Health Services Coordinator

Company: Wu Yee Children's Services
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: May 3, 2025

Job Description:

The Health Services Coordinator is responsible for monitoring, planning, tracking, and implementinghigh quality services related to health, safety and nutrition to all children and pregnant peopleenrolled in our child development program and to ensure that all program practices related tohealth, safety and nutrition are in compliance with Head Start, Early Head Start, CaliforniaDepartment of Education, California Department of Social Services requirements and state/localDepartment of Public Health.Location: 880 Clay StreetPosition: Monday - Friday- Full time 40 hours per week.Primary Responsibilities: - Ensures that children have all the appropriate health paperwork and immunizations beforeenrolling into the program. - Ensures that all enrolled children are on a schedule of age appropriate preventive and primaryhealth and dental care (EPSDT Schedule) within 30, 45 and 90 days of child's entry and ongoing asservices become due. - Ensures that all chronic conditions and medication paperwork is updated annually for childrenenrolled in the program. - Ensures that pregnant people enrolled in the program have all the appropriate health paperworkand receiving prenatal health and dental services. Follow up with Home Visitors to obtain theappropriate health paperwork. - Works collaboratively with Family Advocates, Center Managers, Home Visitors, Family Child CareSpecialists and Content Managers to identify community resources needed to assist with medical,dental, immunizations, examination and treatment services for enrolled children and pregnantpeople. - Conducts onsite health screening for enrolled children and help support externalvolunteers/interns with health screenings. Health screenings include height/weight, hearing, vision,hemoglobin (non-invasive) and blood pressure. - Assist Health Services Manager in monitoring compliance with Wu Yee policies, licensing,pertinent laws, guidelines, Head Start Performance Standards as it relates to health and nutritionservices across the program. - Monitors food purchasing, preparation, service and storage, kitchen cleanliness, food handling anddishwashing procedures; provides training and technical assistance as needed; maintains records forthe Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). - Ensures accurate meal counts and special meal requests are sent to our food vendor.Communicate and troubleshoot any meal delivery issues with the food vendor as needed. - Identifies health, dental, emergency and nutrition service resources within the community;ensures all these services are shared across programs; and helps parents as needed, in securing asource of accessible health and dental care for their families. - Assists the Health Services Manager to coordinate and provide necessary health/nutrition/safetytraining to staff and ensures that all training provided are in accordance with PerformanceStandards, program policies and procedures, as well as state and local requirements. - Create and facilitate health related workshops for families and coordinate with family services staffto schedule workshops for families. - Attends interagency meetings such as the program's Health and Mental Health Services AdvisoryCommittee, Family Committee Meeting and Policy Council and other meetings as needed. - Participate in planning for the Health and Mental Health Services Advisory Committee (HMHSAC)meetings and newsletters and take meeting minutes. Share HMHSAC meeting/newsletterinformation with staff and families. - Participates in monthly and quarterly program monitoring, annual self-assessment and agencymonitoring. - Maintains detailed, accurate, up-to-date and confidential records including child health files, health services tracking system, child injury report, etc. - Review data entered into our data system to ensure accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and that necessary corrections are made. Analyze health data trends and make recommendations based on trends. - Works with the Health Services Manager to review our program policies and procedures on health-related content as needed. - Reviews and updates the annual health Program Information Report (PIR) and generate all necessary program service reports as needed. Update and track health PIR data on a monthly basis. - Completes and submits the annual Shots for School (CDPH) immunization reports for enrolled children. - Ensures that emergency supplies at all the Early Learning Centers are up-to-date and replenish supplies as needed. Check emergency supplies twice a year. - Participate in meetings and events with external health related Community Based Organizations, local health department and clinics as assigned by the Health Services Manager. - Coordinate and support dental events on an as needed basis. - Participate in two weekend recruitment events to recruit children and families into the program. - Other duties as assigned.Knowledge/Experience/Skills required: - Three years of experience in health or related field. - Knowledge of Pediatric, Department of Public Health regulations, Community Healthresources. - Ability to work in a program located in a high-risk, low-income and diverse communities. - Ability to travel to different Wu Yee Early Learning Centers, offices and Family ResourceCenters in San Francisco. - Ability to communicate and respond in a manner that consistently demonstrates respect,concern and in a timely manner. - Demonstrated ability to work effectively with data entry, monitoring, reporting and follow up. - Strategic planner who is adept at prioritizing, organizing and following through; able tobalance multiple competing priorities. - Must have excellent attention to detail for data entry, record keeping and tracking data. - Experience working with children and families of different socio-economic backgrounds.Education Required: - Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Public Health, Nutrition or relevantfield; MS or MPH preferred.Compensation and Benefits: - A competitive salary of $34.50 - $38.11 per hour - Fully paid employee health, dental and vision - 403b with matching contribution after 1 year of service (10%) -Wellness stipend of $250.00 per month. - 14 holidays, 10 day's vacation, and paid sick leave. - Lots of opportunity for advancement across the organization - Extensive paid training and professional development.Wu Yee Children's Services conforms to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning Equal Employment Opportunities and Affirmative Action. We promote diversity and urge women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
#J-18808-Ljbffr

Keywords: Wu Yee Children's Services, Petaluma , Health Services Coordinator, Healthcare , San Francisco, California