Clinical Placements Coordinator

University of Toronto • Toronto, ON

1d • CA$72,119 - CA$92,226 • Onsite

About The Position

The University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) is seeking a Clinical Placements Coordinator for the Scarborough Academy of Medicine and Integrated Health (SAMIH). This role will be instrumental in organizing clinical placements for Physician Assistant (BScPA) students in the southern region. The coordinator will be responsible for recruiting and maintaining relationships with practicum sites, ensuring timely submission of placement agreements and documentation, and coordinating student evaluations. Collaboration with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine is also a key aspect, involving coordination of learner placements across both northern and southern regions, including arranging housing, transportation, and other necessary supports for a successful placement experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
• Minimum four years' of relevant experience coordinating clinical placement programs, preferably in a University or hospital setting
• Knowledge of clinical placement policies and processes
• Demonstrated experience coordinating rotation schedules and timetables
• Demonstrated success with collaborating and building relationships with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience maintaining databases and generating reports
• Experience coordinating events, workshops and seminars
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite, student information systems, learner management systems, survey tools and video conference platforms
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), critical thinking, interpersonal and organizational skills
• Ability to exercise initiative, tact, discretion, problem solving skills and to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to work well independently, but also as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to learn and innovate, using technology
• Demonstrated good judgment, attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment

Nice To Haves

• Communicator
• Proactive
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Self-directed

Responsibilities

• Fostering and maintaining positive relations with stakeholders to support clinical placement activities
• Coordinating clinical placement schedules and reviewing and assessing student learning outcomes
• Documenting and maintaining curriculum maps
• Coordinating the preparation of space, materials and equipment required for daily programming activities
• Maintaining a database of clinical placement sites across hospitals, health care units, and family health team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level