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McLeod Health · 5 months ago

Health Careers Program Coordinator - Pee Dee Area Health Education Center

101 S Ravenel St, Florence, SC, 29506, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

McLeod Health is dedicated to providing quality healthcare services, and they are seeking a Health Careers Program Coordinator for the Pee Dee Area Health Education Center. The role involves designing and implementing programs to attract diverse students to healthcare careers, collaborating with community partners, and maintaining program evaluations and databases.

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Responsibilities

Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values

Identifies culturally-diverse high school and college students who have an interest in healthcare careers

Designs, identifies, and implements effective programs to attract and recruit minority and/or disadvantaged students to careers in the health professions

Facilitates programs and activities that promote student awareness and understanding of various healthcare options including Career Fairs and Career Awareness Presentations

Identifies and collaborates with community partners who will enhance Pee Dee AHEC and the SC AHEC Health Careers Program mission and provide opportunities for students to learn about healthcare careers

Monitors the effectiveness of Health Career Program to ensure quality through activity and program evaluations

Collaborates with other Pee Dee AHEC core service staff to meet Pee Dee AHEC goals

Interacts and communicates with various individuals and groups such as the center director, regional and statewide AHEC staff, SC AHEC Health Careers Program Council, students, parents, academic faculty, healthcare practitioners, advisory groups, vendors, personnel at community/civic/professional organization, and the public

Maintains regional database regarding program activity and outcomes

Complies, tracks, and evaluates data pertaining to minority and/or disadvantaged students entering the health care field

Markets Health Career Program services through community partnerships meetings, website updates, article circulation, and presentations

Collaborates with the SC AHEC Health Professions Student Council to investigate ways to provide health careers exploration and professional development experiences for students prior to entry into health professions training programs

Attends and participates in regional, statewide, and national meetings as required

Maintains regional database by performing administrative work as required to advance the Health Careers Program, including but not limited to overseeing program records and evaluations, preparing correspondence and reports, entering, and retrieving data through the SC AHEC computerized database, and responding to inquiries related to the program

Complies, tracks, and evaluates the health career program outcome data pertaining to minority and/or disadvantaged students entering the healthcare field

Coordinates workforce pipeline strategies for baccalaureate and high school students employing the usage of shadow and internship experiences

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Health professions education knowledgeOrganizational skillsTime management skillsMicrosoft Office 365Communication skillsClerical skillsData analysis skillsProblem-solving skillsNegotiation skillsInterpersonal skills