Clinical Placement Lead - Surgical Tech Education

Concorde Career Colleges; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Waiver

Paid Time Off

Retirement Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Health, vision, and dental insurance

Pet Insurance

Health Plan Enrollment

Job summary

Concorde Career Colleges is seeking a Surgical Technology Clinical Coordinator to secure and maintain clinical placements, ensure onboarding requirements are met, and support students and clinical partners. This role collaborates with program leadership to ensure high-quality clinical education across assigned programs.

The schedule is Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, with responsibilities spanning accreditation, student support, and program growth.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in Surgical Technology is required.
• Minimum 4 years clinical experience in surgical technology with at least 3 years in the operating room scrub role within the last 5 years (required) - or- minimum of 3 years teaching in the field of surgical technology.
• Unencumbered and active Surgical Technologist credential from an NCAA nationally accredited program (required).
• Valid, state-issued driver’s license (required).
• Proven ability to manage complex tasks and mentor junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Secure, schedule, and maintain clinical placement sites that meet program and accreditation requirements.
• Serve as primary liaison to clinical partners, addressing site needs, student issues, performing site visits, and placement logistics.
• Track and ensure completion of all students’ clinical requirements, including documentation, background checks, immunizations, and compliance items.
• Monitor student progress during clinical rotations and provide support in resolving concerns or barriers to completion.
• Collaborate with faculty and leadership to forecast placement needs, evaluate site performance, and support program growth.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records, databases, and reports related to clinical placements and student requirements.
• Coordinate orientation and onboarding processes for students entering clinical rotations.
• Ensure alignment with institutional policies, regulatory standards, and accreditation requirements.
• Inventory, maintain, and procure equipment, supplies.
• Programs with Sterile Processing: Provide clinical placement coordination, programs support and student support for Sterile Processing programs, including managing placements for Sterile Processing students.
• Participate in orientations, departmental meetings, graduations, and other events and initiatives.
• Support the accreditation process and ensure ongoing program compliance.
• Assist with scheduling of NCCT and CST exams in a timely manner. All students have to sit for the certification prior to graduation, conduct review courses for CST and NCCT certification.
• Engage in systematic program evaluation and reporting.
• Teach courses as needed.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Task management

Mentoring

Problem solving

Effective communication

Training facilitation

Process improvement

Leadership

Policy navigation

Education

Associate's degree in Surgical Technology

Surgical Technologist credential (NCAA program)

Driver's license

Job description

Concorde Career Colleges is seeking a Surgical Technology Clinical Coordinator to secure and maintain clinical placements, ensure onboarding requirements are met, and support students and clinical partners. This role collaborates with program leadership to ensure high-quality clinical education across assigned programs.

The schedule is Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm, with responsibilities spanning accreditation, student support, and program growth.