CON Professional Graduate Faculty Clinical Supervision Role

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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Professional Graduate Faculty Clinical Supervision Role	Policy: 1511 (4.4.9)
Faculty Policies - Clinical Supervision	Originating Date: May 2017
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Executive Council	Revised: January 2024 (changes) Revised: February 2026 (changes) Revised: May 2026 (changes)

Purpose

Defines the responsibilities and expectations of professional graduate faculty who provide clinical supervision for students completing clinical rotations in an indirect supervision model using approved preceptors.

Scope

This role description applies to professional graduate faculty iwho supervise students enrolled in clinical courses where:

• Clinical experiences are completed at external agencies 
• Students are supervised day-to-day by preceptors
• Faculty maintain oversight of competency progression, evaluation, and course outcomes

Role Summary

Professional graduate faculty clinical supervisors provide academic oversight and structured clinical evaluation of students completing clinical experiences under preceptor supervision. Faculty are responsible for ensuring that students progress toward specialty clinical competencies and that clinical performance is evaluated using UNMC-approved processes, tools, and documentation standards. 

Faculty fulfill this role in accordance with the professional graduate clinical standard operating procedures and utilize the clinical management system and official signature workflows for clinical documentation, preceptor onboarding, evaluation, and remediation processes.

Reporting and Collaboration

Professional graduate faculty clinical supervisors work collaboratively with:

• Course coordinators
• Specialty coordinators
• Clinical placement coordinators
• Preceptors
• Students
• Clinical agencies and affiliated sites (e.g., Nebraska Medicine, VA, Sandord, etc.)

Faculty maintain communication and documentation aligned with specialty processes and UNMC requirements.

Role Responsibilities

Prior to Clinical Rotation

Professional graduate faculty clinical supervisors are expected to:

• Maintain competency alignment by understanding specialty-specific clinical competencies within their assigned role area.
• Follow placement and supervision policies including UNMC processes and site-specific requirements (e.g., Nebraska Medicine, VA, Sanford).
• Communicate placement progress (including completed placements and placements that are difficult to secure) to the specialty coordinator or designee in a timely manner.
• Support contracting processes by collaborating with the clinical placement coordinator to identify new contract needs and submit requests through the clinical agency request process. 
• Contribute to clinical resources including preceptor orientation materials and student clinical handbooks.
• Establish communication with preceptors at least two (2) weeks prior to the start of the rotation through the clinical placement platform, including distribution of the welcome letter, preceptor handbook, and faculty contact information.

During the Clinical Rotation

Professional graduate faculty clinical supervisors are expected to:

• Complete required faculty site visits and evaluations, including midterm and final evaluations. At least one evaluation per clinical semester must include direct observation (in-person or via secure video platform).
• Document evaluations and feedback in clinical management system using designated evaluation tools (e.g., CON approved clinical evaluation tools), ensuring evaluations are shared with students according to semester timelines.
• Conduct additional site visits as needed when concerns arise regarding student competency progression. In-person visits are recommended.
• Review student clinical documentation and reflective learning artifacts every 3–4 weeks and provide timely feedback.
• Communicate student progress to the course coordinator and/or specialty coordinator, including escalation of concerns and inclusion of the course coordinator in progression decisions when performance issues arise.
• Respond to unsatisfactory preceptor assessments through follow-up site visits or technology-assisted visits to validate concerns and determine appropriate next steps.
• Determine and record the student’s clinical grade, in collaboration with the preceptor, consistent with course requirements.

Clinical Remediation and NP Track Requirements

• When student performance concerns are identified through faculty site visits, preceptor feedback, or OSCEs, faculty will document deficiencies and initiate a student remediation plan in clinical management system. The plan must be reviewed and signed by the clinical supervising faculty, student, and specialty coordinator and may include additional site visits, OSCE repetition, or increased monitoring.
• For NP tracks, faculty will collaborate with the course coordinator, specialty coordinator, and the College of Nursing simulation center to support OSCE scheduling, preparation expectations, and evaluation follow-up.

After the Clinical Rotation

Professional graduate faculty clinical supervisors are expected to:

• Support preceptor recognition by collaborating with the clinical coordinator to send thank-you letters or certificates of appreciation according to specialty expectations.
• Ensure receipt and proper storage of end-of-semester evaluation documentation, including the Semester Summative Evaluation of Student Progress in Achievement of Competency Domains and the Clinical Preceptor Assessment of Student Performance.
• Support grade posting compliance by notifying the student and preceptor when required documentation is missing and final grades cannot be posted until all forms are received.

Required Documentation and Tools

Faculty in this role are expected to use required tools and documentation systems as designated by UNMC specialty processes and the professional graduate clinical standard operating processes, including the clinical management system-based evaluation tools and required clinical evaluation forms.

Compliance

Failure to complete required supervision activities (site visits, evaluations, documentation review, and grading responsibilities) may place the program at risk for noncompliance with accreditation, regulatory, and institutional expectations.