Assistant Director for Clinical and Community Partnerships in Worcester, Massachusetts at Assumption University

Assumption University seeks an Assistant Director for Clinical and Community Partnerships to lead development, integration, and advancement of experiential learning across program tracks in the Froelich School of Nursing. This role is suited for an academic leader who understands the complexities of clinical learning within and across health systems, focusing on bridging classroom theory with hands-on simulation and real-world clinical experience to strengthen student outcomes while meeting CCNE accreditation standards and Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing regulations.

The Assistant Director will oversee all facets of experiential learning including in direct care learning and community-based care learning, while also working closely with the Clinical Learning Suite coordinator to further develop assessment and evaluation strategies. This includes instructional design and compliance with simulation learning environment and skills lab operations, The Assistant Director will cultivate and maintain strong relationships with hospital systems, clinical sites, and industry partners while also working closely with the dean and program director to streamline scheduling processes to optimize cohort schedules. This role is central to aligning education with practice, ensuring graduates enter the workforce clinically prepared and confident. By expanding clinical networks and strengthening simulation capacity, this leader will be instrumental in shaping student competency, program quality, and institutional reputation.

ACCOUNTABILTIES:

• Lead the planning, implementation, and continuous improvement of experiential learning including in patient care, community-based care and simulation education across nursing program tracks.
• Manage experiential learning staff including the clinical placement coordinator, while working closely with CLS coordinator and simulation technician.
• Manage and organize budget for all components of experiential learning including, usage of clinical instructors, equipment and maintenance, and supplies ensuring alignment with budgetary, institutional and accreditor requirements.
• Collaborate with faculty to integrate experiential learning into curricula and measure program level and competency-based learning outcomes.
• Work closely with clinical placement coordinator to develop, negotiate, and maintain clinical affiliation agreements with hospitals, clinics, and healthcare systems.
• Ensure that all clinical and community partnerships and CLS activities support student placement needs, compliance requirements, and workforce readiness goals.
• Develop, oversee, and execute clinical instructor, staff and student orientations and trainings.

• Minimum of Master’s degree in Nursing, earned Doctorate preferred, in Nursing
• RN licensure, Massachusetts, Unencumbered
• Minimum 3 years of experience in academic or clinical leadership roles, including experiential learning management.
• Demonstrated success in developing hospital or healthcare partnerships and advancing experiential education.
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with a proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Sitting, standing, walking, and bending are required of this position. Use of a computer keyboard and computer screen for periods of time with close vision and the ability to adjust visual focus plus manual dexterity are required.

MENTAL DEMANDS: The mental demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Examples of mental demands include reading (documents), detailed work, confidentiality, language, math, reasoning, oral communications, written communications, customer contact, multiple concurrent tasks, constant interruptions, and performing calculations when necessary.

ABOUT ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY:

St. John Paul II wrote: “Man’s creation by God ‘in his own image’ confers upon every human person an eminent dignity; it also postulates the fundamental equality of all human beings.” Assumption University recognizes the essential contribution of a diverse community of students, staff, and faculty and condemns all forms of harassment, discrimination, and disrespect.

As such, and in compliance with the requirements of federal law and/or the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Assumption University prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy, as well as other legally protected status, in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in its programs and activities, except where such conditions may constitute bona fide qualifications for the programs or activities in question.