Clinical Placement Coordinator

Michener Institute; Toronto; On-site; CAD 44,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Michener Institute is seeking a Clinical Placement Coordinator to lead recruitment and placement of healthcare students across clinical sites in Toronto. You will work with internal teams and external partners to ensure placements meet program needs and professional requirements.

Responsibilities include coordinating timelines, maintaining agreements, guiding students through orientations, and collaborating on accreditation processes.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma required.
• 3 years of clinical practice experience or equivalent.
• Ability to manage multiple competing demands in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational, planning, and scheduling abilities.
• Proven leadership, negotiation, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in healthcare or clinical education is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the recruitment and confirmation of clinical placements by engaging with clinical sites and healthcare providers.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure placements meet programmatic needs and professional requirements.
• Coordinate and support placement of eligible students by establishing timelines and overseeing the clinical selection process.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with clinical partners and explore new partnerships to expand opportunities.
• Coordinate affiliation agreements with new partners and ensure agreements are in place before placements begin.
• Collaborate with Student Success Network to manage placement-related accommodations.
• Deliver clinical orientation presentations and communicate with students about the placement process and requirements.
• Liaise with clinical sites on onboarding, arrangements, clearance status, and Michener policies.
• Document data related to clinical placements; participate in strategic planning and outreach within the OCE team.
• Provide updates and share placement data for accreditation and program review.

Skills

Clinical practice

Multitasking

Communication

Organization & planning

Leadership & negotiation

Teamwork

Independent work

Education

Post-secondary degree or diploma

Job description

Position: Clinical Placement Coordinator
Department: Office for Clinical Education (OCE)
Status: Contract Full-Time
Site: The Michener Institute
Salary: $31.86 to $39.82 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week

The Michener Institute of Education at UHN is Canada’s only post-secondary institution devoted exclusively to healthcare professions, offering full-time, part-time and continuing education programs. For more than 65 years, Michener has prepared generations of professionals for applied health careers and responded to emerging health system priorities. We’re uniquely situated within University Health Network (UHN) in downtown Toronto, one of the largest and most highly ranked hospital systems in Canada and internationally. Our curriculum is informed by cutting-edge research and clinical innovations, giving Michener graduates an advantage as they begin their careers. At Michener, we make healthcare happen.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Lead the recruitment and confirmation of clinical placements by engaging with clinical sites and healthcare providers
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure prospective placements meet programmatic needs and professional requirements
• Coordinate and support the placement of eligible students by establishing timelines and overseeing the clinical selection process
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with existing clinical partners and explore new partnerships to expand clinical opportunities in collaboration with Clinical Liaison Officers from the assigned program areas
• Collaborate with the OCE Administrative Assistant to initiate affiliation agreements with new clinical partners and ensure affiliation agreements are in place prior to the start of clinical placements
• Collaborative with the Student Success Network to manage and implement placement-related accommodations
• Deliver clinical orientation presentations and communicate effectively with students regarding the placement process, clinical requirements, timelines, deadlines, policies, procedures, clinical assignments, and placement-related issues and challenges
• Liaise with clinical sites on all issues relating to the placement of Michener students, including onboarding requirements, placement arrangements, clinical clearance status, and Michener policies and procedures
• Document and organize data related to clinical placements
• Engage as a member of the OCE team to contribute to strategic planning, placement-related outreach activities, and the improvement of processes and operations
• Provide clinical updates to various internal and external partners and share placement-related data for accreditation and program review purposes

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree or diploma
• 3 years of clinical practice experience or equivalent
• Ability to manage multiplecompeting demands in a rapidly changing environment
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with internal and external partnersExceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational, planning, and scheduling skills, as well as attention to detail
• Proven leadership, negotiation, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• Familiarity with or experience working in healthcare or clinical education strongly preferred
• Experience in work-integrated or experiential learning is an asset

Additional Information

Closing Date: November 6, 2026

The Michener Institute is publicly funded by the Ministry of health and is a respectful, caring and inclusive workplace. We are committed to championing accessibility, diversity and equal opportunity.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities during the recruitment process providing the applicant has met the Bona-fide requirements for the open position. Applicants need to make their requirements known when contacted.

While we thank all applicants only those selected for an interview will be contacted.