Clinician Nexus is designed to help you, as a student, manage your clinical rotations. Our platform primarily allows Health Systems and Clinical Sites to create and post opportunities for students to either be scheduled to or apply on their own. Your school coordinators can also schedule you and manage your onboarding. Your coordinators will help you apply, onboard, and get to know your clinical sites, as well as the people you will be working with.
After reading this article you will be able to...
Set Up Your Profile
Find Coordinator-Scheduled Rotations
Search/Apply for Rotations Independently
Complete Onboarding Steps
Ask your Coordinators Questions about your Rotations and Steps
Set Up Your Profile
Your profile sets you apart from other students applying to the same rotations and gives preceptors and clinical coordinators more information about you as a person. A well-rounded profile goes a long way!
Note: Filling out your profile is optional and not a requirement for rotating.
To personalize your profile:
Click My account (profile picture icon) from your left menu.
You will automatically be directed to the Edit my profile page.
On the Edit my profile page, you can:
Upload a professional picture by clicking Change photo: This helps preceptors and/or clinical site staff know who you are when you walk into the building. (Note: Profile pictures cannot be removed, but you can replace a photo with a new one)
Write an About Me summary
Select/Edit your discipline, student year, and expected graduation date: Make sure to choose the correct information, as these fields help determine if you are eligible to view, apply, and/or be scheduled for rotations. Do not type in a custom discipline.
Include your clinical interests and other interests/hobbies: Let the clinical site staff know what fields you are interested in, and give them an idea of who you are outside of the clinic.
Add any languages you are proficient in.
Click Save changes.
You can also add your:
Educational experience: Any undergrad/graduate school experience is relevant, even if it isn't directly related to your health care career.
Other experience: This is a good place to put any jobs or volunteer experience you've had.
To view your public-facing profile, click View my profile in the top right corner of your screen. Here's a sample of what your public profile will look like:
Note: If information is entered incorrectly, you can edit your profile at any point.
Find Coordinator Scheduled Rotations
If your school coordinator is scheduling rotations, you can access all scheduled rotations by clicking Rotations on the left menu. Click on the rotation to open it and view any steps that need to be completed.
If you don't see a scheduled rotation displayed on your Rotation List page, please reach out to your school coordinator to verify they have scheduled your rotation in Clinician Nexus. If they have scheduled it, and you still cannot find your rotation, you may have 2 accounts that need to be merged. Please reach out to Clinician Nexus Support by clicking the chat icon in the bottom right corner of your screen. Please have the email address for each account ready.
Search/Apply for Rotations Independently
Click Find Clinical Experiences on the left navigation menu
Enter search criteria and/or filter to find rotations (Note: Simple searches work best, e.g., the Health system name and shadow - "Cleveland Clinic Foundation Shadow")
You can also use the map to zoom in/out to find rotations by location. Only results shown on the map will be displayed in the list.
From the search results, click on rotations to learn more about them.
To apply, click on a rotation, then click Start application.
Complete the Schedule, Learning objectives, and Application steps. You can click on each section to expand or collapse it to view more or less content.
Once everything is complete, click Save and submit request to submit your application to the clinical site.
If you no longer want to continue your rotation application, click Cancel rotation.
Complete Onboarding Steps
When your rotation is in Onboarding status, your rotation has been accepted by the clinical site, and there are onboarding steps to complete. These required steps are created by the clinical site. Make sure to complete the steps on time to be ready for your first day!
To view and complete onboarding steps:
Click Rotations from your left menu.
You will automatically be brought to the Rotations list page.
Click on the rotation card to open the rotation details window.
In the rotation details window, you can view information about your rotation.
Scroll to the bottom of the window to view and complete your onboarding steps.
Note: Sometimes individual onboarding steps will need to be completed by your school coordinator or the clinical site coordinator. If a step hasn't been completed yet, your rotation will remain in "Onboarding status" until the coordinator has completed it. Each step will specify who is responsible for completing it:
Once these steps are complete and/or verified, your rotation will move into Ready status.
Communicate in Clinician Nexus
If you have questions about onboarding, or the rotation itself:
Click Rotations from your left navigation menu.
Click on the rotation
Add your message in the Activity box .
Optionally, tag the person(s) you are directing your message to by typing "@" and selecting their name from the dropdown box.
Click Add comment.
Note: all parties on the rotation will be notified when a new comment has been added. Once you start typing you can select who the message will be sent to.
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Have more questions? Please reach out by clicking the chat icon in the bottom right corner of your screen from 8am-6pm CT, Mon-Fri.