POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE:
Nursing Clinical Facilitator
REPORTS TO:
Reports to the MINC on-site faculty member
Position Summary:
Assist nursing faculty member to mentor, supervise, and facilitate the learning of students in the
clinical setting: select patient assignments for students, role model safe and effective clinical skills,
review student preparatory work, provide supervision of students, and give input to the nursing
faculty member for the evaluation of students.
Responsibilities:
1. Attends an orientation for Clinical Facilitators
2. Reports to the designated MINC faculty member(s)
3. Selects patient assignments for students prior to the clinical experience, communicates
assignments as determined by MINC faculty
4. Facilitates student learning in the clinical setting
5. Role models safe and effective clinical skills
6. Reviews student preparatory work prior to providing patient care
7. Provides supervision of students including patient care, medication administration and
documentation
8. Participates in post-clinical conferences as determined by faculty
9. Provides input to faculty for evaluation of student learning
Qualifications:
1. Baccalaureate prepared RN, current Minnesota license
2. Ability to fulfill semester commitment
3. Previous preceptor or mentor experience
4. Experience with agency, nursing unit or patient population, one year preferred
5. Enthusiasm for working with student nurses
6. Current CPR certification
7. Immunizations and verification of health status
8. Medicare/Medicaid fraud check will be completed once hired
CONTACTS:
Students, faculty, staff, faculty administrators.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:
 All abilities of professional nurse practice as specified by the Minnesota Board of Nursing.
 Ability to create clinical accommodations for students with special assistance needs.
TERM: 103 hours in the spring (February – May) with the possibility for annual renewal
devoted to working with a clinical group of 8 junior students providing nursing cares for patients at
Abbott Northwestern Hospital on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 6:45 am to 12:45 pm.
APPROVAL:
DATE:
Diana Neal, Director of Nursing
Revised December 2013