The Department of Pediatrics is seeking an Education Coordinator to join their team! This position provides comprehensive coordination and support for medical education programs by advising students, managing schedules, budgets, and systems.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Plans and coordinates educational programs.

• Serve as a primary resource for students, providing individualized guidance on academic and professional development, course selection, admissions processes, research opportunities, and coaching on interview skills.

• Administers and oversees board examinations

• Maintains records of affiliation agreements with participating schools.

• Implement all required modules of the clinical education management software, to include the management and reporting of data as well as user training for clinical staff and clinical educators.

• Provides administrative oversight for clinical education

• Identifies and alerts course directors of possible course related issues to be resolved by faculty and/or department administration

• Prepares materials for orientation and rotation schedules

• Prepares and maintains the annual budget for the educational program

• Implement policies and procedures to enhance students' practical clinical experience in clinical settings

• Resolves issues related to grades and scheduling

• Running monthly reports on the educational budget

• Coordinates travel for the Director of the Education Program

• Assists with and coordinates faculty and student didactic lectures

• Schedule Pediatric Interest Group meetings

• Coordinates the Department of Pediatrics UME medical school educational programs, including:

• 3rd-Year Required Pediatric Clerkship

• 3rd-Year Elective Program

• 4th-Year Electives (UT and Visiting Students)

• Plan and organize program events and activities, including workshops, retreats, seminars, and networking functions.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Provides overall coordination and management of a health education program in order to ensure the achievement of its assigned goals and objectives.

Schedules deliveries of all teaching aids materials, lab supplies, and other necessary education tools in a timely manner to ensure the desired educational and training services.

Participates in all phases of a project, in research related activities, including conducting national and regional surveys to collect, code, tabulate, and analyze health data to assist faculty in the preparation of curriculum and audiovisual instructional materials.

Researches and analyzes data pertaining to educational, medical and social trends in order to keep abreast of training techniques, educational materials, and university priorities to achieve quality education.

Recommends and implements policies and procedures to improve the practical clinical experience of the students in a clinical setting. Skills in directing a lecture format and laboratory are required in the basic sciences setting. Recommendations regarding the development and implementation of new policies and procedures to improve medical care, planning, scheduling, and training of students and residents is required in either setting.

Assists course coordinators in classroom teaching assignments, prepares the course syllabi, evaluates classroom presentation, and ascertains that stated behavioral objectives and that course outlines and lesson plans are current in a research and/or educational program setting.

Organizes and coordinates teaching laboratory materials, maintains a list of all existing audiovisual equipment, films, slides, models, and other teaching aids, and makes recommendations for any needed equipment. Maintains current audiovisual instructional library in order to service lab and classroom training. Surveys libraries periodically for the purposes of updating reading references and makes recommendations for the acquisition of new books and other learning materials.

Evaluates, modifies, and updates the curriculum and testing process.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

None.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in a related field or relevant experience in lieu of education.

Minimum Experience:

Three years of directly related experience in educational setting.
Experience in classroom teaching preferred.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.