ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL PLACEMENTS - University of Washington

Req #: 239466 Department: SCHOOL OF NURSING Job Location Detail: Telework available Posting Date: 10/10/2024 Closing Info: Open Until Filled Salary: $7,600 - $8,600 per month Shift: First Shift Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701\_a11y.pdf) As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty. **The School of Nursing has an outstanding opportunity for a Assistant Director of Clinical Placements to join their team.** The University of Washington School of Nursing (UWSoN) is a national leader in nursing education, research, and practice. Located in Seattle, Washington, we are deeply committed to excellence in everything we do. Across our three campuses: Seattle, Bothell, and Tacoma, our faculty are renowned scholars and educators, and our graduates are at the forefront of advancing nursing practice and healthcare policy. Under the guidance of the Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services, the Assistant Director of the Office of Clinical Placements (OCP) supports operations, facilitation of clinical placements in coordination with UW faculty and preceptors, supervision of the clinical placements team, and assurance of all regulatory compliance practices in relation to the School of Nursing, University, Washington State Board of Nursing (WABON), and the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). **DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES** **Operations 40%:** Placements: + Engage in strategic advocacy, planning, and coordination to ensure that undergraduate and graduate student clinical placements meet required experiences and enable students to achieve the expected student learning outcomes. + Advocate for School of Nursing clinical placements with internal and external stakeholders, including clinical placement consortia, UW Medicine, and other clinical partners. This includes serving on multiple committees and presenting at frequent meetings. + Work cross-functionally with school faculty, leadership, and the clinical placement team to build capacity for undergraduate and graduate student clinical learning opportunities. + In coordination with the Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services, develop and implement processes for the Office of Clinical Placements, ensuring collaboration and consistency both internally and externally. + Serve on and work with the Quality Improvement Team to develop and execute a systematic evaluation plan for undergraduate and graduate clinical placements. + Ensure that clear policies and/or practices are in place, pertaining to the Exxat clinical placement software. + Supervise communications with students regarding clinical placement requirements and needs, in partnership with Student and Academic Affairs units. + Share the communication and tracking of clinical placement requirements with Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services, program directors, track leads, and UWSoN leadership as needed. + Oversee policies, procedures, database tracking, and execution of undergraduate and graduate clinical placements to ensure compliance with all regulations. + Maintain adherence to clinical placement onboarding program, including fit-testing and distributing PPE (as applicable) for undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. + Work in coordination with Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services to collaborate with Student and Academic Affairs units, program directors, and faculty to communicate with students about clinical credentialing and onboarding requirements.Contracts: + In coordination with Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services, oversee and improve upon clinical contracting processes, ensuring efficiency among internal and external stakeholders, and establishing sufficient clinical learning opportunities. + Develop and execute systematic evaluation and routine review of each clinical placement (site and preceptor) to ensure strategic and academic program needs are met. + Integrate the clinical placement contract process into broader clinical placement database for reporting and tracking data. + Identify and initiate the development, and execution of remote clinical placement contracts, as needed. **Supervision 35%** : + Oversee School of Nursing Office of Clinical Placements staff, including, but not limited to, two Graduate Clinical Placement Coordinators, two Undergraduate Clinical Education Specialists, and one Student Compliance Coordinator. + Maintain the Office of Clinical Placements organizational structure and staffing, including interviewing for and hiring open positions, in collaboration with the Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services. + Responsible for oversight of day-to-day activities of staff. Evaluate assignment of responsibilities and adjust as needed. + Provide training, assign work, and follow up to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and completion. + Provide vision, leadership, and direction for staff development and motivation. **Husky Preceptor Program 15%:** + Implement and maintain a successful Husky Preceptor Program, including, but not limited to, benefits and rewards programs, training programs, support resources, building and maintaining a dedicated online portal, coordinate award events and celebratory programs, and facilitate affiliate faculty appointments + Collaborate cross-functionally to funnel all preceptor activities into the Husky Preceptor Program. + Cultivate and maintain preceptor relationships via frequent contact and personal presence on external committees and meetings that are integral to clinical placement activities. **Assessment and Evaluation 5%:** + Ensure that clinical placement and onboarding communications are succinct, accurate and professionally communicated to faculty, students, and external stakeholders. + Work in conjunction with the Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services to develop, implement, and evaluate clinical placement staffing plans. + Collaborate with appropriate individuals in an effort to provide continuous quality assurance assessment, including conducting surveys and other forms of feedback to determine if learning outcomes and site expectations are being met. **Miscellaneous 5%:** + Execute with clear, effective, and open communications to ensure transparency across stakeholders. + Provide recommendations to the Executive Director of Academic & Clinical Services, the Director of Student Services, and the Executive Team regarding clinical placement activities. + Collaborate with many internal and external teams to drive continuous quality improvements and solutions, including surveying and integrating feedback, and ensuring consistent evaluative processes with strategic criteria assessed. + Other appropriate related duties as assigned. **MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS** + Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, Public Health, Education or related field and 4 years of related supervisory/leadership experience. _Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration._ **ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS** + Strong leadership and management skills, including project management skills + Experience in clinical placements within higher education + Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational, teamwork, and problem-solving skills + Demonstrated exceptional time management skills, including the ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and prioritize multiple competing tasks in a fast-paced environment + Experience and competencies in database management + Must be able to occasionally travel for clinical site relationships and be available for occasional work on evenings and weekends + Valid driver's license by date of hire **DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS** + Master's degree in relevant field + Previous work with a College/School of Nursing or other educational program with emphasis on experiential learning + Experience in recruitment, staff supervision and program development and evaluation + Experience working with diverse faculty, staff and students **Application Process:** The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select "Apply to this position". Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your "My Jobs" page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed. University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.