Lead Medical Coordinator (RN)

Job Summary :

The Lead Medical Coordinator (LMC) is responsible for guiding and ensuring the quality of medical services, treatment, and / or interventions provided to Unaccompanied Children (UC) in the program in collaboration with the contracted physicians. Lead Medical Coordinator is the key monitor of patients' health through observing and assessing their records, symptoms, and reactions to treatment and care. They often have extensive interaction with the UC as well, guiding and instructing them in aftercare measures. The LMC is devoted to the delivery of medical care with the emphasis on disease prevention and health maintenance while ensuring compliance with State licensing, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and all policies and procedures implemented by CFRC.

Essential Functions :

• Responsible for overseeing health services as well as coordinating the provision of timely, appropriate health services for children in care.
• Supervise Medical Coordinators and Medical Assistants by providing appropriate staff training on medical, dental, and public health topics relevant to pediatric, adolescent, and migrant health.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining policies and procedures for confidential health record management, triage of health concerns, medical emergency response, environmental health and safety, and post-release health care planning / care coordination.
• Responsible for assessing, facilitating, and monitoring all components of the medical services department and staff, including QA of medical program including auditing of electronic medical records.
• Overseeing and management of all diagnostic filing, electronic, scans and hard copy documentation to the current chart.
• Compile, record, process, and maintain client medical records in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the health services department. including but not limited to results, physician appointments and follow ups.

Other functions :

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

Working Conditions / Physical Effort

The Medical Coordinator is required to maintain a flexible, organized, and efficient work schedule and is subject to work extended hours, weekends, and be on-call.

Work is performed mostly in an office setting. Some overnight travel; public speaking, evening and weekend work are the requirements of the position. Regular computer work is also required. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand; walk; sit; finger, handle, or feel objects, or controls; reach; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, or crouch; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Are exposed to diseases or infections on a daily basis. Always wear masks or rubber gloves to protect themselves and their patients from disease. Usually work indoors. Work very near patients and doctors. They come into physical contact with patients throughout the day. Usually wear a uniform or lab jacket. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described above are representative of the physical capabilities that must be met by an employee and the working conditions that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.

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