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Columbia University

Assoc Director, DNP

🇺🇸 Morningside, NY

🕑 Full-Time

💰 $115K - $130K

💻 Other

🗓️ August 18th, 2025

Edtech.com's Summary

Columbia University is hiring an Associate Director, DNP. The role involves serving as the primary clinical, management, and affiliation coordinator for the School of Nursing while overseeing all aspects of the clinical placement process and managing the program support team.

Highlights
  • Manage the clinical placement process including engagement with clinical sites and student health services.
  • Oversee affiliation agreements and maintain current clinical site requirements and compliance.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives and implement workflows using software platforms such as Exaat.
  • Supervise support staff responsible for credential tracking and clinical site onboarding.
  • Coordinate clinical placements, preceptor appointments, and communicate with program directors and students.
  • Manage regulatory compliance, provide statistical reports for accreditation, and oversee clinical and preceptor evaluations.
  • Collaborate with the Program Director and Simulation Center to coordinate simulation sessions.
  • Requires a Bachelor's degree with at least four years of related experience; a Master's degree and 3-5 years in academic nursing education are preferred.
  • Salary range is $115,000 to $130,000 depending on qualifications and experience.
  • Position is full-time with 35 hours per week at the School of Nursing under Columbia University.

Assoc Director, DNP Full Description

  • Job Type: Officer of Administration
  • Bargaining Unit:
  • Regular/Temporary: Regular
  • End Date if Temporary:
  • Hours Per Week: 35
  • Standard Work Schedule:
  • Building:
  • Salary Range: $115,000- $130,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.
 
Position Summary
Serve as the primary clinical, management and affiliation coordinator for the School of Nursing.  Overseeing and managing all aspects of the clinical placement process and program support team.

Responsibilities
  1. Oversee and manage clinical placement processes
    1. Engage with clinical sites, student health, and student affairs to facilitate seamless clinical placements
    2. Attend clinical affiliation meetings
    3. Ensure affiliation agreements are current
    4. Collaborate with administrative support team for affiliation agreement process
    5. Manage updating of all clinical site requirements including but not limited to orientation and on-boarding procedures, compliance requirements, clinical placement capacity, and additional screenings required by sites.
  2.  Responsible for ongoing process improvement initiatives
    1. Develop and implement new workflows to improve clinical placement processes
    2. Oversee implementation of clinical placement processes using software platforms (Exaat)
    3. Oversee all clinical site on-boarding clearance and orientation procedures.
    4. Ensure compliance and preparedness for clinical rotations.
    5. Direct and manage support staff responsible for credential tracking as required by clinical agencies, CON, and accrediting bodies.
  3. Direct, manage, and supervise support staff
    1. Determine the number of students, placements, and type of experience required for each semester.
    2. Identify and secure clinical placements per semester
    3. Communicate clinical placements (and or changes) and assignment to program director, Assistant Dean, and students.
    4. Facilitate and oversee preceptor appointments in collaboration with program directors, assistant dean, and HR
  4. Manage regulatory and compliance processes
    1. Provide statistical reports to the program directors and Assistant Dean for accreditation and other regulatory reports
    2. Oversee clinical site evaluations, preceptor evaluations
    3. Ensure the accuracy and availability of compliance data to be provided to clinical agencies upon request.
    4. Communicate of clinical practice document deficiencies to program directors and assistant dean
  5. Collaborate with the Program Director and the Simulation Center to coordinate and schedule simulation sessions for assigned courses.
 
Minimum Qualifications
Requires Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience plus four years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in education, healthcare administration, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 3–5 years’ experience in academic nursing education or a related healthcare academic setting.
  • Knowledge of clinical placement processes and familiarity with the requirements of graduate-level nursing education.
 
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
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