The Institute for Family Health is seeking a School-Based Health Education and Access Coordinator to support adolescent health within one of our School-Based Health Centers. This role provides individualized and group health education, collaborates with SBHC staff to deliver evidence-based curricula, and conducts outreach and follow-up with students. The coordinator also screens families for public health insurance programs, completes applications, and tracks enrollment and billing-related metrics to improve access to care.
Health Education
Individual
- Conduct individualized health education during SBHC appointments.
- Make referrals to medical provider and social work for all new patients.
- Maintain chart documentation for each encounter; clinical care supervised by collaborating clinician.
- Conducts follow-up and outreach with patients as indicated.
Classroom and Small Group
- Assess individual and community needs for health education on an ongoing basis.
- Work with Community Health Practicum Adolescent Health Educator to develop/select/adapt and implement a health curriculum to be delivered to students in the classroom and small group setting.
- Evaluate effectiveness of health education activities and revise as needed with implementation of current best practices.
- Work with SBHC staff on other tasks as needed
Insurance Access
Individual
- Screens children and families for Medicaid, CHP, FHP, FBPB, PCAP and WIC eligibility.
- Completes the Access NY application for eligible families
- Provides intensive tracking and follow-up with applicants to ensure that all required supporting documentation is obtained.
- Works to implement insurance related outreach strategies.
- racks reporting metrics with supervisors on SBHC billing and reimbursement to identify barriers to effective billing and problem-solve/improve SBHC registration workflow.
QUALIFICIATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, public health, health education or related field.
- 1-2 years of experience in health education and/or insurance access/enrollment.
- Demonstrated familiarity counseling adolescents on reproductive health (experience preferred).
- Demonstrated familiarity with health insurance issues.
- Excellent organizational & customer service skills.
- Able to manage competing demands and monitor multiple projects simultaneously.
- Very detail oriented and thorough.
- Able to work independently and as part of a small team.
- Able to commit to at least two years in the position.
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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