• Resources
  • Execute and maintain clinical affiliation agreements in collaboration with Compliance.
  • Collaborate with campus leadership to establish clinical education financial needs.
  • Work with the 504/Title IX Accommodations team to provide approved services.
  • Escalate concerns to the campus dean and Clinical Performance and Experience Team.
• Governance
  • Create and maintain an environment conducive to teaching, learning, scholarship, and service.
  • Oversee faculty clinical course assignments, clinical scheduling, and workload.
  • Identify, negotiate, establish, maintain, and evaluate clinical agency partnerships.
  • Participate in review and approval of the clinical schedule and any changes.
• Community Outreach
  • Communicate with clinical agencies to promote relationship development, strategic planning, and conflict management.

Position Requirements

• Education: Minimum of an MSN with a nursing background, including knowledge of educational objectives for student nurses, clinical practice, diverse organizational environments, and appropriate clinical sites.
• Experience: At least three (3) years of clinical education experience; academic leadership experience preferred; academic nursing certification preferred.
• Degree of Supervision: Minimal supervision.
• Reporting Structure: Matrix reporting to the Clinical Performance and Experience Team; direct reports include Clinical Learning Manager(s), Clinical Learning Assistant, Clinical Faculty Mentor(s), and assigned faculty as applicable.
• Physical & Mental Demands:
  • Ability to sit at a computer up to 8 hours per day.
  • Ability to travel to and visit clinical sites.
  • Frequent verbal and written communication with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Close visual attention to documents, data, and on‑screen content.
  • Manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively under moderate pressure.
  • Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
• Licensure: Unencumbered Registered Nurse license in the applicable state.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical coverage (including prescription drug, behavioral health, free telemedicine, and AirMed medical transportation).
• Dental and vision plans.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts and supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity).
• Auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long‑term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services for emotional, physical, and financial well‑being.
• 401(k) plan with 100 % match on 3 %–9 % of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10 % discount on HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support benefits, including fertility and family‑building assistance (Progyny) and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder, and pet care; home and auto repair; event planning; and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away from Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long‑ and short‑term disability coverage, leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund offering free employee‑only coverage based on income.

Values – Compassionate Care Model

• Inclusivity: Foster an environment that provides opportunity for every individual to reach their full potential.
• Character: Act with integrity and compassion in all actions.
• Accountability: Own your role and accept responsibility for your actions.
• Respect: Value every person as an individual with unique contributions.
• Excellence: Commit to the highest level of quality in everything you do.