Coordinator Academic Partnerships

Portsmouth Regional Hospital - New Hampshire; Portsmouth (NH); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Certification support

Dependent scholarships

401(k) plan with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Portsmouth Regional Hospital - New Hampshire is seeking a Coordinator Academic Partnership to expand school partnerships and student programs in healthcare education. The role partners with local schools and community organizations to create pipelines into hospital employment and healthcare careers.

You will lead recruitment and onboarding of volunteers, coordinate staffing needs with hospital leadership and HR, and drive programs that connect education to clinical opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 3+ years of experience with volunteer and student programs preferred.
• Knowledge of recruitment and retention metrics.
• Experience with staffing, scheduling and operations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to plan and manage projects to meet deadlines and budget.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with high schools, colleges, universities, and community organizations to establish and strengthen healthcare education and workforce pipelines.
• Develop and coordinate student programs, internships, job shadowing and career exploration opportunities that introduce students to healthcare careers to develop the next generation of healthcare professionals.
• Partner with hospital leadership, Human Resources, and academic institutions to identify staffing needs and develop targeted programs that create pathways from education into hospital employment.
• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, placement, scheduling, engagement, and retention of hospital volunteers, ensuring volunteer resources align with organizational and departmental needs.
• Develop and implement volunteer programs and initiatives that enhance the patient and family experience while providing meaningful and rewarding opportunities for community members to serve.
• Monitor and evaluate student and volunteer programs, using participation, recruitment, retention, and workforce outcomes to strengthen programs and identify new opportunities for growth.

Skills

Relationship building

Project management

Recruitment

Volunteer programs

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Ready for a role that supports your unique calling in patient care and fits your life? At Portsmouth Regional Hospital, you’ll find clear pathways to advance backed by our unmatched nationwide transfer policy that lets you grow your career when the time is right for you. With mentorship opportunities, clinical education courses, professional certification support, and educational assistance, you will have all the resources you need to build the career of a lifetime.

Schedule

This is a salaried position with the typical work shift of 8a-4:30p but must have a flexible schedule to be able to work occasional evenings and weekends when needed.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Provide strategic support and partnership with local schools to promote coordinator efforts around recruitment and retention of all staff strengthening of academic partnerships.

What will you do in this role

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with high schools, colleges, universities, and community organizations to establish and strengthen healthcare education and workforce pipelines.
• Develop and coordinate student programs, internships, job shadowing and career exploration opportunities that introduce students to healthcare careers to develop the next generation of healthcare professionals..
• Partner with hospital leadership, Human Resources, and academic institutions to identify staffing needs and develop targeted programs that create pathways from education into hospital employment.
• Lead the recruitment, onboarding, placement, scheduling, engagement, and retention of hospital volunteers, ensuring volunteer resources align with organizational and departmental needs.
• Develop and implement volunteer programs and initiatives that enhance the patient and family experience while providing meaningful and rewarding opportunities for community members to serve.
• Monitor and evaluate student and volunteer programs, using participation, recruitment, retention, and workforce outcomes to strengthen programs and identify new opportunities for growth.

What qualifications you will need

• Bachelors Degree required
• 3 + years of relevant experience working with volunteer and student programs preferred
• Working knowledge of key metrics related to recruitment and retention
• Knowledge of current trends and best practices relevant to services provided by hospitals, medical staff and academic markets.
• Experience with staffing, scheduling and operations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to plan and manage projects, including assigned personnel or resource demands to meet deadlines and budget.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for 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.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

At Portsmouth Regional Hospital, you're not just joining a hospital—you’re becoming part of a mission-driven team that’s redefining healthcare excellence across the Seacoast region. As a 240-bed acute care facility in Portsmouth, NH, we proudly serve communities throughout New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts. We’re the only hospital in the area to be recognized as an ACS Verified Level II Trauma Center and a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and we offer a robust heart and vascular program—giving our team the opportunity to work at the forefront of life‑saving care.

As part of the HCA Healthcare family, you’ll be supported by one of the nation’s leading healthcare systems, with a strong presence in New Hampshire that includes four hospitals, three freestanding emergency rooms, and over 70 care sites. Here, nearly 5,000 colleagues—including 1,500 nurses and 1,000 affiliated physicians—collaborate to deliver exceptional care and innovation every day. Whether you're at Portsmouth, Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, Parkland Medical Center in Derry, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, or one of our emergency facilities in Seabrook, Dover, or Plaistow, you’ll find a culture that values your expertise, supports your growth, and empowers you to make a real difference.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

“Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future.”

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

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.

We are interviewing candidates for our Coordinator Academic Partnership opening.