Community Health Aide III, IV or Practitioner Itinerant

Job Type: Itinerant Employee

Location: Any Regional Community

Salary: DOE

Summary:

The primary responsibilities of the CHA position with Chugachmiut include provision of primary health care services in the village and urgent/emergency services within village boundaries.  Position requires emergency patient escort at physician request, and traveling via small, single engine aircraft.  

Major Responsibilities:

• Maintain clinic during regular business hours.
• Maintain a daily clinic schedule of 7.5 hours in the clinic.
• Performs clinic administrative duties and tasks (In the absence of a Health Administrative Assistance)
• Maintains a clean and organized work area and cleans up own coffee or food containers daily.
• Has a basic understanding of topics covered in Session I and Session II.
• Is able to examine the body systems presented in Session I and Session II.
• Has developed skills taught in Session I and Session II.
• Provide emergency call after clinic hours as needed and according to the established on-call schedule
• Uses Telemedicine cart and all telemedicine equipment or EHR for every patient encounter to enhance patient care.
• Provide acute and emergency care patient services.
• Provide preventative health care patient services.
• Provide chronic patient care services.
• Complete required medical and program reports and maintain medical records system, program filing system and EHR.
• Maintain medicines, supplies, and emergency equipment according to lean principles with an inventory and pull system; complete an inventory weekly and order as needed to maintain the established PAR levels.
• Maintain clinic library including drug and transport references.
• Coordinate maintenance repairs, janitorial services for the clinic facility and upkeep of clinic equipment.
• Coordinate village clinic patient services with the Council, Chugachmiut and other appropriate organizations.
• Provide public health education and participate in community health programs.
• Provide village residence education workshops on disease prevention/health promotion.
• Educate village residents on preventive dental program.
• Coordinates with the Public Health Nurse provider on TB management for all age groups in the community, enter all ppd’s into RPMS or VacTrak.
• Provide school age group examinations, immunizations, and well child evaluations on as needed basis, enter all immunizations into RPMS.
• Attend medical training, weekly provider teleconferences and annual CHA Forum.
• Must go to one out of village CME per year.
• Authorize patient travel from community to provider site by Contract health Care guidelines on as needed basis.
• Comply with and maintain Clinic with regards to OSHA regulations concerning infectious waste, hazardous waste, quality control, etc.
• Contact Regional health providers, Referral Physician, ANMC physician, ANMC ER physician on call or designee via telephone or EHR regarding every patient encounter as mandated by CHAM or MSO.
• Perform home visits as requested for those unable to come to the clinic.
• Provide intermittent prenatal exams as needed.
• Maintain and upgrade health aide skills list records on an as needed basis.
• Maintain and utilize emergency equipment as needed.
• Maintain health surveillance activities.
• Maintain PEF form and Daily Medical Log on all patients seen; use the Emergency PEF and telemedicine cart for all after hours patients.
• Monitor patients continually on medications in villages and on a referral basis, especially the elderly and those with reading difficulties.
• Utilize Health Aide Manual for every patient encounter.

Education Requirements:

• Training Center Certificate of Completion for CHA III-CHP
• Community Health Aide Certification as a CHA III-CHP
• Current State of Alaska EMT or ETT and CPR certification

Hours of Work:

Chugachmiut's hours of operation are Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  This is an itinerant position that travels and works on-call, as needed.