Regional Clinical Faculty
Job Summary
Regional Clinical Faculty (RCF) advise, support, educate, and evaluate students. The RCF supports and collaborates with clinical preceptors in keeping with the policies established by the University to ensure an effective clinical experience for students. The RCF provides leadership in establishing relationships within the nurse-midwifery/ nurse-practitioner community to further the goal of increasing and maintaining access to clinical sites for Frontier Nursing University (FNU) and to ensure the larger goal of increasing access to nurse-midwifery/nurse-practitioner care. The RCF participates in the ongoing development, implementation, and evaluation of the curriculum in their area of advanced practice nursing.
Major Tasks, Duties, and Responsibilities
University Related
- Promotes the mission and philosophy of FNU.
- Attends University, department, RCF, and faculty meetings
- Participates in the annual Fall Faculty Meeting andCommencementas stipulated in their current FNU contract
- Participates in Clinical and/or FrontierBoundasstipulated in their current FNU contract
- Effectively collaborates with all departments at FNU to ensure student success and site/ preceptorsatisfaction.
- Provide service to the University through activities such as involvement in FNU shared governance (e.g., committees, workgroups), FNU sponsored activities (e.g., charity drives, community outreach activities), and/or service to the profession (e.g., presentations, professional organization committee work).
- Adhere to the elements of the Culture of Caring
- Other duties as assigned.
Course Related
- Orients students to course expectations.
- Documents student progress in course work and clinical setting at least every term via the university student retention system( i.e., Dropout Detective).
- Maintains currency in areas of expertise through clinical practice, literature review, participation in continuing education programs, etc.
- Assigns grades andmaintainscourse grade book and student records, meeting timeline requirements for grade submission.
Service
- Advises students for course registration for each term following Clinical Bound.
- Works with students and the Clinical Director to help studentsmaintainSatisfactory Academic Progress.
- Coordinates and verifies end-of-clinical details.
- Works with the students and preceptor toidentifyand find solutions to clinical problems
Clinical Site and Preceptor Evaluation
- Completes andsubmitsclinical site and preceptor evaluations.
Preceptor Support
- Provides preceptors with guidance in student interactions.
- Orients preceptors to FNU clinical policies and processes
- Provides access to FNU courses and guidebooks for preceptor resources
- Encourages preceptors toparticipatein preceptor education and programs related to precepting.
- Maintains contact with the clinical student’s primary clinical preceptor at leastmonthly.
Scholarship
- Participates in scholarly work through publication, grant writing, presentations, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project participation, scholarly consultation, and/or other scholarly endeavors.
Required Skills/Abilities
- Skilled in communication, problem-solving, computer literacy, management, and organization preferred.
Education and Experience:
- Nationally certified inan appropriate advancedpractice role.