Kentucky Community and Technical College System·Florence, Kentucky
The coordinator manages clinical and work-based learning placements for health professions students, ensuring compliance and operational efficiency. They also provide career coaching, support student onboarding, and serve as a liaison between the college and healthcare community partners.
$39,837.00 - $41,730.00
Contract Term Length: 12 Months
37.5
Work Location: Discretionary Hybrid
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
College: Gateway Community & Technical College
Campus Location: Gateway Boone
Department: Career Services
The Health Professions Work-Based Learning (WBL) Coordinator supports Gateway’s Health Professions programs through centralized coordination of clinical and work-based learning placement processes aligned with students’ academic pathways. The position coordinates student participation in healthcare experiential learning opportunities through onboarding support, academic advising support, academic and career pathway navigation, compliance coordination, workforce partnership engagement, placement support, operational systems management, and workforce readiness development activities.
Coordinates clinical and work-based learning placement processes for Health Professions students across assigned programs.
Collaborates with faculty, program coordinators, and community partners to support placement assignments, onboarding activities, scheduling processes, experiential learning participation, and workforce partnership activities.
Monitors placement timelines, onboarding requirements, agency capacity, and participation processes related to Health Professions WBL pathways.
Career
Coaching &
Student
Support:
Supports students with onboarding, workforce readiness preparation, work-based learning participation requirements, and academic advising support activities related to Health Professions pathways.
Assists students with professional expectations, communication standards, workplace readiness, transition-to-employment preparation, and onboarding requirements including background checks, drug screens, immunizations, titers, CastleBranch, and agency-specific compliance expectations.
Supports student engagement, participation follow-up, and workforce readiness development related to Health Professions WBL experiences.
Assists students with academic and career pathway navigation, educational planning support, resource connection, and workforce readiness activities related to Health Professions participation and career-connected learning opportunities.
Employer,
Classroom, &
Event
Engagement:
Serves as a liaison between Gateway and healthcare/community partners supporting Health Professions WBL pathways.
Maintains communication regarding placement availability, onboarding requirements, scheduling processes, agency expectations, and partnership activities.
Coordinates workshops, informational sessions, onboarding support activities, workforce readiness programming, recruitment events, and student engagement initiatives related to Health Professions experiential learning participation.
Collaborates with faculty, employers, Career Services, and institutional partners to support operational consistency, career-connected learning, academic pathway support, workforce readiness development, and student placement success.
Operational
Systems,
Communication, &
Outcomes
Tracking:
Coordinates Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) initiation, tracking, renewal timelines, and related documentation processes.
Supports operational platforms, compliance systems, and departmental technologies related to Health Professions WBL participation.
This position may be considered for a discretionary hybrid work arrangement following the successful completion of the probationary period. Approval of any hybrid schedule is contingent upon supervisory authorization, alignment with institutional operational needs, and adherence to a maximum of two (2) remote workdays per week.
This position serves as a primary coordination role for Health Professions Work-Based Learning and healthcare experiential learning participation activities. The role requires independent coordination of student onboarding processes, healthcare partnership engagement, placement activities, academic and career pathway support activities, operational systems, compliance support activities, and institutional collaboration supporting workforce readiness and experiential learning participation across Health Professions programs.
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Equal Opportunity Employer - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is an equal educational and employment opportunity institution.
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and 3-4 years of relevant experience, with proficiency in Microsoft Office. Strong communication skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment are essential.
Maintains records related to placements, onboarding activities, agency partnerships, compliance processes, participation outcomes, and workforce engagement activities. Assists with institutional reporting, outreach initiatives, workforce partnership engagement, academic advising and pathway support activities, and operational effectiveness activities related to Health Professions experiential learning participation.
Other duties as assigned.
Market context
In Kentucky, health professions work-based learning coordinator and career services counselor roles are typically tied to steady demand from schools, training programs, and employer partnerships that support healthcare pipelines. These positions are competitive because they often require a bachelor’s degree, several years of relevant experience, strong communication, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities; this platform’s AI-summarized requirements and benefits help candidates review the original posting faster. If you are considering applying, tailor your resume to show student advising, employer coordination, and Microsoft Office proficiency.
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