Health Coordinator

Essential Functions

• Affiliate with community health providers for referral and recruitment of Early Head Start children.
• Review child health paperwork, conduct sensory/growth screenings, facilitate referrals and treatment for children with health concerns, support appropriate health education, and follow-up for all enrolled families.
• As appropriate, coordinate health reviews, consultations, and referrals with staff, consultants, or special services providers, and families.
• Train new and existing birth to three staff in age-appropriate health education, practices, and procedures.
• Collaborate with Home Visitors to support families in completing health screenings, accessing care, and navigating referrals.
• Travel to various sites and conduct home visits to perform hearing, vision, and other necessary assessments.
• Enter health screening information into the data system promptly and analyze data to identify and enact program improvements.
• Prepare and submit required reports such as immunizations, program information reports (PIR), Monitoring audits, and health status reports with recommendations for follow-up or training.
• Document referrals for health care providers and follow-up care; establish referrals for care.
• Collaborate with the health program by identifying and implementing improvement strategies and educating fellow DLEC team members on best practices.

Additional Responsibilities

• Work with birth to three staff to understand and apply content relevant to health screening and health education as needed.
• Maintain and oversee health screening equipment and necessary forms.
• May train and mentor interns, and/or provide supervision of Health Assistants.

Pay

$28.89 - $33.18/hourly, DOE

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible Spending
• Health Savings
• Long-Term Disability
• Options for supplemental Insurance coverage
• Company 401(k) plan with non-elective employer contribution after an introductory period
• Paid holidays (17)
• One personal holiday annually
• Tuition reimbursement
• Hiring, retention, longevity, referral, or special assignment bonuses, subject to budgetary limitations