Health Services Specialist
About The Position
Your passion for helping children receive adequate health and wellness services is what makes you a great fit as our Health Services Specialist . In addition to your ability to handle details correctly and efficiently, you will lean into your socially focused, ‘how can I help you?’ attitude as you connect our program’s children and families with medical providers of health and dental care. We are Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership (OWCAP) , and we are searching for a Health Services Specialist to manage and coordinate the health, dental, safety, and nutritional needs of our program’s children in accordance with all applicable standards and regulations.
Requirements
- Congenial and cooperative with an efficient, precise work ethic
- Socially focused with natural rapport-building skills
- Unselfish and approachable with a preference for detailed, skill-based work
- Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Health Education or closely related degree
- Two years full-time, paid experience in public health, nursing, health education, maternal child health or health administration.
- Experience in Microsoft Office.
Nice To Haves
- Supervisory experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Health Services Manager, Family Service Workers, teaching teams, and families to monitor compliance pertaining to health, nutrition and safety requirements.
- Determine if children have up-to-date immunizations.
- Develop and maintain health and nutrition plans needed in classrooms for Head Start/Early Head Start children.
- Provide families with community resources as needed.
- Follow-up with health screenings needing further treatments; consult with medical providers and Head Start staff.
- Review, evaluate, and interpret health, dental, and nutrition records and other vital health services data.
- Support training of staff to utilize proper technique, handling, and storing of medications in the classrooms.
- Assist the Health Services Manager with Head Start Advisory Committee meetings.
- Attend assigned meetings and trainings.
- Participate on community boards and work with community partnerships to further the mission and vision of Head Start and health services.
- Provide assigned trainings to staff, children, and parents (guardians) concerning health-related topics as needed.
Benefits
- holiday pay
- paid time off
- tuition assistance
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- 401 K
- Engaging, meaningful work that makes a difference in our local communities
- Excellent leadership & work culture that values & recognizes its employees
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
