Externship Coordinator- Medical Assisting Job at American Career College (Los Angeles)

Job Description

At American Career College, we share a passion for students and transforming healthcare education! As an associate for a certified Great Place to Work, you will join a collaborative, student-centric culture valuing academic integrity, mutual respect, student learning, service, responsiveness, innovation, diversity, and stewardship. As a part of this team, you will guide students to do more than change their own lives – you will help change the lives of every patient they care for throughout their career.

Job Responsibility

Coordinating, facilitating, and supervising the externship training, including student transition from class work to externship to graduate in preparation for placements
Locating, maintaining and acquiring new externship sites and contracts
schedules and supervises students' externship assignments
advises students and provides classroom instruction in accordance with the program's objectives
Assisting students in gaining meaningful employment in jobs applicable to their field of study. Guides students with the job search process, including teaching workshops and critiquing resumes
Providing excellent customer service to current and graduating students in accordance with the mission and purpose of the college
Coordinating and assisting graduates with job interviews and obtaining entry level healthcare career opportunities
Establishes, acquires, and maintains contracts with extern sites using the approved college agreement
maintains accurate extern site information database, including contact information and specific contractual agreement termination and expiration dates, and initiates renewal process timely
Maintains on-going contact with local employers to obtain information on externship opportunities. Researches and develops new externship sites with new employers. Develops and enhances working relationships, facilitates student employment opportunities, and ensures positive long-term relationships with employers
Works with extern staff to clarify policies and procedures specific to facility
Places predetermined number of students per week into externship opportunities with local employers
Achieves the established program extern-to-placement conversion percentage goals
Maintains established department policies and procedures
attends in-services and other required meetings
Maintains confidentiality of all student, associate, and/or college information as required
Advises students about externship site choices and assigns students to extern sites as appropriate
Monitors sites to include, phone or on site visits, mediates conflicts, establishes specific learning objectives, determines and records attendance concerns
Tracks externship attendance and ensures that all extern assignments are completed as determined by the program
Coordinates a plan to best observe, instruct, and evaluate students learning and practical skills which includes a direct observation assessment of skills in applicable setting for related area of instruction
Apprises extern staff of student objectives in each program area
Validates with extern staff the effectiveness of student placement and progress in meeting mutually established objectives to ensure that the experience is adequate, and that the student is achieving a satisfactory level of performance

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent required
Must be a graduate from a program accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in the specialty field or the subject area in which they teach

What we offer

medical
dental
vision
flexible spending accounts
401(k) match
paid time off
holidays
parental leave
tuition reimbursement
adoption assistance
health savings accounts
employee discounts
commuter benefits
company paid life, AD&D and LTD insurance

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