Senior Director, Clinical Experience & Placements

WGU; United States; On-site; USD 98,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

WGU's Leavitt School of Health is seeking a strategic leader to design, coordinate, and continuously improve student clinical and field experiences across diverse programs. This role oversees clinical placement operations, ensures regulatory compliance, and drives data‑informed decisions that enhance student readiness and success.

Working with academic leadership and clinical staff, you will manage budgets, partnerships, and HR functions, while advancing innovative placement models and aligning

Responsibilities

• Responsible for clinical placement management directing the planning, coordination, and quality assurance of student clinical placements.
• Designs, Implements, and evaluates clinical education programs to support student and faculty competency in patient care.
• Manage budgets, staffing models, scheduling, and resourcing for clinical and lab operations.
• Oversee training and support to stakeholders on clinical experiences, compliance, and partner agreements.
• Builds and maintains strategic relationships with clinical partners and healthcare organizations.
• Hires, manages, coaches, and actively develops direct reports accountable through established performance management processes.
• Supports staff as they work with students to develop and demonstrate professional behaviors and dispositions.
• Serves as subject matter expert for Health Professions.
• Provides strategic leadership to improve programs and services. Aligns programs and policies with accreditation standards, licensing requirements, and institutional goals.
• Collaborates cross-functionally across the university to meet the needs of changing requirements and practices.
• Responsible for all Human Resources functions on the team including compensation, disciplinary actions, and expense reimbursement approvals/reviews.
• Supervises the maintenance and updates to all policies and procedures for Health Placement and Health Professions Success.
• Implements and manages ongoing projects.
• Communicate with students, mentors, other WGU personnel, and outside professionals, i.e. Clinical Faculty, Clinical Facility Coordinators.
• Set team initiatives/goals in alignment with the university and Clinical Experience department.
• Provide high-level support and consultation regarding escalated concerns, student issues and communications.
• Supervises and delegates security and storage of all documents, policies and procedures to maintain the historical record to respond to data requests from Compliance and Accreditation or other WGU Departments.
• Oversee and guide long-term projects.

Job description

WGU's Leavitt School of Health is seeking a strategic leader to design, coordinate, and continuously improve student clinical and field experiences across diverse programs. This role oversees clinical placement operations, ensures regulatory compliance, and drives data‑informed decisions that enhance student readiness and success.

Working with academic leadership and clinical staff, you will manage budgets, partnerships, and HR functions, while advancing innovative placement models and aligning