Director of PMHNP Clinical Education

The Clinical Director of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program is a key faculty position at Simmons University, responsible for overseeing the clinical education of students in the PMHNP program. This role requires a strong background in psychiatric mental health nursing and experience in teaching and administration.

The Clinical Director will be responsible for managing the curriculum, faculty, and student experience in all clinical decision-making courses. This includes overseeing the development and implementation of the curriculum, managing faculty and staff, and ensuring that students receive a high-quality educational experience.

Key responsibilities of the Clinical Director include:

• Teaching as a CDM Section Instructor per contractual year
• Coordinating, overseeing, and attending Boston-based immersion experiences per contractual year
• Managing CDM Course Leads to ensure all course objectives, faculty/student management, course iteration/redesign, course map development and maintenance, and curriculum maintenance requirements are being met
• Ensuring students and faculty in CDM are involved in a positive educational experience through the learning, teaching, and social environment, and are meeting curricular learning objectives/competencies
• Coordinating immersion experience orientation to include student success, clinical placement team, academic advising, and other appropriate contributors
• Supervising the Typhon Group PMHNP platform in conjunction with the Operations team to ensure relevant data capture and appropriate reports demonstrating required student clinical competencies

The Clinical Director will also be responsible for overseeing student experience and resolution of student issues, including:

• Working closely with the academic support team and other pertinent individuals to closely monitor overall student experience in CDM
• Collaborating with CDM faculty on ensuring appropriate clinical experiences to meet stated course objectives
• Collaborating with CDM faculty on any clinical placement-related escalations
• Overseeing and ensuring consistency in all grading practices in CDM
• Partnering with our technical partner, 2U, to better cultivate and mentor Section Instructors for best practices as an effective online instructor and their use of the technology
• Investigating and resolving student educational issues requiring academic actions in consultation with the Director of Advanced Practice - PMHNP and other pertinent individuals according to University policies and procedures

The Clinical Director will also be responsible for core clinical curriculum faculty/staff supervision, including:

• Working closely with the Graduate Nursing Staffing Specialist and Human Resources to vet and hire all faculty for all CDM courses
• Providing faculty mentoring, training, evaluation, and development to CDM Section Instructors
• Fostering and encouraging online Section Instructors to promote a culture of learning that values mutual responsibility, life-long learning, diversity, and ethics, as well as personal and professional development
• Ensuring faculty readiness around online teaching and learning methods, playing a crucial role in talent development and retention
• Collaborating with School of Nursing leadership team to ensure evaluation and assessment of CDM adjunct faculty are being conducted on an interval and annual basis

The Clinical Director will also be responsible for clinical placement team and clinical site delivery, including:

• Responsible for adequate delivery of clinical sites across the U.S. and assures documentation is appropriately managed for student visits in Typhon and/or student files
• Overseeing clinical placements to assure that students are obtaining adequate hours for completion of PMHNP training
• Leading Clinical Placement Team and Section Instructors in implementing a preceptor and clinical site evaluation
• Leading CPT meetings and completes follow-up on outstanding issues with 2U placements, sites, and preceptors

The Clinical Director will also be responsible for service responsibilities, including:

• Participating in relevant committees and other team meetings/projects either virtually or in person as assigned by the Dean or Chair of Graduate Nursing
• Attending Graduate Nursing Core Meetings and other relevant meetings virtually or in person as requested
• Serving as an active voting member of the School of Nursing
• Providing reviews of PMHNP applicants for program admission as assigned

Requirements for the Clinical Director position include:

• MSN, PMHNP APRN required
• DNSc, DNP, or PhD required or in process
• Experienced, board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner license required
• At least 2+ years clinical and nursing education experience required
• Graduate level, clinical didactic teaching experience required
• Online teaching exposure/experience preferred

Interested candidates should submit the following electronically with their application: (1) a cover letter including key qualifications for the position and relevant interests; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) a statement of teaching philosophy; and (4) the contact information for at least three professional references. Additional supporting materials to document excellence in teaching, such as course evaluations and syllabi of courses taught, are optional and welcomed.