Externship Coordinator -3 Years Medical Assisting Experience Required bei Unitek Learning

As a leading healthcare education organization, Unitek Learning’s family of schools helps thousands of students launch and accelerate their careers every year. As a rapidly growing and highly successful company, Unitek is also a great place to pursue a rewarding and challenging career. We offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, unlimited growth potential, and a collegiate work environment.

We’re seeking a Medical Assisting Externship Coordinator to help students successfully transition from the classroom to hands-on training at healthcare sites. In this role, you’ll manage all aspects of the Medical Assisting externship process from securing and maintaining employer partnerships, to placing students on time, to ensuring compliance and documentation are complete for students to complete their program. Most importantly, you’ll play a key role in converting externship opportunities into job offers for students, directly impacting their career success and the college’s employment outcomes.

• Build and maintain a network of healthcare externship sites that prioritize hiring students after completion.
• Place students on time into externships that align with their program start dates.
• Monitor attendance, hours, and completion to ensure students graduate on schedule.
• Conduct site visits and evaluations to ensure quality learning environments and support both students and site supervisors.
• Maintain accurate, real-time documentation in the Student Information System to meet accreditation and compliance standards.
• Collaborate with Career Services Advisors to align externships with future employment opportunities.
• Assist in generating job orders and employment opportunities for Medical Assisting students that do not get hired from externship.
• Represent the college with professionalism at employer sites, community events, and career fairs.
• Extern-to-Hire Conversion: At least 50% of externship students receive job offers (goal: 70%).
• On-Time Placement: 100% of students begin externships with their scheduled module.
• Completion Rate: 95%+ of students complete all required externship hours and evaluations.
• Employer & Student Satisfaction: Positive feedback on quality of placements and college partnerships.

• Completion of a Medical Assisting program and 3+ years of work experience as a Medical Assistant; equivalent healthcare experience considered.
• 2+ years in project coordination, community outreach, employer relations, or career services preferred.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for regular site visits.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office; experience with student information systems or CRMs a plus.
• Knowledge of accreditation standards (ABHES, ACCSC) and healthcare workforce trends preferred.

We Offer:

• Medical, Dental and Vision starting the 1st of the month following 30 days of employment
• 2 Weeks’ starting Vacation per year.  Increasing based on years of service with company
• 12 paid Holidays and 2 Floating Holiday
• 401K with a Company Match
• Company Paid Life Insurance at 1x’s your annual salary
• Leadership development and training for career advancement
• Tuition assistance and Forgiveness for you and your family up to 100% depending on program

Hourly Rate: $32.00 - $36.00