Staff - Union

Job Category

CUPE 2950

Job Profile

CUPE 2950 Salaried - Administrative Support 3 (Gr6)

Job Title

CPPU Program Support

Department

Clinical Practice Placement Unit | School of Nursing | Faculty of Applied Science

Compensation Range

$4,449.00 - $4,676.00 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

October 6, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

Ongoing

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Job Summary

The CPPU Program Support role is part of the Clinical Practice Placement Unit in the School of Nursing (CPPU), which oversees and facilitates clinical student practice education placements for undergraduate and graduate Nursing students at the School. The CPPU Program Support role provides complex administrative support in the coordination of all practice education prerequisites and placement site-specific requirements for student practice education in the School of Nursing. This role coordinates and tracks completion of all Student Practice Core Orientation Curriculum (SPECO) requirements for 300 BSN students, and up to 180 MN-NP, MHLP and MSN students annually, as well as for all in office placement faculty and staff supervisors.

This CPPU Program Support position provides information and responds to questions related to SPECO and site-specific placement prerequisite completion, creates calendars for SPECO requirement completion cycles, and maintains detailed tracking systems to ensure that all students, faculty,



and staff complete all SPECO requirements prior to attendance at practice sites. This role also provides administrative support to prerequisite training courses, coordinates the planning and logistics for all CPPU events such as workshops, training sessions, and conferences, and coordinates the creation and review process for establishing and maintaining Student Placement Agreements.

Organizational Status

This position reports to the Clinical Practice Placement Unit Manager and works closely with the other staff in the unit, including the Undergraduate Placement Coordinator, Graduate Placement Coordinator, and Practice Education Coordination. This position also interacts with other staff and faculty within the School of Nursing, and builds relationships with stakeholders in other units across the university as well as with external stakeholders in health care settings and practice education sites.

Work Performed

Provides complex administrative support in the coordination, documentation, and tracking of all prerequisites and placement site-specific requirements for student practice education in Nursing. This includes coordination and tracking for 300 BSN students, and up to 180 MN-NP, MHLP and MSN students annually, as well as for staff and faculty on-site placement supervisors.

Coordinates and tracks student, faculty, and Nurse Practice Educator (NPE) completion of all Student Practice Core Orientation Curriculum (SPECO)



prerequisites and requirements. Reviews and verifies student, faculty, and staff completion of SPECO requirements prior to attendance at practice sites.

Investigates any issues related to SPECO requirement completion, and resolves routine to moderately complex issues, escalating complex matters to the CPPU Manager as needed.

Coordinates Provincial Violence Prevention (PVP) training course registration and follow-up for 300 BSN students annually, including tracking registration and disseminating materials.

Creates and maintains calendars for SPECO requirement completion cycles and due dates, and keeps relevant staff, faculty, students, and external placement sites informed and up to date.

Using templates, creates initial drafts of Student Placement Agreements for review by the CPPU Manager.

Coordinates the administrative workflow for Student Placement Agreements (SPA), including tracking progress, facilitating document exchange, and follow-up on outstanding approvals in a timely manner. Liaises with Nursing staff and faculty, University Counsel, and external placement sites and organizations to facilitate the agreement completion process.

Coordinates new practice partner orientations to the Student Placement Agreement process, answers questions and provides information around the process as required.

Maintains records of all Student Placement Agreements to ensure all agreements are kept up to date and flags any upcoming agreement expiries to the CPPU manager to ensure that new agreements are initiated as required.

Responds to complex and varied inquiries around SPECO requirements, prerequisites, and Student Placement Agreements, and provides information of a complex nature to instructors, placeme

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