Clinical Education Coordinator

Job Summary

The mission of the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program is to improve the quality of health and access to care, with a commitment to the medically underserved, by educating students to become highly proficient, socially conscious, and accountable physician assistants (PAs) in the primary care model.

The Division of Physician Assistant Education and Sciences is seeking an Education Coordinator who will play an important role in fostering key relationships with our clinical preceptors by accurate processing and collection of credentialing documents required for clinical student rotations. Important tasks related to this are maintaining professional communication with students, clinics, and preceptors as well as attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work independently.

The Education Coordinator will also participate in the day-to-day operations of the student's clinical year by providing administrative support to the clinical team throughout the student's final year of the program. This is a key staff role that is integral to maintaining a sufficient inventory of clinical student rotation sites around the state.

This position will be located in St. George Utah.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Assist with clinical site and preceptor recruitment by regularly soliciting requests for clinical placements in the St. George and southern Utah areas. This may include ordering food, swag, or other items, attending lunches, and/or visiting offices and coordinating visits.

• Manage Preceptor Clinical Medical Education (CME) for preceptors in St. George and southern Utah areas. Review evaluations and generate CME Certificates on a quarterly basis.

• Assist with the collection and maintenance of clinical preceptor affiliation agreements for the program and maintenance of required credentialing documents for all student rotations, mainly for St. George campus, including input into the student database.

• Assist St. George faculty with Clinical Schedule ensuring that each student has a confirmed rotation as soon as possible but no less than 30 days before the start of their rotation is up to date, rotations are in student database, and all parties involved are notified of any changes made.

• Work with the Director of Clinical Education and the course directors of didactic clinical experience to ensure adequate preceptors and clinical sites for clinical year students and Didactic Clinical Experience students.

• Work with clinical year faculty and staff to promptly address student clinical rotation needs. Communicate with students about efforts being made to fill empty slots as outlined and answer student questions professionally and promptly via email, in-person, and telephone communications.

• Manage and approve student absences. Ensure absences meet handbook policy, students are contacting all parties involved of time away from the clinic, all absences are properly documented in the student database. Review urgent time off requests that are submitted and enter information into the student database. Discuss any concerns or requests that are outside of the permitted absences with the clinical team.

• Assist with various needs of the clinical year students including end of rotation exams, return visits, and any events during the clinical year. Manage St. George students' requirements related to exams.

• Answer clinical preceptor and faculty questions daily professionally and promptly via email, in-person, and telephone communications.

• Assist with additional PA program activities, such as Procedure Days, labs, community engagement, events, exam proctoring, and other duties as needed.

• Keep minutes of clinical team meetings.

• Manage community engagement activities at the St. George campus by supporting the faculty lead for each project. Communicate details with students and track students' participation. Arrange rental cars if necessary, and manage material bins for events.

Attention to detail, good customer service skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work independently are important for success in this position.

* This job description is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a related area or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience), and two years related experience required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Preferences

Special Instructions

Requisition Number: PRN41390B

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Work Schedule Summary:

Department: 00962 - Physician Asst. Ed. & Science

Location: Other

Pay Rate Range: 45,000 - 49,500

Close Date: 4/4/2025

Open Until Filled:

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