Dean of Continuing Education jobs in Arizona

About Us

The Arizona Alliance for Community Health Centers (the Alliance) is the Primary Care Association (PCA) for Arizona. We’re a nonprofit member organization that represents Community Health Centers (CHCs); Arizona’s largest primary care network.
CHCs deliver healthcare services that meet the needs of their communities, connecting people to quality care that gives everyone an equal opportunity to thrive. We facilitate that vital work by providing CHCs with training, technical assistance, programmatic support, and advocacy.

Why You Should Join Us

Here at the Alliance, we believe that our greatest asset in achieving our goals is providing our employees with the support, leadership, and resources they need to do their best work.
We believe in work-life balance and the restorative power of rest, so we offer 12 paid holidays, 6 days of sick pay, 3 personal days, and 10 days of vacation pay per year. Vacation accrual increases by 5 days at the first, fifth, and eleventh-year anniversary date.
We believe in cultivating a culture that is diverse and inclusive, so in 2022 we formed the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) council which is made up and driven by a group of our employees whose purpose is to support leadership in identifying and correcting systemic biases in our workplace that impede our ability to create a true culture of belonging.

Job Purpose and Basic Function

The Director of Communications is responsible for developing and implementing comprehensive communication strategies aimed at effectively disseminating AACHC's message to diverse stakeholders, including members, employees, media outlets, partners, and the wider public. Central to this role is enhancing visibility and advocacy for health centers and their indispensable contributions to our communities.

Description of Primary Responsibilities and Duties

1. Facilitate the Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) creation, reviewing, approval, facilitation, and evaluation for events targeting health professionals.
   1. Identify organizations that wish to offer Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events.
   2. Plan, develop, and administer continuing education programs that reflects community and industry needs and expectations.
   3. Coordinate the application process for Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events.
   4. Collect documentation for accrediting bodies.
   5. Submit documentation to accrediting bodies for review and approval.
   6. Coordinate the Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Content Reviewers’ Committee
   7. Adhere to policies and procedures governing the Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
   8. Collect evaluation surveys and issue certificates to health professional attendees.
   9. Ensures compliance with regulations, including (but not limited to) creating and keeping detailed records of: attendee certificates; workshop information; evaluations; presenter syllabi; and workshop objectives.
   10. Report results to funders by entering evaluation data into their database.
   11. Monitor Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program program/project spending and adhere to program budget.
   12. Manage the tracking system in place for Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) events.
2. Support and develop relationships with health systems, educational institutions, and community-based organizations.
   1. Develop and maintain professional working relationships and collaborative partnerships with all clinic staff, clients, healthcare institutions, academic institutions, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
   2. Creates and coordinates a myriad of conferences, free-standing workshops, webinars, and other educational events.
   3. Coordinates workshops and conference space(s) by being the main contact with location venues, visiting potential spaces, and processing and maintaining agreements necessary to hold event.
   4. Following procurement policies and procedures.
3. Write and prepare reports, procedures, and process documents regarding the Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program.
   1. Write quarterly and annual report content.
   2. Analyze program data.
   3. Prepare process documents.
4. Support workforce department activities.
   1. Assist in special projects as identified including working with CAAHEC staff to deliver projects that facilitate the expansion of clinical community-based training, immersion weekends, pipeline activities and programming and health career preparation, community education, marketing and outreach, data and evaluation, and continuing education programs. This may include assisting with special events that take place after normal business hours and/or on weekends.
   2. Build relationships with health systems, academic institutions, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders.
   3. Maintain professional working relationships and collaborative partnerships with all clinic staff, clients, healthcare institutions, academic institutions, community organizations, and other stakeholders.
   4. Assist the CAAHEC Director in monitoring program/project spending and adhering to program budget.
   5. Enter Continuing Education (CE), Continuing Medical Education (CME), and the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program data into databases.
   6. When time allows, assist other CAAHEC team members with data entry.
5. Travel throughout region and state as necessary.
   1. Assist with immersions for health professionals, attend events and conferences, and be a support for CAAHEC team members.