The Supervisor, Clinical Education is responsible for supervising and advancing clinical education programs that support the readiness, competence and ongoing development of the organization’s clinical workforce. The role oversees clinical orientation and onboarding, competency assessment and validation, continuing education, skills development, preceptor development, in-service education and other clinical learning initiatives across the organization.
Working collaboratively with clinical leaders, educators, subject-matter experts, and other organizational partners, the Supervisor assesses learning and performance needs and supports the design, implementation, standardization, and evaluation of evidence-based educational programs for nursing and other clinical disciplines. The position provides direct supervision and professional guidance to Clinical Educators and promotes consistent educational practices across clinical settings.
The Supervisor applies knowledge of professional nursing practice, adult learning principles, instructional design, competency-based education, and applicable regulatory and accreditation requirements to strengthen clinical practice, support regulatory readiness, and advance safe, effective, and high-quality patient care.
Clinical Education and Staff Development
- Serves as a clinical education leader, resource, and role model across all clinical disciplines, including nursing.
- Promotes professional development and advances clinical knowledge, skills, and abilities.
- Supervises, coaches, and develops Clinical Educators.
- Establishes clear expectations and promotes collaboration, shared accountability, and consistent educational practices.
- Partners with Learning and Development, Clinical Educators, clinical leaders, and subject-matter experts to assess learning and performance needs.
- Develops, delivers, and evaluates educational solutions based on identified needs.
- Leads the planning, development, implementation, standardization, and evaluation of evidence-based clinical education programs.
- Develops and maintains curricula, presentations, instructional materials, and other educational resources.
- Ensures educational content is current, evidence-based, appropriate for the intended audience, and aligned with organizational, regulatory, accreditation, and professional-practice requirements.
- Partners with credentialed clinical leaders and subject-matter experts to develop discipline-specific education and competency requirements.
- Provides clinical instruction and competency support within their professional scope and expertise, as needed.
- Oversees in-service education and competency-based learning related to clinical practice, equipment, technology, policies, procedures, and identified performance needs.
- Supports the development and ongoing preparation of preceptors, mentors, instructors, and other employees responsible for workplace learning.
- Supports education related to electronic health records, clinical technologies, and other system implementations.
- Supports the development and expansion of simulation-based and experiential learning activities.
Orientation, Onboarding, and Competency Management
- Oversees the implementation and continuous improvement of standardized clinical orientation and onboarding programs.
- Collaborates with Clinical Educators, department leaders, preceptors, and subject-matter experts to establish role-appropriate onboarding plans.
- Monitors onboarding progress and addresses identified learning needs.
- Promotes consistent orientation standards while accommodating department-, role-, and discipline-specific requirements.
- Oversees the identification, documentation, assessment, and validation of required clinical competencies.
- Coordinates annual and recurring competency-validation activities.
- Monitors the completion of required competency assessments.
- Partners with leaders to develop education, coaching, and remediation plans when knowledge, skill, or competency gaps are identified.
- Ensures orientation, education, competency validation, and other clinical learning activities are documented accurately and timely.
- Monitors education and competency records to support regulatory readiness and addresses compliance gaps.
- Oversees the administration and continuous improvement of clinical ladder, preceptor-development, and other clinical professional-development programs.
Educational Program Planning, Evaluation, and Collaboration
- Develops and maintains an annual clinical education plan based on organizational priorities, regulatory requirements, identified risks, workforce needs, and clinical performance opportunities.
- Coordinates education for new equipment, supplies, medications, technologies, software, clinical practices, and workflow changes.
- Supports education related to quality improvement, patient safety, process improvement, and organizational initiatives.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure educational initiatives address applicable clinical, operational, professional, and regulatory requirements.
- Establishes measures to evaluate learner participation, knowledge acquisition, skill development, competency attainment, and program effectiveness.
- Analyzes educational outcomes, participant feedback, competency results, and other available data to identify improvement opportunities.
- Reports clinical education activities, outcomes, risks, and improvement priorities to organizational leadership, as appropriate.
- Manages multiple educational priorities and projects within established timelines.
- Ensures educational resources are used effectively.
- Responds flexibly to emerging educational, operational, and regulatory needs.
- Participates in committees, workgroups, surveys, audits, and regulatory-readiness activities related to clinical education, onboarding, competency, and workforce development.
Additional Responsibilities
- The responsibilities listed above provide a general overview of the position and are not an exhaustive list of all assigned duties.
- Employees may be required to perform other job-related duties to support departmental operations, organizational objectives, regulatory requirements, or patient care needs.
- Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.
