Chugachmiut Health Services Division is seeking a Community Health Aide/Practitioner to join our CHAP Team!

Looking to expand your career within the Health Services field?  We are looking for a dedicated Community Health Aide/Practitioner  to join our CHAP team to assist our beneficiaries with Healthcare related needs!  Come join a dynamic, team-driven environment that features an abundance of opportunity for growth and development!  At Chugachmiut, you not only start a job, but a career that truly makes a difference in the lives of others!

Chugachmiut employees strive both for excellence in the services they provide and, through our Employee Values Statement, to serve with integrity. This requires working in an environment where blame and shame are not tolerated. Instead, we use quality improvement tools such as Lean Administration and Training With-in Industry for managing processes. Effective communication is essential and employees must learn how to share problems with fellow employees with the purpose of solving them. 

About the Position:

The Community Health Aide (CHA) profession is unique to Alaska, and is one of the most important health care providers in rural Alaska.  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 are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with an hour for lunch.

This is a full-time 37.5 hours per week and 1950 hours per year position.

Chugachmiut maintains a drug/alcohol free and non-smoking environment.

Benefits:  

Chugachmiut offers its employees a generous and robust benefits package.

Please visit www.chugachmiut.org for a complete list of our benefits.

Chugachmiut has a hiring preference for qualified Alaska Native and American Indian applicants pursuant to P.L. 93-638 Indian Self Determination Act.

Applicants for Employment.  All applicants offered employment with Chugachmiut will be subject to a background investigation. Offers of employment are contingent on the successful completion of a background investigation conducted in accordance with Chugachmiut policy and Public Law 101.630.

Every offer of employment with Chugachmiut will be made contingent on a background investigation. The nature and extent of the investigation will depend on the job duties of the position for which an offer is made.

USE OF INFORMATION OBTAINED IN A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

Information obtained from a background investigation will be considered for employment purposes as permitted by federal and state law and in accordance with Chugachmiut’s policy.

Information will be reviewed to determine:

• Whether an individual made false statements or material omissions on an application for employment or during an interview;
• Whether an applicant or employee, based on the job duties of the position in question, poses a threat to security and/or employee safety in the workplace; and
• The likelihood of an applicant or employee being successful and productive on the job.

E-Verify

Chugachmiut participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with the Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States once a candidate is hired. If E-Verify cannot confirm authorization to work, written instructions will be provided and an opportunity to contact the Department of Homeland Security or Social Security Administration for resolution.