Community Health Aide Trainee

Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation • Chignik Lagoon, AK

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides primary healthcare, within given limits of level of training, standing orders, and scope of practice including preventive, acute and emergency care to residents of an assigned village within the Bristol Bay region. This is ONE position and is located in Chignik Lagoon.

Requirements

• High school graduate or have GED certificate or equivalent.
• Achieves a score on the standardized Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D, indicating eighth grade level competence in applied math, math computation, and reading.
• Must have basic computer skills.
• Resides in assigned community or sub region.
• Able to leave the home community for periods of 1 to 6 weeks or more for training.
• Able to provide year-round coverage of clinic hours.
• Must successfully pass the pre-employment drug and alcohol screening.
• Must receive all immunizations and successfully complete all testing required for attending Session Training.
• Must be able to meet all physical requirements of Session Training including travel by air, extended time away from home, and full participation in activities including blood draws, injections, and IVs both as a caregiver in training and as a subject.
• Must be able to meet all physical requirements of Session Training.

Nice To Haves

• Prefer ability to speak local native language.
• If assigned to a specific village, recommended by the Traditional Village Council of the assigned village.

Responsibilities

• Provides primary healthcare, within given limits of training, standing orders, and scope of practice, including preventive, acute, and emergency care to residents of an assigned village.
• May not provide patient care unless under supervision of a senior Health Aide.
• Documentation is only created for training purposes and must be done either on paper PEFs or under Demo patient in the electronic health record (EHR).
• May not take emergency call. May gain experience by going on emergency calls with other qualified CHA/P.
• May respond to emergency call as a first responder under ETT/EMT certification. Documentation for these rare instances should be done on the EMS Run Sheet.
• May work in other village clinics for limited times.
• Must be available for ETT training, Pre-session, Session I training and other training and meetings as directed by BBAHC.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED