OB Coordinator

Position Summary

The OB Coordinator position is full-time and available at the Vancouver - Salmon Creek Medical Clinic. The OB Coordinator is responsible for managing the pregnancy and postpartum period, coordinating care, and providing necessary support.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Perform the prenatal intake and obtain past medical history
• Document the information gathered during the intake process into the EPIC
• Provide updates and information in regards to shared OB and MSS clients when relevant or requested by providers
• Avoids patients with management of their pregnancy and link patients to social support services
• Absorb all duties assigned by Supervisor (referrals, scheduling, phone calls, assist MSS groups, letters)
• Participate in weekly interdepartmental meetings such as the MSS meeting and the OB provider meeting
• Manage the referral process for regular and specialty referrals from scheduling, tracking, and ensuring patient attendance
• Complete the prenatal contract and paperwork with client and provide a brief orientation of services at their intake appointment
• Send letters and perform follow-up phone calls to patients for planned visits
• Advocate for patient services with community, social service, and medical providers
• Connect patients to Sea Mar and non-Sea Mar resources as appropriate and track all resources available to patients
• Track patient's adherence with plan of care in electronic and communicate outcomes to providers
• Prepare monthly reports for provider meetings and monthly updated reports of the prenatal panel
• Ensure OB Database is updated on a regular basis when in knowledge of deliveries, transfer of care, miscarriages/terminations of pregnancy, changes to EDD and changes of Provider
• Other duties as assigned by supervisors

Qualifications

• Must be able to work independently, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines
• Must have critical thinking skills and maintain confidentiality
• Must have excellent organizational skills and ability to handle a variety of tasks simultaneously
• Must have strong decision making and prioritization skills
• Must be able to work respectfully and professionally with the community, patients, families and staff
• Must be able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment with a diverse population
• Must be sympathetic, mature, responsible, and reliable
• Must have strong patient engagement, interpersonal, and communication skills and ability to establish a therapeutic relationship with the patient
• Knowledge of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model and motivational interviewing skills a plus
• High school diploma and continued education in areas of health or social services, or at least one year of experience in those areas
• Two years' experience in a health and human services setting is preferred
• Must obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR within 90 days of hire date and is required to maintain current BLS CPR throughout employment