Unitek Learning
Healthcare
ExternshipCoordinator
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“Externship Coordinator at Unitek Learning. Skills: Externship coordination, Site development, Student placement. Secure externship sites. Maintain externship sites”
What You'll Achieve.
50% extern-to-hire conversion; 70% externship job offers; 100% on-time externship starts; 95%+ completion rate; Resolve attendance concerns within 14 days; Consistent growth in sites; 100% timely documentation submission; Positive feedback from students; Positive feedback from sites
Industry & Context.
Troubleshooting; Resolving concerns
Frequent travel
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years Medical Assisting experience, Valid driver's license, Reliable transportation
Nice to Have
2+ years project coordination, 2+ years community engagement, 2+ years employer relations, 2+ years career services, Organizational skills, Time management skills, Familiarity with ABHES accreditation, Familiarity with ACCES accreditation, Prior externship experience, Prior career services experience
What You'll Do.
Secure externship sites
Maintain externship sites
Expand externship sites
Coordinate student externship placements
Monitor student attendance
Monitor student progress
Monitor externship hours
Conduct mid-point check-ins
Conduct final evaluations
Confirm required documentation
Collaborate with Career Services Advisors
Align externship experiences
Maintain accurate records
Provide clear communication
Support site supervisors
Represent the college professionally
Participate in outreach events
Participate in career events
Serve as student advocate
Troubleshoot challenges
Ensure positive externship experiences
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Career Services Advisors
Communication Scope
Verbal communication; Written communication
Process & Methodology
Project coordination
Full Job Description
As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment. Why Work for Unitek Learning? To be part of a healthcare revolution. There is plenty of demand from students who want to become nurses, and there is plenty of demand to hire highly skilled nurses. Unitek Learning is on a mission to fix the connection between those who want to become nurses and the communities who desperately need them. We graduate culturally competent and highly skilled nurses, and we do this at scale. We have history, stability and strong student outcomes. We need your experience and transfer of knowledge to make this vision come to life. Be a part of the solution. The Medical Assisting Externship Coordinator plays a vital role in bridging the gap between classroom instruction and hands-on workforce experience. This position manages all aspects of the externship process—including site development, student placement, compliance, and documentation with the ultimate goal of converting externship opportunities into employment outcomes. The Externship Coordinator fosters strong partnerships with healthcare employers who are seeking to hire qualified graduates and ensures students begin and complete their externship modules on time. By supporting both students and externship sites, this role directly contributes to program completion, graduate employment benchmarks, and institutional compliance with accreditation standards * Secure, maintain, and expand a network of externship sites that prioritize externship-to-hire conversions. * Coordinate student externship placements to ensure 100% on-time starts with the beginning of the externship module. * Monitor studen
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