Comments on: Fighting for a new program coordinator job description

By: Joanie Nyland

Joanie Nyland — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:54:15 +0000

Our office is overwhelmed with the amount of work from New Innovations, recruitment and ACGME projects. We have approximately 80 residents/fellows in our anesthesiology program.

How many residents and staff does your residency program have?

By: Melanie Johnson

Melanie Johnson — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:39 +0000

Thanks for keeping us posted!

By: Diane Slosser

Diane Slosser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:44:08 +0000

How I wish I had something to say, but nothing has changed. Our institution, as I’m sure many, has been “streamlining for success.” Not only have we had a hiring freeze and a salary freeze, but people have had their hours cut and some have lost their jobs altogether. I’m one of the lucky ones that still has a job…the the “fight” for change will have to wait. I’ll bring it up again in my annual review in January, and will let you know if anything changes…somehow I doubt it, but you never know…gotta keep the faith because someday it will happen for all of us. ROAR!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:52:26 +0000

Diane-What was the outcome of the HR meeting in January?

By: Julie McCoy

Julie McCoy — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:21:11 +0000

We did a coordinator salary survey last year. You can find a summary of the findings in this post:

http://blogs.hcpro.com/residencymanager/2008/08/the-results-are-in-2008-residency-coordinator-salary-survey/

By: Philip Johnson, MD

Philip Johnson, MD — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:36:37 +0000

What is the salary range for a full time residency coordinator?

By: Ella Langois

Ella Langois — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:28:31 +0000

I am from Canada and we are currently working on a certification that is equal to TAGME. However, I agree that the HR certification would be best served to this career. I am not impressed with how this position is viewed in my end of the spectrum. The work is great but the recognition is insulting to say the least and I base this on the long hours spent and emotional energy involved.

By: Rudy Martinez

Rudy Martinez — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:48:03 +0000

How does one join the HCPro chat group?

By: Pepper Wedgewood

Pepper Wedgewood — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:13:59 +0000

As with all coordinators and institutions nationwide, we have also been fighting for a revision to the job description and pay scale for residency coordinators. Personally, I believe that the problem stems from the fact that we are collectively labeled as coordinators instead of managers, that many coordinators are still involved in secretarial positions, and that upper-level management is still highly unaware of the amount of time, energy, work, and accountability required of this position. I have made this a top priority/goal for this year. All I know to say is to just keep fighting and never give up. I wish everyone the best of luck!

By: Michele Peliel

Michele Peliel — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:20:59 +0000

I share in your frustrations. We have had many people try to advocate for our positions to be taken seriously. It has been a very painful and long process from Staff Assistant to Residency Coordinator. The last time our JD was revamped (we have done it at least 3 times since I came to this position over 7 years ago), they did not change the title and based on hearing how much time we were working, they decided to change us to exempt employees and give us a whopping 2% raise! (wow, thanks so much for that! ugh) Now we are at it again institutionally and although I’m hopeful do not expect anything in this economy. To Dona Goodrich: I disagree with getting the TAGME certification. It just ties us to that position for life. I decided after checking out the validity of the certification and my options if I did it (no options for promotion as it was only tied to this position), I will be going for HR management certification. Check out the website at SHRM…It is more expensive but you will be able to use it for any HR management related job and makes more sense for each of us personally. Just my opinion but I have done a lot of investigating about this over the years… Wish us all luck. Hopefully our institutions will recognize the hard work we do as managers and revamp this once and for all. I’m sure they could make different levels of manager based on our personal situations too.