HEALTH EDUCATION AND ACCESS COORDINATOR - The Institute for Family Health

HEALTH EDUCATION AND ACCESS COORDINATOR










Job Details




Job Location


HCZ PA 25 Sendero Verde SBHC - New York, NY




Position Type


Full Time




Education Level


4 Year Degree






Salary Range


$21.77 - $21.77 Hourly




Travel Percentage


Negligible




Job Shift


Day




Job Category


Health Care






Description






​​​​​​​Summary:


The role involves conducting individualized health education during School-Based Health Center (SBHC) appointments and making referrals to medical providers and social workers for all new patients. Responsibilities include maintaining charts for each encounter, with clinical care supervised by a collaborating clinician, and conducting follow-ups with patients as medically indicated.


The position requires ongoing assessment of individual and community needs for health education. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with the Community HealthCorps Health Educator to develop, select, adapt, and implement a health curriculum for classroom and small group settings, while evaluating its effectiveness and revising it based on current best practices.


The role also includes screening children and families for Medicaid, CHP, FHP, FPBP, PCAP, and WIC eligibility, completing Access NY applications for eligible families, and providing intensive tracking and follow-up to ensure that all required supporting documentation is obtained.


You will be working with Outreach Coordinators to implement insurance-related outreach strategies.






Qualifications






Qualifications:



+ Computer literacy with proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.


+ Demonstrated organizational, interpersonal, oral and written communication skills and the ability to handle multiple assignments at any time.


+ 1-2 years experience in health education.


+ Demonstrated familiarity counseling adolescents on repro health (experience preferred).


+ Demonstrated familiarity with health insurance issues.


+ Able to commit to at least 2 years in the position.


+ Ability to generate, interpret and analyze data from multiple sources.



Bi-lingual, Spanish preferred.





Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action:


The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required, however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment.


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