1. Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our McLeod Service Excellence Standards and Core Values.

2. Identifies culturally-diverse high school and college students who have an interest in healthcare careers.

3. Designs, identifies, and implements effective programs to attract and recruit minority and/or disadvantaged students to careers in the health professions.

4. Facilitates programs and activities that promote student awareness and understanding of various healthcare options including Career Fairs and Career Awareness Presentations.

5. Identifies and collaborates with community partners who will enhance Pee Dee AHEC and the SC AHEC Health Careers Program mission and provide opportunities for students to learn about healthcare careers.

6. Monitors the effectiveness of Health Career Program to ensure quality through activity and program evaluations.

7. Collaborates with other Pee Dee AHEC core service staff to meet Pee Dee AHEC goals.

8. Interacts and communicates with various individuals and groups such as the center director, regional and statewide AHEC staff, SC AHEC Health Careers Program Council, students, parents, academic faculty, healthcare practitioners, advisory groups, vendors, personnel at community/civic/professional organization, and the public.

9. Maintains regional database regarding program activity and outcomes.

1. Complies, tracks, and evaluates data pertaining to minority and/or disadvantaged student entering the health care field.

1. Markets Health Career Program services through community partnerships meetings, website updates, article circulation, and presentations.

2. Collaborates with the SC AHEC Health Professions Student Council to investigate ways to provide health careers exploration and professional development experiences for students prior to entry into health professions training programs.

3. Attends and participates in regional, statewide, and national meetings as required.

4. Maintains regional database by performing administrative work as required to advance the Health Careers Program, including but not limited to overseeing program records and evaluations, preparing correspondence and reports, entering and retrieving data through the SC AHEC computerized database, and responding to inquires related to the program.

5. Complies, tracks, and evaluates the health career program outcome data pertaining to minority and/or disadvantaged students entering the healthcare filed.

6. Coordinates workforce pipeline strategies for baccalaureate and high school students employing the usage of shadow and internship experiences.

7. Partners with Florence School District One for providing the McLeod Regional Medical Center High School Health Careers course.

Job Requirements

Preferred Qualifications/Education:  High school diploma or equivalent required with Master’s degree in Education (preferred), school counseling, health education or health-related field.  One-two years of experience in health education or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities. 

 Licenses and/or Certifications:  Must possess a valid state driver’s license. 

Training: Experienced public speaker, teacher, presentation to diverse age groups and audiences. Strong software and hardware computer skills, scheduling, organizing, as well as analysis and evaluation techniques.  Excellent telephone skills.