Coordinator for Allied Health Placements

St. Cloud State University • Saint Cloud, MN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Coordinator for Allied Health Placements will work within the Advising and Student Success Center at St. Cloud State University. This role serves as a liaison between the university's College of Education and Human Services (CoEHHS) and various allied health institutions for field experience and clinical placements. The coordinator will collaborate with leaders, site staff, supervisors, and students to develop high-quality placements, implement evaluation systems for continuous improvement, and participate in assessment and accreditation activities. Additionally, the coordinator will develop and deliver professional development programming for allied health professionals and create pipelines for recruitment to diversify the health and human services workforce. This role involves sharing program evaluation data, maintaining a feedback loop, and advocating for support for pre-service, new, and experienced allied health professionals regionally, statewide, and nationally.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Allied Health or closely related field
• Professional License/Certification in field, if required by field (holds or has held)
• Minimum 3 years experience in an allied-health setting
• Demonstrated effectiveness in coaching, mentoring, and assessment of novice allied-health professionals, candidates, and practicing allied-health staff.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating with allied health sites to secure field experience and/or clinical placements, coordinating with site staff, and evaluating placements.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills to establish effective relationships with allied health partners, students, staff, administrators, colleagues, and campus/community leaders to achieve goals.
• Proven written and oral communication skills, strong organizational skills, and ability to communicate complex messages to individuals with limited background knowledge.
• High level of cultural competency with proven ability to work effectively with individuals from underrepresented groups.
• Experience with allied-health preparation content, curriculum, and/or program design.
• Experience and demonstrated expertise with assessment, evaluation, and continuous allied health preparation program improvement.
• Eligibility to work in the United States on or before the effective date of appointment (U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, or foreign national authorized to work without employer sponsorship). Employees must maintain work authorization without sponsorship for the duration of their appointment.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in an Allied Health or closely related field
• Experience teaching in a university setting
• Demonstrated ability to design, conduct, and assess professional development workshops
• Experience working with multilingual adults, families, or youth
• Experience with coordination, implementation, and evaluation of large events
• Experience delivering content via online technology

Responsibilities

• Secure appropriate field experience and clinical placements for students enrolled in courses with required field experience and eligible for clinical placement, in consultation with faculty and in cooperation with site coordinators.
• Build and maintain relationships with area allied health partners.
• Co-plan and facilitate events each semester for allied health candidates, including Application Meetings, Placement Meetings, Orientation, and Professional Development.
• Assist in the development of appropriate evaluation and assessment instruments for field experience and clinical placements.
• Collect and review field experience and clinical placement assessments from Supervisors, Cooperating Site Staff, and Allied Health Candidates, and share results with course instructors.
• Participate in unit-level assessment processes, including data collection, submission of reports for accreditation, and reporting of results.
• Maintain records of field placement history per allied health candidate.
• Communicate placement information, registration processes, and criminal background check protocols per site and placement requirements.
• Collaborate with site partners to support induction activities by planning and facilitating events, camps, and workshops.
• Collect feedback and data regarding pre-service allied health professionals, induction activities, and new allied health professionals support programming through partner sites, and report results for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the Advising and Student Success Center and partnership sites on grant opportunities and recruitment and retention of new professionals.
• Represent CoEHHS in daily interactions with administrators and site staff.
• Share opportunities for collaborations that can benefit partner sites, cooperating site staff, and candidates.
• Support and attend events, workshops, and meetings that are part of collaborative efforts between SCSU CoEHHS and partners from sites, other Minnesota State Allied-Health Preparation Programs, and state entities.

Benefits

• Low-cost medical and dental insurance with affordable deductibles
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care accounts with a roll-over option
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, legal, and financial counseling
• 12 paid holidays
• Generous vacation and sick time
• Six weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Pension Plan
• 457(b) and 403(b) retirement accounts
• Various investment options
• Professional development
• Tuition waivers for both you and your dependents

What This Job Offers

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