Faculty - Clinical Coordinator (201 Day)

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and schedule student, adjunct, and full-time faculty clinical, lab, and simulation experiences.
• Coordinate and schedule student observation experiences.
• Identify current and emerging trends and opportunities in the Nursing discipline to ensure the development and retention of adjunct faculty to meet Nursing program laboratory, clinical, and simulation requirements.
• Promote Nursing adjunct faculty development; recommend, coordinate, and lead activities to meet adjunct faculty development and program goals related to clinical and lab.
• Plan, coordinate, and promote Nursing adjunct programming and initiatives with the department faculty in collaboration with the Associate Dean.
• Develop and maintain clinical agency relationships.
• Affirmatively contribute to the development and implementation of clinical remediation plans.
• Manage and resolve adjunct faculty clinical/lab conflicts.
• Revise and develop policies for the Clinical Adjunct section of the Faculty Handbook.
• Verify adjunct and full-time faculty meet compliance requirements prior to clinical rotation.
• In coordination with the Preceptorship Program Lead, determine preceptorship needs.
• Coordinate with clinical site liaisons to obtain preceptors.
• Coordinate with clinical sites regarding student concerns or issues.
• Conduct and attend two clinical committee meetings during the fall and spring semesters of each academic year.
• Review clinical committee agenda ideas with the Associate Dean.
• Formulate and provide clinical committee agendas for each meeting.
• Provide handouts and materials at each clinical meeting for all committee members as necessary.
• Construct and deliver clinical meeting minutes to committee members for review and approval.
• Archive meeting minutes.
• Meet monthly during the fall and spring semesters with Clinical Leads to develop clinical process improvements.
• Lead and facilitate adjunct retreats in the fall and spring semester.

Qualifications

• Masters in nursing education or actively working toward.
• Two years’ clinical experience in nursing.
• Licenses, Certifications, Or Registrations Required:
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse.

Preferred qualifications:

• MSN in Nursing Education preferred.

Why Kirkwood?

Kirkwood Community College prides itself on fostering a diverse workforce and values unique perspectives throughout its campus community. The college is a convenient, innovative, visionary educational leader striving to remain affordable and accessible. With more than 140 majors and programs, Kirkwood boasts 16,000 annual college-credit students while maintaining one of the lowest tuitions in the state. All degree-seeking students are eligible for federal financial aid and the college offers more than $3 million in scholarships each year to students from all walks of life.