The following information is designed to outline the functions and position requirements of this job. It does not identify all tasks that may be expected, nor address the performance standards that must be maintained.

The Healthy Steps Specialist will be responsible for assisting the Healthy Steps Coordinator in the coordination, implementation of projects and tasks associated with Summit Healthcare’s Healthy Steps for Young Children Program service delivery.

Responsible for completing projects that are cross-functional and complex in nature, supporting many projects concurrently, motivating personnel, managing competing demands, reacting well under pressure, overcoming obstacles, and leading and influencing others.

Essential Functions / Major Responsibilities :

• Supports the work of Healthy Steps within hospital and community based environments.
• Ensures quality of program data collection and reporting.
• Ensures quality of program service delivery maintaining program fidelity.
• Represents Summit’s community outreach services and programs within environments promoting the importance of early childhood health and development, including participation on / with regional work groups and councils.
• Provides Healthy Steps Play Group planning, coordination, and facilitation designed to advance opportunities for families with young children in regards to improved access to information about child development and health, care coordination, parent advocacy, and support from the Healthy Steps Specialist and other participants.
• Provides Healthy Steps care coordination services to patients and their families.
• Participates in special projects as directed.
• Displays proper etiquette and mannerisms that reflect the Service Standard Behavior Guidelines.
• Promotes the Patient Safety Standards as a core value of the organization.

Secondary Functions :

• Participates in relevant departmental and hospitalwide informational meetings and in-services, including staff meetings, relevant hospitalwide forums, and seminars approved by the Healthy Steps Coordinator and / or Director.
• Reviews department and hospitalwide policies and procedures annually.
• All other duties as assigned.

Additional / Seasonal Responsibilities :

None.

Job Scope : This job involves :

This job involves :

• Frequent new and varied work situations.
• Significant travel.
• A high degree of complexity.
• Typical determination of own practices and procedures; Contributes to the development of new services, programs, or processes.
• Performance under independently-minimal supervision.

Supervisory Responsibility :

None

Interpersonal Contacts :

Contacts :

• Are normally made with others both inside and outside the hospital.
• Are normally made with other departments or locations.
• Frequently contain confidential / sensitive information necessitating discretion at all times.
• Are made via telephone, e-mail, and face-to-face interaction.
• Are usually with coworkers, Healthy Steps patients and internal and external physicians and practitioners.

Specific Job Skills & Mental Activities :

This position requires proficiency in general office equipment (including fax, printer, copy machine, and phone systems) and computer programs such as internet, e-mail, Microsoft Office, Kronos, and Health Information.

This employee must be service oriented and have excellent decision-making, judgment, interpersonal, public speaking, verbal and written communication, presentation, investigative, analytical, customer service skills, organizational, multitasking, professional interpersonal, and time management skills, as well as telephone etiquette and the ability to prioritize work.

Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.

Education and / or Experience :

Education and / or Experience :

• Master’s in Child Development, Psychology, Nursing, Social Work, or a related field (preferred)
• Bachelor’s in Child Development, Psychology, Nursing, Social work, or related field (preferred)
• Bachelors Required

Knowledge of child development, child development related activities throughout Arizona, national and local child development and health care trends and health care services.

Demands & Job Conditions :

Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Worker is exposed to extensive computer work.

Physical motions include finger dexterity, standing, walking, talking, reaching, feeling, sitting, bending, grasping, listening / hearing, handling, lifting up to 5 pounds, and repetitive motions of the hands, wrists, and feet.

This is a safety sensitive position.

OSHA Exposure Category :

Involves no regular exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues, and tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and are not a condition of employment.

Last updated : 2024-07-02