Head of Clinical Education & Workforce Innovation

Essen Medical Associates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Essen Health Care in Bronx, NY, seeks a Senior Director of Clinical Education & Workforce Development to lead the Academics department, design scalable education programs, and build partnerships with universities and training institutes. This role drives workforce strategy, performance metrics, and continuous improvement across Centers of Excellence.

The position requires onsite work five days a week, strong leadership, and a track record of developing talent pipelines in healthcare.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration, public health, education, business administration, human resources, organizational development, or a related field.
• Bilingual Spanish speaking is required.
• 5–7 years of progressive experience in academic program management, clinical education, workforce development, healthcare operations, or a related area, including experience leading complex programs or initiatives.
• Demonstrated success developing programs, managing strategic partnerships, and translating organizational needs into measurable workforce or education solutions.
• Strong project and change‑management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, stakeholders, and deliverables.
• Experience using data and performance measures to evaluate programs, identify trends, and communicate recommendations to leadership.
• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, negotiation, and relationship‑management skills.
• Ability to work onsite in the Bronx five days per week and travel locally as program needs require.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the department’s clinical education and workforce development strategy in alignment with Essen’s organizational goals and anticipated workforce needs.
• Lead the design, implementation, expansion, and evaluation of workforce programs across existing and emerging Centers of Excellence.
• Assess healthcare trends, clinical service‑line priorities, and workforce gaps to recommend new training models, academic pathways, and CoE initiatives.
• Establish annual program goals, implementation plans, performance measures, and continuous‑improvement priorities.
• Prepare business cases, proposals, and executive‑level presentations to support program expansion, resources, and strategic decisions.
• Cultivate and manage strategic relationships with universities, colleges, medical and allied health programs, training institutions, community organizations, and other workforce partners.
• Negotiate and operationalize partnership arrangements in coordination with legal, compliance, clinical, and administrative stakeholders.
• Build scalable pipelines for clinical and non‑clinical talent through internships, externships, rotations, shadowing, fellowships, bridge programs, apprenticeships, and other experiential learning models.
• Represent Essen at academic, workforce, and community events to strengthen visibility, engagement, and recruitment pipelines.
• Provide oversight of program operations, including cohort planning, schedules, learning experiences, faculty and preceptor assignments, training materials, onboarding, and participant progression.
• Create and maintain standardized policies, procedures, documentation, and service expectations across academic programs and CoEs.
• Ensure programs operate in accordance with applicable organizational policies, affiliation agreements, credentialing requirements, privacy standards, and regulatory or accreditation expectations.
• Identify operational risks and barriers, resolve escalated issues, and implement corrective or preventive actions when needed.
• Manage assigned budgets, vendor relationships, contracts, and program resources responsibly.
• Define and monitor key performance indicators, including enrollment, completion, conversion to employment, retention, participant satisfaction, partner engagement, workforce impact, and return on investment.
• Develop dashboards and recurring reports that provide leadership with clear visibility into program performance, pipeline health, risks, and opportunities.
• Use data, feedback, and outcome trends to improve program design, participant experience, operational efficiency, and workforce results.
• Lead, coach, and develop assigned program staff, coordinators, interns, faculty, preceptors, or project teams; establish clear expectations and accountability for results.
• Partner closely with clinical leaders, Talent Acquisition, People & Culture, operations, compliance, legal, finance, and other departments to align academic programming with workforce demand.
• Serve as a primary point of contact and escalation for academic partners, trainees, internal leaders, and other program stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings, presentations, planning sessions, and governance forums related to Academics and CoE initiatives.
• Perform other duties and lead special projects as assigned in support of the Academics Department and Essen’s workforce strategy.

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Project management

Data analysis

Communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

Essen Health Care in Bronx, NY, seeks a Senior Director of Clinical Education & Workforce Development to lead the Academics department, design scalable education programs, and build partnerships with universities and training institutes. This role drives workforce strategy, performance metrics, and continuous improvement across Centers of Excellence.

The position requires onsite work five days a week, strong leadership, and a track record of developing talent pipelines in healthcare.