Health Care Coordinator

Alpha Supported Living Services
18912 NORTH CREEK PARKWAY
SUITE 104
Bothell, WA , USA

Who we are

We are Alpha Supported Living Services, a non-profit organization, we provide residential and community-based services to adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities. Our primary objective at Alpha is to enhance the quality of life for each of our clients by aiding them in learning, personal development, and fostering increased independence. Since 1974, we've been dedicated to offering supported living, group home, community inclusion, and representative payee services, expanding our reach across King, Snohomish, and Spokane counties in Washington State.

At Alpha, our commitment lies in treating every client with utmost dignity and respect while also valuing and nurturing the abilities of our employees to foster their professional growth.

Job Summary

The Health Care Coordinator provides support to program participants with regard to healthcare, medications, and medical appointments. The Health Care Coordinator interacts with program participants and must be familiar with the Guiding Values issued by the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). At all times, the Health Care Supervisor will seek to act in accord with the principles and values expressed in the guidelines and uphold the agency mission.

Day-to-Day

• Provide oversight for assigned participants’ health and medical needs
  • Obtain, review and maintain participant and guardians consents related to healthcare
  • Communicate regularly with each assigned participant’s healthcare and support team
  • Schedule participant’s medical, mental health, dental and specialist appointments
• Ensure that every assigned participant receives, at minimum, an annual physical and dental examination
• Attend appointments and obtain health records, physician suggestions and/or medication information, coordinating alternate staff to attend when scheduling conflicts occur
• Review providers’ recommendations and communicate updates, instructions, or medication changes to other staff, family members and/or guardians, including but not limited to:
  • Creating Med Alerts to be sent to the program
  • Sending emails to guardians and agency team
• Reviewing and training the staff in person on the changes if needed
• Sending 6-month medical reviews to guardians
• Ensure that each assigned participant has been immunized and vaccinated as required or recommended by the participant’s general physician and/or the public health agency, unless declined by the client and/or
• Work with the agency nutritionist to monitor nutrition needs and assist with meal
  • Notifying nutritionist on specific dietary recommendations from providers
  • Monitoring the clients weight
• Ensuring the meal plan is at site
• Notifying the program and/or nutritionist of any concerns related to the meal plan
• Complete at minimum, quarterly audits of:
  Quickmar, Therap, office medical books, and program medical books/medications
• Review, monitor and update participant’s healthcare records
  • Maintain electronic medical records on Therap
    • Medical appointments
    • Vaccinations and immunizations
• Significant health events
• List of providers
• File and maintain paper copies of appointment records and any other pertinent medical information in clients’ medical book
• Monitor and assist with nurse delegation and medication administration oversight
  • Ensure prescribed medications are available to the
    • Ensuring that monthly cycle medications are reviewed and sent to the houses
      • Routine Off cycle medications are tracked and sent to the house

before running out

• Refilling PRN (as needed) medications and ensuring they are available to the clients
• Ensuring new prescriptions are implemented in a timely manner
• Provide oversight of electronic
  • Ensure that Quickmar is
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