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Full Time – Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education  (PT or PTA)
In cooperation with the Program Director of the CACHE PTA Program and the Dean of Health Sciences, the Academic Coordinator of Clinical Education (ACCE) is responsible for planning, coordinating, and administrating the clinical education experience which relates the student clinical education program to the curriculum and evaluates students’ progress in integrating the academic and clinical experiences. In addition, the ACCE is responsible for serving as a liaison between the consortium colleges and the clinical facilities to ensure that the program incorporates instruction in sound patient management, professional demeanor, state-of-the-art equipment and techniques, and that college and clinical personnel demonstrate a personal receptiveness to the students. The ACCE also provides some program instruction.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Assist the Program Director with the development of long and short-term planning objectives for the program’s clinical rotations.

Recruit and develop clinical sites, including:
• Develop and maintain records pertaining to clinical affiliation agreements and MOUs for all colleges
• Develop and maintain accreditation reports pertaining to affiliation agreements
• Overseeing the flow of information pertaining to clinical facilities, including clinical affiliation agreements between the colleges and Instructional Services
• Develop and apply criteria for the selection and utilization of clinical sites

Function as the primary liaison between clinical training sites and colleges to ensure:
• communication of activities, updates, and other information to maintain the integrity of the educational program
• communication of the philosophy of the academic program, academic curriculum, objectives of the clinical education experience, and policies and procedures of the academic program
• dissemination of current accreditation materials

Develop and maintain accreditation reports in accordance with accreditation guidelines, including:
• Site development and availability
• Clinical affiliation agreements
• Clinical faculty qualifications and development
• Effectiveness of clinical teaching, ACCE communication, and clinical education outcomes
• Student outcomes in clinical education, including issues and concerns associated with students and clinical faculty

Foster clinical faculty development through:
• assessment of clinical teaching effectiveness and clinical faculty development needs
• Provide formal and informal faculty development for clinical faculty and CCCEs
• assessment of the effectiveness of clinical faculty development
• serving as a resource to clinical faculty regarding clinical education and practice guidelines

Develop and implement strategies for student preparation in clinical education, including
• Coordinating student clinical requirements (health records, background checks, other clinical site requirements)
• Disseminating clinical course resources and materials for student readiness and assessment
• Developing seminars and labs to assist with student readiness for clinical education courses
• Developing and implementing remediation programs for students as needed

In cooperation with the program director, supervise clinical site activities, including student scheduling, site coordination, site evaluation, and site development.

Provide instruction for the program as assigned by the Program Director

Serve as a member of the PTA Department Curriculum and Advisory Committees and participate in local, statewide, and regional forums and consortia as appropriate

Other duties as assigned by the Program Director or Dean