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Form of workCommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.
JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE
The Career Coach is a system level position serving under the direction of the System SVP, Patient Care Services and reporting to the System Manager, Professional Development for the National Nurse Residency Program. This role requires a motivated individual to work with CommonSpirit Health staff from a wide variety of age groups, backgrounds, and personal and work experiences to help them determine and pursue long-term career and life goals. This work may include determining academic goals and strategies, as well as workforce and skills development strategies. The Career Coach has expertise in career management and development, and helps others across the career spectrum evaluate where they are in their careers and assist them in outlining a path with specific steps and action items to achieve these goals. The Career Coach works closely with department and functional area leaders to connect staff to useful resources, mentors, and sponsors to transform our internal talent.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Meet individually with CommonSpirit Health staff to determine skill level, clinical and leadership/management experience and education/training needs; Build relationships and provide ongoing, personalized support and encouragement to grow and transform careers within CommonSpirit Health
- Ability to recognize strengths and weaknesses in others and develop plans to aid others in personal and career growth; Considers experience and education of staff when recommending career paths
- Assists staff in planning strategic career moves and developing the necessary skills to be successful
- Guide participants through assessments and create an individualized career plan; Counsels others on ways and methods to strengthen their weaknesses, and develop new competencies and skills
- Assist with developing and optimizing resumes/curriculum vitaes (CVs) and cover letters; Assist with interview preparation and follow-up
- Building solid relationships with the nurse residents to help them achieve their career goals
- Review the Career Coaching program to help further develop it if any changes are needed once the career
- coaching program begins.
- Strong communication skills with nurse residents and the leadership team at Common Spirit.
Required Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree and related experience in Human Resources, Social Work,
Psychology, Communications, Nursing or a field related to vocational development,
required; - Master’s degree in Career Counseling or related field, preferred
- Previous experience advising, mentorship and personal development, preferred
- Minimum three (3) years related work experience required;
Required Licensure and Certifications
- Certification as a Career Coach, preferred
Required MinimumKnowledge, Skills, Abilities and Training
- This role is fully remote. Must be technology savvy and able to operate effectivelyn a remote setting. Must be willing to work flexible hours (including evenings and
weekends) and to work independently and productively with minimal supervision. - Active Listening – ability to actively attend to, convey and understand the comments and questions from others
- Assertiveness – ability to act in a self-confident manner
- Communication – ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken and written word
- Diversity oriented
- Empathetic – ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others
- Must be self-motivated, organized, and have the ability to multitask and work unsupervised
- Ability to exercise creativity, initiative and demonstrate superior customer service skills
- Ability to create additional tools if needed
- Ability to be very hands-on when working with the nurse residents
- Ability to juggle multiple things at once
- Ability to be available to nurse residents as needed
- Ability to gather feedback and interpret that feedback from nurse residents and apply the feedback to adjust the program accordingly
