Responsibilities:

Essential Functions

1. Provide NMC Pathways Scholars academic and career advising support connecting students to college resources and Methodist career opportunities.

2. Coordinate job shadowing internship and employment connections within the Methodist Health System and Nebraska Methodist College for Omaha Benson Health Professions Academy students.

3. Oversee the scholarship application selection and awarding process.

4. Monitor student academic and career progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders.

5. Collaborate with internal partners including the Omaha Benson Health Professions Academy and Methodist Health System leaders.

6. Track and communicate programming and metrics to NMC and MHS stakeholders.

7. Provide academic advising support to students upon matriculation into NMC

Schedule:

Days Monday through Friday

Job Description:

Job Requirements

Education:

• Bachelors degree in a health profession education counseling or related field.
• Masters degree preferred.

Experience:

• Minimum two years experience working with high school or college students in an educational or advising capacity.

License/Certification:

• N/A

Skills/Knowledge and Abilities:

• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships inside and outside the organization.
• Understanding of health professions pathways and barriers facing first-generation or under-resourced students.
• Proficient with MS Office.

Physical Requirements:

Weight Demands

• Light Work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force.

Physical Activity

• Not necessary for the position (0%):
  • Climbing
  • Crawling
  • Kneeling
• Occasionally Performed (1%-33%):
  • Balancing
  • Carrying
  • Crouching
  • Distinguish colors
  • Grasping
  • Lifting
  • Pulling/Pushing
  • Standing
  • Stooping/bending
  • Twisting
  • Walking
• Frequently Performed (34%-66%):
  • Fingering/Touching
  • Keyboarding/typing
  • Reaching
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Sitting
  • Speaking/talking
• Constantly Performed (67%-100%):
  • Hearing
  • Seeing/Visual

Job Hazards

• Not Related:
  • Chemical agents (Toxic Corrosive Flammable Latex)
  • Biological agents (primary air born and blood born viruses) (Jobs with Patient contact) (BBF)
  • Physical hazards (noise temperature lighting wet floors outdoors sharps) (more than ordinary office environment)
  • Equipment/Machinery/Tools
  • Explosives (pressurized gas)
  • Electrical Shock/Static
  • Radiation Alpha Beta and Gamma (particles such as X-ray Cat Scan Gamma Knife etc.)
  • Radiation Non-Ionizing (Ultraviolet visible light infrared and microwaves that causes injuries to tissue or thermal or photochemical means)
  • Mechanical moving parts/vibrations

About Methodist:

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa more than 30 clinic locations a nursing and allied health college and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891 service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance health education outreach to our diverse communities and populations and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex age national origin disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or any other classification protected by Federal state or local law.