Clinical Placement Coordinator

Company: University of San Francisco
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: November 22, 2021

Job Description:

Job Title: Clinical Placement Coordinator Job Summary: The Clinical Placement Coordinator reports directly to the Associate Dean. The major responsibilities of this position include overall coordination and management of the student clinical placements for assigned programs and departments. May supervise OPE or exempt staff, and/or student workers. Full Job Description: Job Responsibilities: 1. Meets with and consults with department chairs and faculty to identify the clinical placements required to meet the learning goals of the programs. 2. Contacts, establishes and maintains relationships with agencies for clinical placements, field placements and internships for assigned programs. 3. Works with clinical placement system (CCPS) to manage requests for use of clinical facilities. 4. Expands student placements opportunities in collaboration with faculty and department chairpersons. 5. Supports the faculty in developing new relationships and establishing legal agreements for additional practice opportunities. 6. Manages formal evaluation of clinical sites and clinical preceptors. 7. Develops and maintains a system of record related to clinical placements, fieldwork and practica, and preceptors. 8. Works with legal counsel to assure all contracts with sites are current and appropriate. 9. Acts as a liaison between faculty and clinical sites educators for issues related to clinical placement and for assuring faculty and student orientation. 10. Updates and maintains Agency Orientation information on student and faculty portals. 11. Promotes a climate conducive to professional and scholarly development of faculty and students. 12. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required. Master's degree preferred. Minimum 3 years of increasingly responsible work experience. Work in academic setting preferred. Excellent understanding of technology. Detail oriented and highly organized, with ability to balance competing priorities. Excellent oral and written communication skills; including the ability to communicate on a professional level with groups and individuals across the School and the University and with external constituents, ability to edit and proofread complex documents, and ability to draft original correspondence. Strong interpersonal and client relationship skills, including the ability to work with a highly diverse population of students, staff and faculty, and the ability to exchange non-routine information using tact and persuasion and the ability to work and communicate with a highly diverse constituency, from new university graduates to Clevel executives. Ability to travel, and work evenings and weekends. Full-Time/Part-Time: Full time Pay Rate: Salary

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