Empowering Nurse Educators.
Expanding Clinical Training Capacity.
Strengthening The Future Of Healthcare.
Northeast Ohio is facing a critical shortage of nursing clinical adjunct faculty—the instructors who supervise and teach students in hospitals, long-term care centers, and community-based clinical sites. Without enough clinical faculty, nursing programs cannot enroll more students, and our region cannot graduate the nurses we urgently need.
The Cuyahoga County Healthcare Sector Partnership (CCHSP), powered by New Bridge Cleveland, launched the Nursing Clinical Adjunct Faculty Initiative to solve this challenge by recruiting, training, and supporting experienced nurses to become part-time clinical instructors. This regional effort expands clinical seat capacity, strengthens the quality of instruction, and creates new professional opportunities for nurses across our hospital systems.
Why This Matters
- Nursing schools across the region rely heavily on adjunct clinical instructors.
- Turnover can reach 40% each year.
- Hospitals and schools struggle to keep up with clinical slot demand.
- Without more clinical faculty, programs cannot grow—even when student interest is high.
Our solution: Create a strong, consistent, regional pipeline of clinical adjunct faculty who are trained, supported, and ready to teach the next generation of nurses.
What is the role of nursing clinical adjunct faculty?
- Nursing adjunct clinical faculty are contracted by a school of nursing to provide specialty knowledge, hands-on training, and guidance while engaging in dialogue intended to develop clinical judgment with a group of nursing students in hospitals, long-term care facilities. They teach practical skills and coach students to apply classroom theory to real-life situations
Why should I become a clinical faculty instructor?
- Maintain your current position while choosing from many available per semester teaching contracts.
- To contribute to solving the nursing shortage by training future nurses
- To gain leadership and teaching experience that enhances career opportunities
- To pass on real-world knowledge and skills to the next generation
What are the requirements to become an adjunct faculty?
- The Ohio Board of Nursing requires a minimum of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and 2 years of relevant/ bedside nursing experience in your specialty.
- Some schools have program accreditation which may require a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree and/or a clinical specialty or Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) certification to serve as nursing clinical adjunct faculty for their program.
How it works: We make it easy for nurses and nursing schools to connect.
1. Express Interest
Submit your information using the form below. A member of our team will follow up.
2. Attend a Clinical Faculty Boot Camp
Register below for our 8-hour Boot Camp prepares nurses with the essentials:
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Teaching strategies
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Student evaluation
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Managing clinical groups
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Communication & documentation
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Expectations from schools and clinical sites
Nurses who complete the Boot Camp receive a $100 stipend.
3. Get Matched With a Nursing School
Schools review your profile through our HSP Portal and contact you to discuss available opportunities.
4. Begin Your First Clinical Rotation
After completing your first rotation, instructors are eligible for an additional $200 stipend.
5. Receive Ongoing Support & Mentorship
Our Clinical Faculty Mentor Work Group and partner schools provide ongoing guidance to help ensure success and retention.
Events
Are you a nurse who aspires to be a clinical adjunct OR within your first two rotations as a clinical adjunct? Sign up for a Boot Camp today and learn how!
🗓 Date: June 2, 2026
🕘 Time: 8 AM – 4:30 PM (Check-in Starts at 7:30 AM)
📍 Room Location: Tri C Corporate College East, Room 206
General Registration: Sign Up
Thank you to our funding sponsors for making this Boot Camp possible!
Success & Impact
- Nursing schools across the region rely heavily on adjunct clinical instructors.
- Trained 110+ nurses through Boot Camps
- Filled 70+ clinical rotations in the first year boot camps
- Engaged 18 nursing schools across the region
- Developed a shared mentorship model
- Created a regional portal to match nurses with schools
- Increased capacity for clinical rotations
More data will be added as ongoing evaluation continues.
Clinical Adjunct Resources
Can’t attend a Boot Camp? Click on each session and review their resources to help you be better prepared as a clinical educator.
Academic Partners
CCHSP partners with nursing programs across Cuyahoga and surrounding counties to:
- Increase the number of qualified clinical adjuncts
- Improve training and preparation
- Reduce the administrative burden on clinical coordinators
If your program would like to join the initiative:
Contact HSP- contractor@newbridgecleveland.org
Clinical Coordinators
Are you new to the field? Or looking for a network of individuals in the same position as you?
Contact HSP to gain access to materials that will help you get started, and to find a community of clinical coordinators to network with, ask questions, and get assistance.
Contact HSP- contractor@newbridgecleveland.org
