Clinical Manager, Health Professions

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Benefits:

*Medical

*Dental

*Vision

FSA/HSA

Tuition Assistant Program

Long/Short Term Disability

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

401K Match 

Generous Paid Time Off

12 Paid Holidays

* includes domestic partner coverage

POSITION SUMMARY:  

This position organizes and manages clinical training placements for students in all South University Health Professions programs to include programs of study in Anesthesiologist Assistant, Physician Assistant, Physical Therapist Assistant, Occupational Therapist Assistant, and Medical Assistant. The incumbent will be responsible for the administrative duties associated with clinical site communication, acquisition, and scheduling. The Health Professions Clinical Manager must also participate in activities that promote the stature of the academic departments and the campuses.  Incumbent must assure that the South University philosophy: quality services to clients; development, growth, involvement, and recognition of employees; sound economic principles; and environment which is conducive to innovation, positive thinking and expansion ‐is considered in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of this position.

KEY JOB ELEMENTS:

• Manages the master repository of all academic clinical training sites, contacts, and availability across the nation.
• Responsible for overseeing new clinical site development and maintain ongoing evaluation of all clinical sites and preceptors with proper documentation and data collection.
• Independently initiates clinical education activities to include student placement in clinical rotations to ensure students meet standards for the program with adequate coverage throughout the clinical year.
• Serves as the clinical liaison with physicians, physician assistants, anesthesiologist assistants, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other licensed health care providers at clinical practicum sites for students, faculty, and staff at all times.
• Trains all program clinical team members and manages multi-campus site sharing across academic programs.

• Provides ongoing decisions regarding contracts, preceptor agreements, student placements, including assisting students encountering clinical training problems. 

• Guides students effectively through the process and procedure for document submission to include credentialing requirements, background checks/urine drug screens and immunizations, prior to and during clinical rotations.
• Assists with the investigation of student problems requiring academic actions according to South University policies and procedures.
• Perform administrative tasks for the academic program(s) and assists with special projects.
• Adheres to university policies as described in the Employee Handbook, job description, or other separate guidelines.

• Remains in compliance with South University’s academic policies and procedures, educational policies, both SACSCOC and programmatic accreditation standards, and state agency regulations.
• Upholds Program/Department/College initiatives designed to achieve student outcomes, and Campus/community relations.
• Assists with other responsibilities as determined by the Program Director and/or the Campus Dean of Academic Affairs.

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Accreditation (federal, state, regional), programmatic and or clinical work/history
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
• Three to five years of related experience in higher education or healthcare setting preferred
• Knowledge of planning and scheduling techniques.
• Experience with hospital credentialing processes preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with both faculty and student population.
• Superior organizational and problem-resolution skills.
• Strong basic computer software (MS Office) skills.
• Ability to interact effectively as a member of a team and work collaboratively with other departments.
• Ability to listen to customers (e.g., students, staff, etc.) and to understand and respond positively to their requests.
• Ability to work without close supervision and to set one’s own priorities and work schedule.
• Ability to supervise part-time student workers.

ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The term "qualified individual with a disability" means an individual with a disability who, with or without reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate professionally in person, over the telephone, through email, video conference, and other electronic means, move about the office or school, handle various types of media and equipment, and visually or otherwise identify, observe and assess. The employee is occasionally required to lift up to 10 pounds unless otherwise specified in the job description.

South University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity as a critical step in ensuring employee, student and graduate success. We are committed to building and developing a diverse environment where a variety of ideas, cultures and perspectives can thrive.