Health Services Coordinator

Wu Yee Children's Services•San Francisco, CA

just now•Onsite

About The Position

The Health Services Coordinator is responsible for monitoring, planning, tracking, and implementing high-quality services related to health, safety, and nutrition to all children and pregnant people enrolled in our child development program and to ensure that all program practices related to health, safety, and nutrition are in compliance with Head Start, Early Head Start, California of Education, California Department of Education, California Department of Social Services requirements and state/local Department of Public Health.

Requirements

Three years of experience in health or related field.
Knowledge of Pediatric, Department of Health regulations, Community Health resources.
Ability to work in a program located in high risk-risk, low-income and diverse communities.
Ability to travel to different Wu Yee Early Learning Centers, offices and Family Resources Centers in San Francisco.
Ability to communicate and respond and respond in a manner that consistently demonstrates respect, concerns and in a timely manner.
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with data entry, monitoring, reporting, and follow-up.
A strategic planner who is adept at prioritizing, organizing, and following through; able to balance multiple competing priorities.
Must have excellent attention to detail for data entry, record keeping and tracking data.
Experience working with children and families of different socio-economic backgrounds.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Health, Nutrition, or relevant field.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual in Chinese or Spanish preferred.
MS or MPH preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures that children have all the appropriate health paperwork and immunizations before enrolling into the program.
Ensures that all chronic conditions and medication paperwork is updated annually for children enrollment in the program.
Ensures that all chronic conditions and medications paperwork have all the appropriate health paperwork and receiving prenatal health and dental services. Follow up with Home Visitors to obtain the appropriate health paperwork.
Work collaboratively with Family Advocates, Center Managers, Home Visitors, Family, Family Child Care Specialist and Content Managers to identify community resources needed to assist with medical, dental, immunizations, examination and treatment services for enrolled children and pregnant people.
Conducts onsite health screening for enrolled children and help support external volunteers/interns with health screenings. Health screenings include height/weight, hearing, vision, hemoglobin (non-invasive) and blood pressure.
Assist Health Services Manager in monitoring compliance with Wu Yee policies, licensing, pertinent laws, guidelines, Head Start performance Standards as it relates to health and nutrition services across the program.
Monitors food purchasing, preparation, service and storage, kitchen cleanliness, food handling and dishwashing procedures; provides training and technical assistance as needed; maintains records for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
Ensures accurate meal counts and special meal request are sent to our food vendor. Communicate and troubleshooting any meal delivery issues with the food vendor as needed.
Identifies health, dental emergency and nutrition services resources within the community; ensures all these services are shared across programs; and helps parents as needed, in securing a source of accessible health and dental care for their families.
Assists the Health Services Manager to coordinate and provide necessary health/nutrition/safety training to staff and ensures that all training provided are in accordance with Performance Standards, program policies and procedures, as well as state and local requirement.
Create and facilitate health related workshops for families and coordinate with family services staff to schedule workshops for families.
Attends interagency meeting such as the program's Health and Mental Health Services Advisory Committee, Family Committee Meeting Policy Council and other meetings as need.
Participate in planning for the Health and Mental Health Services Advisory Committee (HMSAC) meetings and newsletters and take meeting. Share HMHSAC meeting/newsletter information with staff and families.
Participate in monthly and quarterly in monthly and quarterly program monitoring, annual self-assessment and agency monitoring.
Maintains detailed, accurate, up-to-date and confidential records including child health files, health services tracking system, child injury reported,etc.
Review data entered in our data systems to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and that necessary program services report as needed. update and track health PIP date data on a monthly basis.
Completes and submits the annual Shots for School (CDPH) immunization reports for enrolled children.
Ensures that emergency supplies at all the Early Learning Center are up-to-date and replenish supplies as needed. Check emergency supplies twice a year.
Participate in the two weekend recruitment events to recruit children and families into the program.
Other duties as assigned.