The Health Care Coordinator provides support to program participants with regard to healthcare, medications, and medical appointments, interacting with participants and communicating with healthcare teams.
Requirements
- Provide oversight for assigned participants' health and medical needs
- Obtain, review, and maintain participant and guardians consents related to healthcare
- Communicate regularly with each assigned participant's healthcare and support team
- Schedule participant's medical, mental health, dental, and specialist appointments
- Review providers' recommendations and communicate updates, instructions, or medication changes to other staff, family members, and/or guardians
- Ensure that every assigned participant receives, at minimum, an annual physical and dental examination
- Attend appointments and obtain health records, physician suggestions, and/or medication information, coordinating alternate staff to attend when scheduling conflicts occur
- Review and train staff in person on changes if needed
- Send 6-month medical reviews to guardians
- Ensure that each assigned participant has been immunized and vaccinated as required or recommended by the participant's general physician and/or the public health agency
- Work with the agency nutritionist to monitor nutrition needs and assist with meal planning
- Monitor and assist with nurse delegation and medication administration oversight
- Refill PRN (as needed) medications and ensure they are available to the clients
- Ensure that new prescriptions are implemented in a timely manner
- Provide oversight of electronic medical records and ensure that Quickmar is accurate and available in the homes
- Approving/discontinuing/suspending medications, adding treatments and vital signs, and ensuring paper MARs and medical tracking are accurate and available in the homes
- Communicate with Nurse delegator when there are new medications and treatments for delegated clients
- Communicate with Clinical Manager when a client who is not nurse delegated needs nurse
- Assist with developing and facilitating healthcare-related training for newly hired and tenured employees as well as members of the participants' support team
- Attend, and/or contribute to, participants' PCSP meetings, providing relevant healthcare information as requested
- Participate in monthly staff meetings and attend other meetings when needed
- Provide pertinent information and updates to the staff when unavailable
- Complete mandatory trainings, CE hours, and maintain certifications and licensures as required
- Operate a personal and/or agency vehicle on a regular basis
- Maintain personal vehicle in a safe operating condition
- Maintain certifications and licenses as required
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 403(b) with company match
- Life Insurance
- Tuition Savings Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- PTO accrual
