Health Manager

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Job Summary: Integrates knowledge of evidence-based practices to promote child and family health and wellness to support a program that:

• Helps staff and families understand the relationship between child and family health and nutrition and children's school readiness outcomes.
• Oversees completion and follow up of required health screening and assessments.
• Oversees annual and preventive health care requirements for enrolled children.
• Assures that all center-based children with special needs have current individualized Special Care Plans.
• Provides onsite support for child and adult health incidents and illness. Supervises Medication Policy.
• Develops community partnerships to identify and build resources for families.
• Offers health education, training and consultation in first aid, communicable diseases, nutrition, safety and wellness for staff and families.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a health-related field or related.
• Training and experience in public health, nutrition sciences, nursing, health education, maternal and child health or health administration.
• Supervisory experience. Ability to lead and direct the work of others.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including computer literacy.
• Experience working with families of children birth to 5 years old in low income communities, supporting their health, nutrition and wellness goals.
• Valid Driver's License and be insurable under agency policy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of available services, agencies and organizations within the community.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• Must provide three references.
• Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, physical examination, and tuberculin skin test and update in accordance with program policy.
• Must pass all criminal record checks and update in accordance with program policy.
• Must obtain and maintain certification in pediatric First Aid, CPR, Recognition of Communicable Disease, Child Abuse Recognition, and Blood borne Pathogens training.

Competency:

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally both verbally and in writing and email.
• Ability to maintain an organized work area
• Ability to multi-task
• Ability to effectively lead a team
• Be comfortable with communicating with community businesses and organizations to develop agency partnerships

Travel:

• Occasional night, weekend or overnight travel out of county and in county travel required

Work Environment:

• Normal work environment. Extended hours may be required during critical workloads
• Majority of time is spent in an office setting within the agency facility.

Physical demands:

• Requires standing, bending, reaching, sitting in working with office equipment such as computer, telephone, etc.

Essential Functions: The Health Manager is primarily responsible for achieving the following outcomes for the Head Start/Early Head Start program:

1. Education, Disabilities and School Readiness

• Integrate educational aspects of health, nutrition, and safety services into program activities for children, including principles of I am Moving I Am learning.
• Support and participate in the program School Readiness action plan.

2. Health and Safety

• Verify all new enrollees are up to date on a schedule of age appropriate preventative and primary health care which includes medical and dental services.
• Assure all families have quality medical and dental homes and maintain consistent health insurance coverage.
• Assure screenings, physicals, and immunizations are completed before expiration dates by informing staff and assisting families if needed.
• Oversee and coordinate hearing, vision, dental, and nutrition screening for enrolled children.
• Review, evaluate, and interpret nutrition- related screening and assessment data and provide necessary follow up.
• Assist families in arranging follow-up examinations, testing and/or treatment for each child with an observable, known or suspected health, dental or nutritional concern. Transport or accompany families to medical appointments as needed.
• Assist center based staff with policies and procedures for administering, handling, and storing child medications.
• Coordinate with Management Team and staff to develop and implement health and wellness strategies to reduce incidence of childhood obesity.
• Assist home base staff with developing socialization snack menus.
• Assure all children with special nutritional needs have individualized diets as directed on current, signed Special Care Plans.
• Assure all center based children with special medical needs have current, signed individualized Special Care Plans. Coordinate with Center Coordinator and families at enrollment or orientation.
• Coordinate with Center Coordinator to assure classrooms and building facilities are in compliance with safety practices and ongoing monitoring.
• Participate in car seat safety programs for families.

3. Family Engagement and Support

• Establish trusting and respectful family relationships with diverse families in order to effectively engage them in maintaining ongoing preventative care and follow up to assure their children's health and wellbeing.
• Support families to become advocates for their children's health.
• Coordinate with educational staff to provide educational opportunities for parents in the areas of health, education, first aid, and mental health issues such as substance abuse.
• Coordinate nutrition education opportunities including the selection and preparation of foods to meet family needs and budgets.
• Attend socialization groups when possible to build relationships with families and support their health and wellness needs.

4. Human Resources and Supervision

• Participate with the agency HR Staff to promote wellness activities for employees.
• Ensure that staff and volunteers are up to date with their physicals, immunizations and TB screening.

5. Communication and Service Coordination

• Maintain confidentiality in accordance with program policy and HIPAA laws.
• Collaborate with educational staff and parents in addressing health concerns in accordance with Individual Family Service Plans or Individualized Education Programs.
• Communicate and coordinate with staff, families, and community partners to ensure that children's health and nutrition needs are understood and that individualized support is in place when needed.
• Support families in arranging further diagnostic testing or treatment for suspected or identified health or nutrition concerns. Transport or accompany families to appointments as needed.
• Participate in Nutrition meetings coordinated by Head Cook.
• Coordinate the program's Health Services Advisory Committee in cooperation with the Early Childhood Director and maintain documentation.
• Coordinate transfer of child health records to other programs or school districts when children transition.
• Serve as liaison to WIC and Berger Maternity Unit.
• Coordinate Staff Wellness Committee to implement staff wellness activities.
• Coordinate Health and Nutrition Committee to plan practices and activities for the classroom and for families at home.

6. Planning, Analysis and Documentation

• Assist in the development of program goals and the development of written service plans for health, nutrition and safety.
• Utilize program data to plan and monitor health and nutrition services.
• Update community strengths, needs and resources annually for the program community assessment.
• Utilize health and nutrition trend data, community assessment, and other community indicators to inform health and wellness planning, and to target specific interventions to at risk children and families.
• Participate in nutrition training for staff to meet USDA training requirements.
• Develop and update program policies and procedures for medical, nutrition and dental issues.
• Maintain current documentation of all health and nutrition requirements and health and nutrition screenings to allow monitoring, and assure accurate reporting for our PIR (Program Information Report).
• Assure that all child files are 100% in compliance with licensing and Head Start medical, dental and nutrition policies and procedures.
• Maintain documentation of incident reports and medications administered during program hours.

7. Operations and Facilities

• Coordinate the Safety Committee to assure safety policies, procedures, regulations, and monitoring occur. Submit quarterly monitoring reports and recommendations to the Early Childhood Director.
• Participate in monitoring reviews for CACFP three times a year.

8. Program Governance

• Assure monthly data for the Policy Council and Board program reports is current and correct.
• Prepare special program reports for Policy Council and the Board as requested.

9. Professionalism and Leadership

• Maintain confidentiality of children, families and staff. Adhere to the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct.

• Attend committee meetings of the Pickaway County Health Department and school district nurses to collaborate and develop policies and services for our program.
• Attend local, state and regional initiatives to represent the program and further professional development.
• Effectively manage workload to assure that core job functions are completed in timely manner.
• Lead for the good of the entire organization, understand the big picture and use it as a framework to make decisions.
• Promote services for child and family health and wellness in the community.
• Maintain reliable attendance and accountability.
• Work cooperatively with others; exhibit positive attitude and promote team work.
• Develop a personal professional development plan with supervisor to guide annual goals and training.
• Other Duties As Assigned

BENEFITS

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• Sick Leave
• Personal Leave
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Compressed work week for better work/life balance
• Retirement Plan with generous company match

This lists typical duties common to the position. They are not intended to precisely define or limit the duties which may be assigned the employee, but to broadly define the types of activities the employee should expect to be assigned in an effort to comply with Program Performance Standards requirements (including Head Start). This is not an employee contract.

PICCA is an equal opportunity employer/provider, committed to creating a diverse and healthy work place.