Medical Coordinator OPWDD- Housing Services
About The Position
The Medical Coordinator coordinates medical and psychiatric services for adults with developmental disabilities and supports them in achieving their personal outcomes. The role is responsible for promoting the rights, health, safety, and personal outcomes of residents, scheduling and facilitating healthcare appointments, maintaining medication inventory, and ensuring medical information and documentation are properly completed and shared. This is an in-person position requiring travel between FREE locations, doctors’ offices, and other community locations. The employee must meet required safety, confidentiality, documentation, communication, and compliance standards and participate in required events, meetings, reviews, and committees, including those outside standard working hours.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- At least one year of experience providing services to individuals with disabilities.
- Valid AMAP certification, or ability to obtain it within the first 120 days.
- Proficient computer skills.
- Proficient writing skills, including basic grammar and spelling.
- Ability to work flexibly in a team environment, keep others informed, and anticipate needs.
- Efficiency, strong organization, and excellent communication skills.
- At least 18 years of age.
- Valid driver's license and ability to satisfy agency-driver criteria.
- Ability to sit, walk, and stand for prolonged periods of at least eight hours.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment, including computers, phones, photocopiers, fax machines, and filing cabinets.
- Ability to reach with hands and arms and to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or stand on a stool as needed.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds at a time.
Responsibilities
- Support the rights, health, safety, and personal outcomes of people living in the residence.
- Coordinate and schedule routine, follow-up, emergency, medical, and psychiatric services.
- Arrange appointment transportation and directions, confirm appointment locations, and allow sufficient travel time.
- Ensure necessary appointment information and documents are available before leaving for an appointment.
- Obtain completed consultation forms and necessary prescriptions from physicians before leaving appointments.
- Listen attentively to medical professionals, ask appropriate questions, and seek to understand information provided.
- Review the medical appointment calendar daily.
- Document treatment and communicate it to appropriate team members.
- Maintain medication inventory and ensure medications are ordered as needed.
- Set up and manage paper or electronic filing systems and databases, and maintain relevant records and correspondence.
- Operate electronic systems and coordinate information flow internally and with other organizations.
- Complete and process required paper and electronic documentation accurately, promptly, and in accordance with quality and compliance requirements.
- Communicate respectfully with the people supported, supervisors, coworkers, and community members.
- Protect confidential information in accordance with FREE policies.
- Meet safety training requirements, follow safety policies, report unsafe conditions, and take steps to prevent accidents and health or safety risks.
- Coordinate, support, attend, and participate in required events, meetings, reviews, and committees, including those outside standard working hours.
- Meet job requirements, maintain compliance, and follow FREE's ethical standards and applicable laws and regulations.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
