Center for Trauma & Critical Care Education Clinical Coordinator, Department of Surgery
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Full-time
Health Care Provider
Posted on May 10, 2024
Overview
The Center for Trauma & Critical Care Education (CTCCE) is recruiting for a full-time clinical coordinator. The clinical coordinator will be responsible for the coordination, orientation, supervision and evaluation of students and clinical instructors on campus and at the clinical sites.
Typical Responsibilities
Clinical Coordination
- Ensures all students are in compliance with clinical site requirements prior to scheduling clinical shifts
- Coordinates and schedules clinical site orientation sessions for students with each clinical agency
- Conducts site visits at clinical agencies and facilities to observe students during clinical shifts and field internship
- Provides program orientation and training to clinical and field preceptors
- Maintains regular contact with clinical preceptors, clinical sites and EMS agencies
- Assists the EMS Program Director with the evaluation of the program clinical sites
- Assists clinical preceptors by providing evaluation devices of student learning and clinical experience to measure progress and competency
- Functions as a liaison between the EMS program and the clinical sites
- Monitors student clinical progress and clinical competency based on program objectives
- Audits all clinical documentation to ensure students are maintaining satisfactory progress in achieving clinical requirements
- Maintains all clinical documentation as required by CoAEMSP standards and OEMS regulations
- Assists the EMS Program Director with seeking new clinical agencies/facilities as needed to provide quality experiences for EMS students and to support program growth.
- Serves as a clinical preceptor for EMS students at VCU Health facilities
- Completes all required clinical documentation for evaluating students during clinical
- May supervise students directly in the clinical environment
- The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program Clinical Coordinator is responsible for providing didactic and lab content, evaluating students, reporting progress, and for the periodic review and updating of course material
- Faculty must be familiar with program goals, able to demonstrate the ability to follow an organized plan of instruction and have appropriate credentials for the learning areas they teach
- In each location where students are assigned for didactic or supervised practice, there must be instructional faculty designated to provide frequent assessments of the students' progress in achieving program requirements
- Develops, implements, and evaluates the mission, philosophy, program objectives, program outcomes, course outcomes, and systematic evaluation plan on a regular basis
- Provides opportunities for student and graduate evaluation of the curriculum and teaching
- Designs, implements, teaches, and evaluates the curriculum
- Provides input to the annual budget
- Maintains professional qualifications through participation in continuing education programs and academic courses
- Other duties as assigned.
- National Registered Paramedic
- VDH Paramedic (or ability to obtain)
- Associate's degree in a related field
- Knowledge of EMS program skill tracker software
- Demonstrated experience fostering a diverse faculty, staff and student environment or a commitment to do so
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- VDH EMS Education Coordinator
- Experience as clinical coordinator for paramedic program
- Emergency Room Tech
University Title: Health Educator, Health Sciences (Open)
ORP Eligibility: Yes
Restricted Position: This is a restricted position with no set end date and continued employment is dependent upon project need, availability of funding, and performance.
Vaccination Requirements: Please note that if you are employed as a university employee working in any of the health system's facilities, you will need to follow VCU Health System policies, which will include but will not be limited to, vaccination requirements.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCU's sponsored research, the School of Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. VCU School of Medicine comprises 18 clinical departments, eight basic health science departments, and 11 affiliated institutes and centers, and provides preeminent education to physicians and scientists in order to improve the quality of healthcare for humanity. All full-time university staff are eligible for our generous benefits package that includes choices for health, vision, and dental coverage, life-insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, retirement planning, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, flexible spending accounts, tuition benefits, significant paid-time off,12 paid holidays, and more. Explore our benefits further here: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/university-and-academic-professional-benefits/
The School of Medicine continuously strives for our workplace and learning environment to reflect the demographic and social milieu of the communities we serve. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
Salary Range: $58,000 - $73,000
Position Details:
Department: SurgeryEmployment Type: UF - University Employee FTRestricted Status: YesFTE: 1Exemption Status: Exempt
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