RN Academic Practice Partnership Program Manager

Position: RN Academic Practice Partnership Program Manager - Relocation Offered!
About this Job: General Summary of Position
In support of Med Star Health Nursing Academic-Practice Partnerships the Program Manager partners with the System Director to provide strategic operational and tactical oversight for education affiliation agreements clinical placements strategic partnership initiatives and subsequent programs that fall under nursing academic-practice partnerships. The Program Manager acts as a liaison between professional nursing programs allied health and technical programs Med Star Health nurse leaders and the Talent Acquisitions Team.

The Program Manager also collaborates with nursing leaders across the system to identify areas of academic-practice opportunities and workforce pipelines to drive and/or support initiatives that leverage growing the nursing workforce. They will also contribute to the collection monitoring analysis and reporting on clinical student placement data to include conversions to full time hires upon academic course completion.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Contributes to the achievement of established MSH system and nursing academic-practice partnership goals and objectives. Ensures compliance with business unit policies and procedures and governmental and accreditation regulations.

Partners with the system director of academic practice partnerships to serve as a liaison between Med Star Health System Nursing and professional and technical nursing educational institutions. Establishes and sustains collaborative relationships between practice and academia with targeted regional and national nursing programs based on priorities established by the Med Star Health System's Chief Nursing Officer/Senior Vice President Chief Nursing Officers Council System Vice President of Nursing professional Development and Workforce Management and other nurse leaders.

Collaborates with entity-based nurse leaders and clinical placement coordinators on the planning coordination and execution of capacity assessment for the clinical placement of professional and technical nursing students in the Med Star learning environment orientation and placement of students orientation of clinical faculty and monitoring of unit/faculty/students relations. Mentors and coaches clinical placement coordinators as needed to achieve desired academic-practice partnerships program and student placements strategy.

Supports the system director of nursing academic-practice partnerships to develop mechanisms and standardized methods/tools for the monitoring evaluation and reporting of data related to the professional and technical clinical student placements academic-practice partnerships and education affiliation agreements.

Coordinates the clinical nursing/technical student placement activities and logistics of all education affiliation agreements supporting the nursing-academic relationships technical school affiliation and the student nurse extern and student nurse attendant programs.

Provides supervision in the use of automated process and data management solutions by entity-based clinical placement coordinators and other involved associates to support and optimize outcomes measurements such as placement volumes conversion rates from students to full time hires among other metrics.

Participates in committees task forces and projects at the request of the System Director Med Star Health System Chief Nursing Officer/Senior Vice President or designee. Promotes a public image of nursing excellence through professional communication and membership in professional organizations.

Demonstrates excellent communication skills at all levels of the organization political acumen to handle controversial issues and dissent appropriately and to identify appropriate audiences for certain topics; disciplined thought with respect to identifying communicating and resolving issues.

Builds trusting collaborative relationships with various members of the health care environment including relationships that facilitate the ability of professional and technical nursing students and faculty to collaborate with members of the Med Star Health Care Team. Fosters service by contributing professionally to Med Star Health contracted university/school professional organizations and/or the community in a participatory developmental or advisory capacity.

Maintains knowledge of current trends and developments in the fields of nursing clinical instruction and nursing education through a variety of professional activities including but not limited to reading the appropriate literature and attending related seminars and conferences.

Contributes to the professional development and advancement of Medstar Health nurses and nursing students. Demonstrates commitment to continuous learning and professional advancement.

Participates in meetings and on committees and represents the department and business unit in community outreach efforts.

Participates in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams and maintains effective working…