"MSON Clinical Coordinator"

Position Summary

The McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy seeks a highly organized and collaborative Clinical Coordinator for the nursing program. This professional staff position plays a critical role in coordinating clinical placements to ensure high-quality experiential education that meets programmatic, accreditation, regulatory, and safety standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical Coordination:

• Coordinate and manage clinical placements for nursing students.
• Collaborate with faculty to identify student clinical requirements and placement needs.
• Maintain relationships with clinical agencies and preceptors to support student learning.
• Manage student onboarding and compliance using clinical placement databases.
• Maintain accurate clinical site, preceptor, and student placement records.
• Coordinate clinical orientations and preceptor communications.

Administrative Support:

• Assist with documentation, handbooks, and learning management system resources related to clinical education.
• Support continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate electronic evaluations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Nursing.
• Experience in clinical coordination.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills – Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• Higher education or healthcare administrative experience.
• Experience with database management such as Typhon, ACEMAPP or similar systems.

Physical Requirements

Job may require lifting light weight objects (1 to 10 pounds) with no repetitive bending or stooping. Occasionally lift average weight objects (1 to 10 pounds).

Work Environment

Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a normal office.

Salary/Pay Information

Commensurate with experience

Anticipated Schedule

Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Some evening or weekend hours may be required based on program needs.

Employee Benefits

At the University of Detroit Mercy we continually strive to provide a high-quality, comprehensive benefits package to our valued employees. We offer our employees the following:

• Medical - Three health plans to choose from with a large national provider network
• Dental - Option to purchase additional dental plan through Sun Life. Dental Care is available at the School of Dentistry to the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents (dependents shall be as defined for Internal Revenue Service purposes). The fee for such services shall be waived for the employee, the employee's spouse or legally domiciled adult and dependents, up to a cap of $3,000 per individual per calendar year. Beyond the $3,000 cap amount, employees will be responsible to pay 25% of any remaining fees for the balance of that year.
• Vision - Option to purchase additional vision plan through Heritage. Vision benefits available at Detroit Mercy Eye Institute: $35 Comprehensive Eye Exam, Contact Lens Exam starting at $70, 50% off Optical Frames, 25% off Sun Frames, 30% off Prescription Lenses, 20% off Prescription Contact Lenses (*Cannot be combined with insurance*)
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options
• Employee Assistance Program - Provided to everyone in your household
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Life and AD&D - One times base salary up to a hundred thousand dollars
• Option to purchase additional life insurance, accident insurance, and/or critical illness insurance
• Tuition Remission Benefit for you, your spouse, and children
• Retirement Plan - Employees who contribute 3% shall receive an Employer contribution of 6%, employees who contribute 4% in the plan shall receive an Employer contribution of 8%.