About Stepful: Stepful partners with healthcare institutions to build talent pipelines and career pathways. We are reimagining allied healthcare training with a digital-first environment for student cohorts that prepare job-ready graduates five times faster, at a fraction of the cost. Stepful graduates, primarily from underrepresented communities, go on to work at leading healthcare institutions. Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital and AlleyCorp and recently closed a round led by Oak HC/FT.
The Role:
As an Externship Placement Coordinators (EPC), your primary responsibility is to coordinate the placement of students with externship sites. You'll oversee the process from the moment a student is matched to a site until they begin their externship, ensuring all required documentation, scheduling, and communication is completed successfully.
What you’ll do:
Manage externship placements by confirming site assignments, scheduling interviews (if required), and setting student start dates.
Ensure student compliance with onboarding requirements, including background checks, drug screens, and vaccinations.
Act as the primary point of contact for students and externship sites, providing updates and addressing concerns.
Build and maintain strong relationships with externship sites by understanding their capacity, preferences, and onboarding processes.
Maintain accurate records in internal dashboards, tracking student progress and site availability.
This Job Is for You If You:
Have 2+ years of experience working in a higher education institution coordinating externships, or account management experience in the healthcare industry.
Have Front, and/or Google Suite experience
Have Medical Assistant experience
Are self motivated and able to learn quickly and independently
Have strong communication skills and high attention to detail
What You’ll Need:
A reliable computer that can handle multi-tasking among many online tools and video-conferencing software.
High-speed internet.
A quiet, professional workspace.
At Stepful, we're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
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What We Do
Stepful unlocks the full potential of the global workforce, improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere.
Our platform is designed for working adults, particularly from historically underserved communities, providing virtual instructor-led courses that include live, cohort-based learning sessions and one-on-one coaching for those looking for entry-level positions in hospitals and healthcare settings.
Stepful graduates, primarily from underrepresented communities, go on to work at leading healthcare institutions such as CVS, Walgreens & NY Presbyterian Hospital. Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital and AlleyCorp and recently closed a round led by Oak HC/FT.
Why Work With Us
At Stepful, we’re on a mission to transform lives. We’ve grown to 20K+ students in just a few years, helping people launch healthcare careers they never thought possible. We use cutting-edge AI to scale human connection—and we don’t wait for opportunity. We create it, together.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
At Stepful, we balance flexibility with in person connection. We're hybrid in-office Tues-Thurs to collaborate, with 15 work from anywhere days annually, a week off between Christmas & New Year’s, and open vacation—because rest fuels impact.