Supervisor, Clinical Operations - Houston, Texas

WGU Supervisor, Clinical Operations

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Management_Executive 605 Pay Range: $75,900.00 - $125,300.00

Job Description MUST RESIDE WITHIN THE HOUSTON AREA

The Supervisor, Clinical Operations ensures clinical sites and clinical lab sites in a designated region provide full support of the clinical practice needs for nursing students as defined by the nursing program's curriculum and state regulations. This position develops and maintains relationships with site leadership to ensure students receive optimal clinical practice experiences. The Supervisor, Clinical Operations serves as designee for the State Director of Nursing (SDON) as required representing WGU nursing with various groups. In addition, the Supervisor, Clinical Operations works closely with WGU community relations representatives as needed to support information on WGU nursing programs and the Clinical Learning and Placement team as needed to support the appropriate placement and scheduling of the student's clinical practice experiences.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Provide support for the implementation and delivery of clinical experiential learning of the Pre-Licensure nursing program.
• Assist and facilitate in the coordination of clinical experiences, preparation of faculty/staff schedules, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements of external agencies.
• Support student success through student interactions, experiences, and progression.
• Supervise, manage, and evaluate clinical faculty as assigned.
• Develop and maintain clinical relationships to ensure student clinical experiential learning objectives are met in accordance with programmatic standards and practice as well as support of continued program growth.
• Carry out departmental functions and participate in professional meetings and events in the absence of the SDON.
• Provide positive leadership, direction, and support to clinical faculty across the Pre-Licensure nursing program.
• Fulfil specified obligations as a clinical faculty member if necessary.
• Lead recognition activities for faculty and students as identified by the National Team.
• Conduct ongoing program evaluation to ensure that quality standards are maintained including student retention, satisfaction, and competency attainment using evidence-based tools and...

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