CPSP PERINATAL COORDINATOR

SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY HEALTH•Santa Rosa, CA

3d•$30 - $35

About The Position

The Perinatal Health Educator provides perinatal support and education services to SRCH pregnancy and postpartum clients through the CPSP program. The Perinatal Health Educator is responsible for developing and implementing patient education programs, case managing CPSP patient load, and providing perinatal support services to SRCH obstetric clients. They work under the direction of the CPSP Leader to ensure that goals and objectives regarding the quality of care and case management are met in the SCHC OB program Pay Range: $29.58-$35.30/hour DOE This is an interim position.

Requirements

College degree or equivalent preferred
Preferred one year experience in perinatal care and/or health education
CPSP experience preferred
Experience in program development
Experience in group education and teaching
Fluency in English and Spanish (speak, read and write) required.
Knowledge of local psychosocial, education, and nutrition resources.
Demonstrates knowledge of compliance policies and procedures within the community clinic environment.
Demonstrates a willingness to report any incident that is unusual or incompatible with accepted clinic procedures.
Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times by complying with HIPAA policies.
Good communication and interviewing skills.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to be sensitive with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

Works as a team member of the perinatal health team
Participates in periodic OB team meetings
Completes special projects as related to CPSP program
Provides perinatal outreach work as needed
Application and follow-up for Medi-Cal presumptive eligibility
Assist and support clients with completion of the patient portion of EDD, SDI, or equivalent, prior to giving to providers for completion.
Minimum requirements of 30 client individual billable encounters per week.
Maintains easily accessible tracking system for client follow-up
Assists clients in enrollment of OB services
Collaborates with CPSP lead to maintain EMR
Works collaboratively with CPSP Lead in development, evaluation, and provision of perinatal health education services
Exhibits independence and initiative in the development and implementation of perinatal group/shared medical visits.
Implements perinatal programs and liaisons with community agencies and resources
Counsels and educates pregnant and postpartum clients on pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care
Supports Individualized Care Plan (ICP) for each OB client in caseload (includes pregnancy and postpartum care)
Assess and document nutrition/psychosocial/health education needs for each client on a one-on-one basis.
Identifies and records strengths, needs and high-risk conditions on the ICP
Prioritizes client needs.
Proposes solutions based on assessments, individual and cultural needs
Modifies ICP as new problems develop, are ameliorated, or resolved
Ensures that each client is offered the minimum CPSP visits as required by CPSP guidelines.
Assists the client and providers in fulfilling recommendations for plan of care. This may include: Referrals to OB/Gyn specialists, CPSP home visits, Public Health Nursing home visits, etc. This includes faxing of needed records
Follow-up of lab tests as requests by OB technician
Provide all relevant health education information to clients. Providing and/or explaining special instructions, transportation arrangements, assistance with translation needs, etc.
Making follow-up appointments
Ongoing assessment of the client’s health status and appropriateness of interventions, as well as the effects produced by any interventions
Responsibility for every client in caseload; this includes necessary liaisons with home visits, Families First, PHN, Doulas, etc.
Maintains appropriate client follow-up and tracking
Initiates, confirms (1-2 days prior) and follows-up contact with clients including “no shows”
Maintains communication and close contact with each case load client throughout pregnancy and postpartum period
Utilizes appropriate and effective communication skills with OB teams members and clinic staff about patients
If data is entered in chart progress notes, must utilize S-O-A-P format as follows: S = subjective, or patient perception O = objective, or provider observation (weight, BP, etc.) A = assessment P = plan or recommendations, referrals, patient education, follow-up, reevaluation plan, etc.
Must appropriately and in timely manner document all client encounters, including telephone calls to agencies, clients or providers
Participates in ongoing training.