Project Specialist (Health Sci. Clinical Placement Coordinator)

Company: The South Orange County Community College District
Location: Mission Viejo
Posted on: April 9, 2021

Job Description:

South Orange County Community College DistrictProject Specialist (Health Sci. Clinical Placement Coordinator)Pay Rate: $32.50/hrPLEASE NOTE: In order to be considered for this opening, you must apply through the District website at https://jobs.socccd.eduSummary Description:The District's goal as an academic community is to sustain a working environment that is welcoming to all, fosters and celebrates diversity, and promotes and rewards excellence. An exemplary academic community promotes an inclusive environment that best prepares our faculty, staff and students to live, work, and contribute to a global society.This position is a short-term, temporary, Non-Bargaining Unit assignment, not to exceed 160 days. The assignment is on an as needed basis, and may be shortened or extended.This recruitment will remain open until filled or withdrawn. Once you have submitted an application electronically, the current status of your application will be available to view at any time upon signing in under your personal username and password. All applications will be reviewed by Human Resources. Those qualified applicants who are selected will be contacted for an interview. Please do not call the Human Resources Office regarding the status of your application.Under the direction of the appropriate level manager or administrator, perform a full range of complex administrative, technical, and programmatic duties related to the area of assignment. The incumbent is responsible for facilitating community placements and clinical placements for students in Health Sciences, Human services and Allied Health programs. The incumbent will identify the need for new clinical contracts (affiliation agreements), assure contract alignment with program objectives and compliance with background checks, required health / immunization requirements and drug screens as appropriate. The Clinical Placement Coordinator will collaborate with the Dean, the Assistant Dean, Department Chairs as well as program coordinators and staff each semester in coordinating clinical placements and tracking placements of Health Science, Human Services and Allied Health students.This class is distinguished from similar classifications in that positions assigned to this class are categorically funded, not financed by District funds. The term of this position is limited in by the availability of categorical funds.Representative Duties and Responsibilities: --- Initiate and coordinate the process for obtaining community placements and clinical placements in hospitals, community based and outpatient settings.--- Collaborate with the Dean, Assistant Dean, and Department chairs as well as coordinators and managers of community agencies, hospitals, community based and outpatient settings to initiate, develop, secure and track clinical placements.--- Communicate via a variety of methods with educators or placement coordinators to initiate, develop, secure and evaluate outcomes of placements.--- Attend clinical affiliation meetings, professional meetings in the community, job fairs and recruitments as well as placement coordination meetings.--- Identify facility requirements for student onboarding at each location including agency specific learning modules, orientation to the Electronic Health Record (EHR), immunization requirements, background checks, and drug testing. --- Maintain a record of these requirements and update clinical affiliation agreements to meet agencies requirements.--- Ensure that contracts with Facilities (clinical affiliation agreements) are current, and initiate renewal process or new contract process as needed.--- Identify potential student learning experiences in clinical practicum sites.--- Conduct site visits to agencies as needed to maintain strong working relationship and to secure additional clinical placements as needed.--- Maintain records related to active and inactive clinical placements as well as updated contacts at each clinical facility and the number of students accepted per program type.--- Make presentations to students, professional colleagues at the college and in community and clinical settings regarding community and clinical placements.--- Perform related duties as required.Knowledge of: --- Regional sector healthcare entities in the healthcare and human services sector.--- Knowledge of medical terminology--- Knowledge of healthcare and human services legislation and accreditation affecting students and academic programs.--- Experience working with contracts and agreements.--- Principles, practices, and procedures of business letter writing and report preparation.--- Principles and practices used to establish and maintain files, records, and information retrieval systems in electronic systems and databases.--- Principles of developing and maintaining customer relations.--- Diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.--- Principles, practices and procedures of complex fiscal, statistical, and administrativerecordkeeping, research, and report preparation.--- Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable softwareapplications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.--- Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.--- Principles and practices of providing training, work direction, and guidance to lower-level faculty, office staff, and student workers.--- English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.--- Effective oral presentation skills.--- Operational characteristics, services, and activities of the functions, programs, andoperations of the assigned division or department.--- Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations including applicablesections of the State Education Code and other legal requirements related to area ofassignment.--- Work organization and office management principles and practices.Ability to:--- Perform a range of administrative and clerical duties that involve independent judgment and personal initiative.--- Work collaboratively with external organizations, administrators, faculty, students and staff to coordinate student placement and clinical affiliation agreements.--- Manage information systems with sensitive and protected information.--- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.--- Report to work on a regular and consistent basis, as scheduled, to assigned job.--- Work with and exhibit sensitivity to and understanding of the varied racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation, academic, socio-economic, and disabled populations of community college students.--- Work under steady pressure with frequent interruptions and a high degree of publicby phone or in person.--- Adapt to changing technologies and learn functionality of new equipment and systems.--- Analyze problems, identify alternative solutions, project consequences of proposedactions, and implement recommendations in support of goals.--- Exercise good judgment and discretion in analyzing and resolving confidential, difficult,and sensitive situations.--- Respond to requests and inquiries from students, staff, or the public; effectively present information in person or on the telephone to students, staff, or the public.--- Independently compose and prepare correspondence and memoranda.--- Plan and organize work to meet schedules and changing deadlines.--- Work within the policies, functions, and requirements of area of assignment.--- Operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing,spreadsheet, and database applications.--- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.--- Present specialized information and provide assistance to students, staff, and others.Job Requirements:Education and Experience Guidelines:Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:Education/Training: Equivalent of two years of college level coursework or specialized training inNursing, Health Care, Health Sciences, Human Services, Allied Health or a relatedfield.Experience:Two years of increasingly responsible experience in Health Sciences, Human Services or Allied Health or an educational environment that demonstrates the interpersonal skills toestablish and maintain working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.License or Certificate:A valid California Driver's License. Proof of insurance may be required for offsite assignments in order to drive a District or personal vehicle.To Apply:Please visit the District's Employment Opportunities website at https://jobs.socccd.edu for a detailed job description, to learn more about the District and to complete an on-line application. NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES FOR EMPLOYMENT: The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, Public Law 99-603, requires that employers obtain documentation from every new employee which authorizes that individual to accept employment in this country. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

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