Full-Time
Medical Assistant Extern Coordinator
Updated on 8/23/2026
Concorde Career Colleges
Healthcare career education
No salary listed
Portland, OR, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Associate's
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- Must meet the appropriate teacher qualifications for the program.
- An associate or bachelor’s degree is preferred.
- Must have current car insurance and a valid unrestricted driver’s license.
- Must meet externship site contract requirements.
- Must be able and willing to communicate, think, learn, and reason.
- Must be able to use computers and computer systems, including hardware and software, to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks.
- Must be able to safely ambulate and maneuver when on-site at company locations.
- Must demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering, and category flexibility.
- Must use good judgment and problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Must be able to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously.
- Must be able to gain, understand, and apply information and data as it relates to the essential functions of the position.
- Must be able to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders.
- Achieve the assigned extern-to-hire metric, with a standard 50% extern-to-hire rate.
- Develop new externship sites.
- Assist in developing student job leads.
- Assign students to externship sites with the Program Director, in consultation with the Academic Dean.
- Conduct site visitations for assigned externs and complete site visitation reports and documentation in a timely manner.
- Supervise externship training in compliance with Academic Affairs Department policies and guidelines.
- Coordinate the exchange of externship information, including timesheets, with the Program Director and Registrar.
- Attend and direct assigned externship orientation.
- Ensure prompt and accurate receipt of required reports from students and sites.
- Review all externship evaluations and direct information to the Program Director as appropriate.
- Advise externs as needed.
- Attend staff, departmental, and Advisory Board meetings as directed.
- Participate in commencement ceremonies.
- Communicate daily or as necessary with the Program Director.
- Communicate daily or as necessary with the Graduate Employment Director.
- Maintain a log of outside activities and provide it to the Program Director.
- Promote and maintain a team concept within the Academic Affairs Department.
- Maintain professional dress as a representative of the school.
- Ensure compliance with all school policies and procedures.
- Assist with PAC meetings as requested.
- Remain current on developments, practices, procedures, and equipment related to the program and professional specialty.
- Instruct classes as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Marketing and/or sales experience is a plus.
- Excellent organizational, problem-solving, communication, and customer service skills.
Concorde Career Colleges is a network of career colleges focused on healthcare training. Programs prepare students for clinical, dental, diagnostic, patient-care, and allied-health occupations through classroom and hands-on learning. Career services and employer-facing support connect education with entry into healthcare professions. The institution provides occupation-specific postsecondary education, requiring laboratories, clinical practice, accreditation support, student advising, and employer relationships alongside classroom instruction and conventional campus operations. Programs are aligned with specific healthcare occupations and their practical competency requirements.
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