The Continuing Education Specialist manages, plans, implements, and monitors continuing medical education activities and/or continuing pharmacy education, if applicable, for health care professionals in the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond. This role ensures that all educational partners adhere to regulatory policies governing continuing medical education in the following professions: AAPA Category 1 CME credit for physician assistants; ACPE credit for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians; AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians; ANCC credit for nurses; APA credit for psychologists; ASWB ACE credit for social workers.

Essential Job functions:

• Create & manage virtual conferences via CVENT virtual meeting platform.

• Creation & Landing Page and Registration Portal

• Create and submit Activity CE Application with activity director.

• Manage in-person conferences, securing event space contract, space catering and audiovisual.

• Manage all speaker requirements (letters, practice sessions, disclosures, honorariums).

• Communicate directly with program faculty and implement independently the program planning tasks as assigned by Continuing Education leadership.

• Serve independently as the primary CME/CPE accreditation compliance liaison with clinical departments/divisions at VCU Health System and external organizations (joint providers).

• Finance: Activity budget planning and post activity budget closeout.

• Post activity reports

Patient Population:

Not applicable to this position.

Employment Qualifications:

Required Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Education, Marketing, or a health care related field or High School Diploma or equivalent and a minimum of eight (8) years of work experience in medical care, health education, event planning or similar work environment.

Preferred Education:
Master’s Degree in Adult Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education Administration, Marketing, or related field

Licensure/Certification Required: N/A

Licensure/Certification Preferred: N/A

Minimum Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:
Two (2) years of work experience in a health care, education and/or clinical setting, preferably at VCU or VCU Health System. Understanding of health care providers’ needs for continuing education. Experience in a continuing education program environment. Experience in an organization with compliance reporting requirements.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

Demonstrated ability to prioritize work, handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills Exceptional customer service skills Experience in MS Office Suite, in particular spreadsheet development and database reporting.

Employee must be self-supporting for email and documentation generation in MS Office.

Cultural Responsiveness:
Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

Working Conditions:

Required to car travel to off-site locations, occasionally in adverse weather conditions.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-50 lbs), Push/Pull (0-50 lbs.)
Work Position: Sitting, Walking, Standing

Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards:

Physical Requirements:

Reach above shoulder; Repetitive arm/hand movements

Mental/Sensory - Emotional:

Mental/Sensory: Strong Recall, Reasoning, Problem solving, Speak clearly, Write legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking

Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady pace, Frequent and intense customer interactions, Able to adapt to frequent change

This position is full-time hybrid working remotely and in the office as needed.

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