Practice Placement Coordinator. An employee who is qualified to develop and maintain nursing clinical placement sites and orient and train clinical placement supervisors. The preferred minimum qualification is a Master's degree in nursing. New Classifications
Practice Placement Coordinator. The professional duties of a nursing practice placement coordinator may include any or all of the following: planning for, developing and maintaining nursing clinical practice sites, liaising with nursing agencies and professional associations; providing orientation to nurses and agencies who accept nursing students into clinical placements; assisting faculty and students in identifying suitable clinical placements; assisting in student recruitment through career fairs and liaison with schools; participating on committees; professional development; and administrative duties. Scholarship, Research, and Creative Activity Faculty members may devote a reasonable proportion of their time to professional development, scholarship, research, or creative activity so as maintain their scholarly competence and effectiveness as teachers, librarians, counsellors, and coordinators. A college professor who is assigned to a degree completion instructional position, or whose teaching assignment includes at least one third and/or fourth year course, or who has been approved for a scholarly activity assignment under section shall engage in scholarly activity pursuant to Article Service Service may include all or any of the following: school visitations; active membership on appropriate university college or union committees; participation in professional or academic organizations; application of the employee’s academic or professional competence or expertise in the community at large; attendance at articulation meetings; representing at other functions; administrative duties; and other duties as specified in this Article.
