Health Education & Coaching Director jobs in Kingsport, TN

Title: Education Specialist/Health Career Coordinator)

Salary Range: $35,568.00

Contract Term Length: 12 Months

Standard Hours: 37.5

Work Location: On-Site

FLSA Status: Exempt

College: Southeast KY Community & Technical College

The Southeast Kentucky Area Health Care Center (AHEC) provides service to sixteen counties in eastern Kentucky. From clinical rotations in rural practice settings to health careers programming in our local school systems, our youth are being prepared to enter the healthcare workforce. In addition, Southeast Kentucky AHEC supports our local communities by offering continuing education opportunities to healthcare professionals, as well as medical library services in the Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center.

Total Rewards

Southeast KY Community & Technical College offers a competitive benefits package and an attractive work environment that supports excellence, innovation, and creativity including:

• Exceptional health care, vision, dental coverage for you and your family
• Tuition reimbursement/waiver for you, your spouse, and dependents
• 403(b) retirement plan: a 5% employee contribution receives a 10% employer match
• Vacation/Sick Time
• Work-Life Balance
• 9.5 Paid Holidays
• 2 Weeks Institutional Closing Pay (Last 2 weeks of December) for qualifying positions
• Employee Assistance Program

Job Summary

Education Specialist/Health Career Coordinator to provide healthcare workforce educational opportunities for middle, high, and post-secondary students to foster interest in the healthcare workforce sector. This position will be in Hazard, KY.

The Southeast Kentucky Area Health Education Center (AHEC) strives to enhance the access to quality health care by improving the supply and distribution of healthcare professionals through community/academic educational partnerships.

Our organization provides service to sixteen counties in eastern Kentucky. From clinical rotations in rural practice settings to health careers programming in our local school systems, our youth are being prepared to enter the healthcare workforce. In addition, Southeast Kentucky AHEC supports our local communities by offering continuing education opportunities to healthcare professionals, as well as medical library services in the Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center. 

Job Duties:

• Plans and provides health careers programming for middle, high, and post-secondary
students within the Southeast Kentucky service region.
• Develops partnerships with public and private schools to carry out identified programming.
• Recruits students to participate in health careers programming.
• Evaluates programming for effectiveness and quality.
• Tracks student participation and progress through data entry into an AHEC tracking
system.
• Participate in scheduled meetings that shall include local, statewide, and national travel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree (related field) and one-year related work experience, or equivalent 

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional Skills Requested: