Extern Coordinator Medical Office Administration

**Fully Remote**

The Externship Coordinator assigns, tracks and reports all activity related to the externship portion of the institution's programs. This role facilitates the student's transition from classroom to externship. As a program faculty member and representative of the Academic Affairs Department, they are responsible to assure attainment of student training objectives for the externship in qualification for graduation.

Benefits You'll Love:

Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment (including eligible dependents). This means FREE UTI or Concorde Tuition for you AND your Immediate Family.
• Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days.

• Provide support and guidance to students to place them in externships
  • Work with partners and businesses to develop new externship sites
  • Assist in the development of student job leads and advise externs as needed
  • Working with the Program Director, in consultation with the Academic Dean, assign students to their externship sites
  • Achieve assigned extern to hire metric of 50%
  • Attend and direct assigned externship orientation
  • Participate in commencement ceremonies
• Manage necessary activities to provide site coordination and support
  • Conduct site visitations, as needed, for assigned externs, completing site visitation reports and documentation on a timely basis
  • Assure prompt and accurate receipt of requisite reports from students and sites
  • Coordinate with local campus extern coordinators to meet externship outcomes
• Coordinate the exchange of externship information and communication with internal stakeholders and partners to track and report on externship outcomes and objectives
• Supervise externship training in compliance with Academic Affairs Department policies and guidelines
  • Review all externship evaluations and direct information, as appropriate, to the Program Director
  • Attend staff, departmental and Advisory Board meetings as directed
  • Maintain a log of outside activities and furnish to the Program Director
  • Assure compliance with all School policies and procedures
  • Assist with PAC meetings as requested
  • Remain current on developments, practices and procedures, and equipment relating to their program and professional specialty
• Instruct classes as needed
• Other duties as assigned.

Licenses / Certifications

• Must meet appropriate teacher qualifications for the state and program
• Licensure - Varies by state, campus location, course and accreditation and licensing requirements
• Education - Varies by state, campus location, course and accreditation and licensing requirements
• Experience - Varies by state, campus location, course and accreditation and licensing requirements

Education / Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of hands-on front office administration experience (preferred)
• Minimum of one (1) experience with Medicaid/Medicare claims, scheduling, patient accounts, and patient billing (preferred)

Skills

• Proficient with medical file coding (CPC or AAPC preferred)
• Basic Marketing and/or sales experience (preferred)

Standard Abilities

• Able and willing to:
  • Communicate, think, learn, and reason
  • Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
  • Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
  • Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
• Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously
• Ability to gain, understand and apply information and data as it relates essential functions of the position
• Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders

Work Environment

• Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment when on site at assigned company location. Employees must be able to safely ambulate when on company premises
• This position is designated as
  • Remote: Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and participation
• Travel Requirements
  • No travel required

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