WellPower envisions a community where every person’s mental health is fostered through strength, resilience and hope. We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support. 

Our Guiding Principles:

• Person Centered. We honor people’s identities, lived experience and journeys and treat every person with the dignity we all deserve.  
• Exceptional Care. We offer compassionate, innovative services that meet people where they are, from immediate support to long-term recovery.
• Integrity. We operate from a deep foundation of ethical, accountable practices in all we do.
• Organizational Resilience. We meet the moment and adapt to changing contexts with collaborative creativity, agile business processes, and financial stewardship.

Position Summary: 

​​The Clinical Placement Coordinator manages the organization's student and trainee placement program and serves as the primary liaison between academic institutions, clinical leadership, trainees, and internal support departments. This role coordinates academic affiliation agreements, placement approvals, onboarding requirements, and compliance documentation. The Clinical Placement Coordinator supports workforce development initiatives by fostering effective academic partnerships, managing placement capacity, maintaining compliance standards, and ensuring a positive and efficient trainee experience throughout the placement lifecycle. 

Compensation & Benefits:

• $57,803 - $80,995 per year
• For complete overview of our robust Benefits: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice/ 

The posted range represents the full hiring range. Offers will not exceed this range, the majority of candidates are placed near the midpoint based on experience and qualifications. 

Job Duties & Functions:

• Coordinate and maintain academic affiliation agreements and placement activities for students,  interns, residents, fellows, and other trainees across all clinical programs.

Clinical Placement Coordination

• Serve as the primary point of contact for academic institutions regarding placement  opportunities, requirements, timelines, documentation, and placement capacity. 
• Coordinate placement requests and match trainees with available clinical programs, supervisors,  and preceptors based on organizational capacity and program needs. 
• Track placement start and end dates, assigned supervisors, academic requirements, and rotation schedules. 
• Monitor organizational placement capacity and collaborate with clinical leaders to ensure  placements align with supervision availability, operational priorities, and program needs. 
• Provide trainees with onboarding guidance and communicate placement requirements, deadlines, expectations, and organizational policies. Support workforce development and recruitment initiatives by maintaining positive relationships with educational partners and  promoting placement opportunities.

Affiliation Agreement Administration

• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Clinical Leadership, and other stakeholders to facilitate timely completion of affiliation agreements. 
• Maintain an accurate repository of executed agreements and monitor renewal deadlines. 
• Ensure placement activities occur only under fully executed agreements when required.

Credentialing and Compliance Support

• Collect, review, verify, and maintain required trainee documentation, including but not limited to:
  • Applications, Professional liability insurance, Licensure verification, Required certifications & training records, Background checks, Immunization and health documentation, and Organizational forms and acknowledgments
• Conduct preliminary review of trainee eligibility and readiness for placement.
• Escalate eligibility, compliance, or documentation concerns as appropriate
• Ensure trainees meet organizational, state, payer, accreditation, contractual, and regulatory  requirements prior to placement start dates. 
• Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready trainee files. 
• Identify missing, expired, or non-compliant documentation and proactively follow up with  trainees and academic institutions. 
• Collaborate with Credentialing, Compliance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and  Clinical Operations teams to ensure timely onboarding completion. 
• Support internal and external audits related to trainee placements, credentialing files, and  affiliation agreements. 

Data Management and Reporting

• Maintain reporting databases and produce placement metrics and dashboards.
• Monitor placement activity, onboarding progress, agreement status, compliance metrics, and  trainee volume.
• Prepare reports and dashboards related to placement activity, program capacity, and academic  partnerships  
• Identify and support process improvement opportunities and recommend solutions to improve placement efficiency, compliance, and stakeholder experience.
• Maintain a trauma informed environment of wellbeing.
• Other duties as assigned 

Requirements & Qualifications: 

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent. 
  

Experience: 

• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in healthcare administration, credentialing, compliance,  clinical education coordination, workforce development, or a related field.
  
• Strong organizational, communication, and relationship management skills. 
  
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and maintain a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality. 
  
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office application and database/tracking systems.
  

Preferred Education and Experience: 

• Associate’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Human Services, or related field preferred.
  
• Experience coordinating student placements, internships, residency programs, or academic partnerships.
  
• Experience with affiliation agreements and healthcare regulatory or accreditation requirements.
  
• Experience in behavioral health or other healthcare settings.

Work Location: This is a hybrid opportunity open to folks residing in the Greater Denver Metro area and will require 1-2 days per week on-site and the rest of the week working remotely.

Shift/Hours: This is a Monday-Friday opportunity observing standard business hours.

Physical Requirements:

Requires sitting, standing, bending and reaching. May require lifting up to 50 pounds. Requires manual dexterity sufficient to operate standard office machines such as computers, fax machines, the telephone and other office and/or clinical equipment. May require occasional evening or weekend hours upon request.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Learn more about WellPower:

WellPower is committed to fair and equitable hiring with salaries based on relevant factors, such as work experience, education, and certification/licensure (rather than wage history). Toward the principle of equal pay for equal work, we post and hire within defined hiring salary ranges. We ask all applicants to carefully review the hiring salary range for each posted job opportunity, as we will not hire outside the predetermined range. 

WellPower is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

For a complete overview of our robust benefits, visit: https://wellpower.org/workplace-of-choice