Admissions Advisor

HCA Healthcare, Inc.; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

The College of Health Care Professions (CHCP), now part of HCA Healthcare, is seeking an Admissions Advisor to recruit qualified applicants and manage inquiries for program enrollment. You’ll interview and follow up with prospects, coordinate events, and collaborate with campus teams to support student success.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field and 1–1.5 years in admissions or consultative sales, with strong communication and data-entry skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field preferred.
• 1-1.5 years of admissions recruitment or relevant sales experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and data entry.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Explain educational programs, outcomes, and student services to students and parents.
• Manage inquiries to achieve contact and weekly goals.
• Direct unqualified candidates based on career goals.
• Participate in recruitment events and orientation programs.
• Schedule and conduct interviews for enrollment suitability.
• Forecast prospective new students with admissions leadership.
• Conduct regular follow-up meetings to ensure matriculation.

Skills

Inquiries management

Prospect outreach

Interviews scheduling

Microsoft Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Admissions Advisor today with The College of Health Care Professions.

Job Summary and Qualifications

Responsible for recruiting qualified applicants for admission to the school in accordance with state, federal, accreditation, and company policies and regulations, consistent with the highest ethical standards. They are responsible for managing time, inquiries, and other recruitment-related resources to generate interest in our programs. This position will conduct a sufficient number of quality prospect phone contacts to secure appointments and interview activity, and conduct follow-up activity with unresolved and future class applicants. They will serve as a point of contact for active students and collaborate with departments to ensure continued support and possess a sincere interest in helping others achieve personal life goals.

In carrying out the duties and responsibilities of this position, they must ensure consideration and implementation of the CHCP philosophy, which includes providing quality services to all students, visitors, and clients; focusing on the development, growth, and involvement of staff members; offering recognition of employees; adhering to sound economic principles; and creating an environment which is conducive to innovation, positive thinking, and expansion.

CHCP Core Values

This position also requires adherence to CHCP’s core values, which are the basic elements of how we go about our work. They are the practices we use (or should be using) every day in everything we do. Our core values are a small set of timeless guiding principles which we live by and include:

• Innovation: We embrace organizational goals and drive positive change.
• Compassion: We care about our students, their future employers, and the communities that they serve.
• Accountability: We are committed to responsibly upholding and reinforcing our values.
• Respect: We are accepting and considerate of others, regardless of background, abilities, or beliefs.
• Excellence: We execute our goals with passion and purpose and strive for the highest quality in our results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Accurately and completely explain educational programs, expected outcomes, and student services to students and parents.
• Manage inquiries to achieve prompt contact and performance activity weekly goals, utilize
• approved recruitment policies/formats, make prompt and effective contact with inquiries, and redirect unqualified candidates based upon incompatible career goals.
• Participate in appropriate recruitment and enrollment activities including: open houses, regional presentations, training sessions, orientation programs, career days, graduation, and etc.
• Secure new inquiries by directly asking phone and in-person contacts about referrals of others to contact that may be interested in programs offered.
• Schedule and conduct interviews, pursue qualified candidates for enrollment, and determine appropriateness of candidates for admission based upon career goal compatibility.
• Accurately forecast projected new students with Director of Admissions or campus management.
• Consistently conduct follow-up meetings, monthly at a minimum, with all applicants to ensure successful matriculation. Meet with representatives of various agencies to perform public relations duties at functions deemed appropriate by college management.
• Assist with planning events such as registration, orientation, open house, referral drives, community involvement, etc.
• Assist with leading weekly team trainings and planning team building activities.
• Develop and implement outreach strategies to engage prospective students, strengthen current student relationships and drive referral growth.
• Contribute to onboard training and development of new hired Admissions Advisors.
• Clearly communicate team expectations and promote mutual accountability among team members.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or a related field is strongly preferred.

Experience

• 1-1.5 years’ experience in admissions recruitment or relevant consultative sales experience.

Computer Skills

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e. Excel, Outlook, and Word) and data entry.
• Possess a sincere interest in helping others achieve personal life goals.

Benefits

The College of Health Care Professions offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

At The College of Health Care Professions (CHCP), we prepare students for meaningful careers in healthcare. Founded by physicians in 1988, CHCP has been dedicated to providing career-focused education and hands-on training that helps students build the skills and confidence to succeed in today’s healthcare industry.

That same commitment to student success extends to our teams. At CHCP, you’ll find a supportive, collaborative culture united by a shared purpose: changing lives through education and preparing the next generation of healthcare professionals. Now part of HCA Healthcare, CHCP combines a student-focused environment with the strength of one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.