Open Rank Clinical Professor, Clinical Placement, School of Nursing, Charlotte, NC

About the Opportunity

The School of Nursing in Charlotte, NC invites applications for a full-time, 52 week, Open Rank Non-Tenure Track Clinical Professor position with anticipated start date in January 2027, or until the position is filled.

Position Summary

The Nursing Clinical Placement Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and managing clinical placements for nursing students across assigned clinical courses and rotations.

This position works closely with nursing faculty, clinical instructors, hospital and healthcare organization partners, and the Clinical Placement Office (CPO) to ensure students are assigned to appropriate clinical experiences that meet program, course, and regulatory requirements.

The coordinator supports the recruitment and onboarding of qualified clinical instructors, maintains clinical site relationships, monitors student compliance, and assists with the overall coordination of clinical education.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Recruit, interview, vet, and onboard qualified clinical instructors based on the clinical course being taught, required clinical competencies, and program needs.
• Work with hospital and healthcare organization clinical placement teams to obtain appropriate clinical units and experiences that meet course requirements, student learning outcomes, and clinical objectives.
• Develop and maintain strong professional relationships with clinical partners, including hospitals, healthcare systems, long-term care facilities, community agencies, and other healthcare organizations.
• Work alongside the CPO to ensure all students have an appropriate clinical site, placement, and qualified clinical instructor for each clinical rotation.
• Coordinate clinical placements while considering course requirements, student progression, clinical site capacity, instructor availability, and scheduling needs.
• Work with the CPO to monitor and maintain student compliance requirements within Complio and My Clinical Exchange, including immunizations, certifications, background checks, drug screenings, and other required documentation.
• Monitor student compliance deadlines and communicate outstanding requirements to students, faculty, and appropriate administrative personnel.
• Work with lab faculty to assist with pre-clinical labs, open labs, remediation labs, skills validation, and other activities designed to prepare students for clinical experiences.
• Collaborate with course faculty to ensure clinical placements align with course objectives, student learning outcomes, required patient populations, and clinical competencies.
• Coordinate with the Director of Clinicals clinical instructor orientation and provide instructors with course-specific expectations, clinical objectives, evaluation requirements, and applicable policies and procedures.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of clinical sites, clinical instructors, student placements, clinical schedules, and affiliation requirements.
• Ensure clinical placements comply with institutional policies, program requirements, accreditation standards, and applicable regulatory or healthcare organization requirements.
• Collaborate with nursing faculty and leadership to identify clinical placement needs for upcoming semesters and develop placement strategies accordingly.

Qualifications

• Possess a Bachelor's Degree Nursing; Master's preferred
• Hold an active unencumbered license or multistate licensure privilege to practice as a registered nurse in North Carolina by appointment start date
• Demonstrated commitment to teaching excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate nursing education, with the ability to employ evidence-based, student-centered pedagogical strategies that promote clinical judgment, critical thinking, and NCLEX success
• Satisfy the North Carolina Board of Nursing requirements to teach in a pre-licensure nursing program
• Current or recent expertise in the field of clinical nursing
• Experience with networking, student clinical placement, working local hospital organizations and vetting clinical hires as outlines by the Board of Nursing in North Carolina

Additional Information

Interested candidates should apply here with a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and statements addressing the prompts below. Applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Successful faculty at Northeastern will be dynamic and innovative scholars with a record of research and teaching excellence and a commitment to fostering belong in the university community. Thus, strong candidates for this faculty position will have the expertise, knowledge, and skills to build their research, pedagogy, and curriculum in ways that reflect and enhance this commitment. Please indicate how your experience, knowledge, and skills have prepared you to contribute to this work with written statements addressing the following prompt:

Teaching statement

Please summarize your past instructional and mentorship experiences, your pedagogical philosophy, your plans/goals for teaching in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences (including existing and proposed courses), and your strategies for teaching and mentoring global student populations.

• Position Type
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Additional information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.

Pay and benefits

Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation.

Pay Range

52-week salary ranges: Assistant Clinical Professor: $85,000.00 - $107,000.00 | Associate Clinical Professor: $102,000.00 - $116,000.00 | Clinical Professor: $112,000.00 - $128,000.00

With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.