What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Health Coordinator position at Open Health Care Clinic?
JOB PURPOSE:
The School Health Coordinator is responsible for assisting with implementation of the School Based Health Center (SBHC) program. Supervises the staff and day-to-day activities of a school health program across all sites. The School Health Coordinator works closely with leadership, and school administrators to ensure operation procedures are established and maintained.
Essential Job Functions include, but are not limited to:
- Satisfies Core Competencies
- Accepts responsibility for meeting the standards of the professional, ethical, and relevant legislated requirements.
- SBHC Operations
- Assist in the day-to-day activities as necessary to ensure SBHC operations are performing as expected
- Assist in staff scheduling to ensure availability of SBHC services during hours of operation
- Maintain required data to support goals and objectives
- Monitor enrollment, insurance information, medical and behavioral health visits
- Participate in quality improvement activities to promote efficiency and continuity of care
- Provide assistance to SBHC leadership, school administrators, and staff to implement and improve services
- Promote relationships with schools, parents, and staff
- Participate in activities to support SBHC enrollment such as student orientation, open houses and school student-parent events
- Monitor clinic inventory to ensure availability of necessary supplies
- Keep up to date with current community resources for students and parents
- Perform nursing duties as needed
- Perform front desk operations as needed
Required Education:
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree in nursing
Skills, Licensure, and Knowledge Requirements
- Must have valid Louisiana driver’s license and reliable transportation.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
- Light to moderate lifting is required.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phones, and printers, light traffic).
- Ability to work in a confined area.
- Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
Travel or Special Requirements:
Driving during the workday, as well as local or out-of-state travel, may be required to perform job duties.
