What are the responsibilities and job description for the Clinical Healthcare Specialist position at Department Of Homeland Security?
Job Overview
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking a highly skilled Clinical Healthcare Specialist to provide high-quality healthcare services to detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. This position requires excellent communication skills, analytical abilities, and strong problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities
The Department of Homeland Security is seeking a highly skilled Clinical Healthcare Specialist to provide high-quality healthcare services to detainees at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities. This position requires excellent communication skills, analytical abilities, and strong problem-solving skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide direct care to detainees via scheduled appointments, emergency, or urgent care visits
- Consult with the physician/Clinical Director for complex medical and/or psychiatric patients
- Work within and perform functions as outlined in the IHSC Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Scope of Practice
- Coordinate health care needs of detainees including referrals to off-site consultants
- Interpret diagnostic and laboratory results
- Interpret Tuberculin skin tests (TSTs) and diagnostic studies
- Manage Direct Observation Therapy (DOT) for treatment of active or latent tuberculosis
- Take appropriate infection control actions in accordance with IHSC policy and guidance
- Adhere to universal precautions and properly dispose of all sharps
- Maintain flexibility and adaptability to sudden changes in schedules and work requirements
- Provide relevant patient health education to detainees verbally and/or with handouts
- Document detainee care visits in the required health record using required format, in compliance with IHSC policy and guidance
