Health Services Specialist

Overview

Your passion for helping children receive adequate health and wellness services is what makes you a great fit as our Health Services Specialist. In addition to your ability to handle details correctly and efficiently, you will lean into your socially focused, “how can I help you?” attitude as you connect our program’s children and families with medical providers of health and dental care.

We are Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership (OWCAP), and we are searching for a Health Services Specialist to manage and coordinate the health, dental, safety, and nutritional needs of our program’s children in accordance with all applicable standards and regulations.

• Work closely with Health Services Manager, Family Service Workers, teaching teams, and families to monitor compliance pertaining to health, nutrition and safety requirements. Determine if children have up-to-date immunizations.
• Develop and maintain health and nutrition plans needed in classrooms for Head Start/Early Head Start children. Provide families with community resources as needed.
• Follow-up with health screenings needing further treatments; consult with medical providers and Head Start staff.
• Review, evaluate, and interpret health, dental, and nutrition records and other vital health services data.
• Support training of staff to utilize proper technique, handling, and storing of medications in the classrooms.
• Assist the Health Services Manager with Head Start Advisory Committee meetings. Attend assigned meetings and trainings.
• Participate on community boards and work with community partnerships to further the mission and vision of Head Start and health services.
• Provide assigned trainings to staff, children, and parents (guardians) concerning health-related topics as needed.

• Congenial and cooperative with an efficient, precise work ethic
• Socially focused with natural rapport-building skills
• Unselfish and approachable with a preference for detailed, skill-based work
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Nursing, Health Education or closely related degree
• Two years full-time, paid experience in public health, nursing, health education, maternal child health or health administration.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience in Microsoft Office.

• Status – Full Time
• Full benefits – holiday pay, paid time off, tuition assistance, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401 K
• Engaging, meaningful work that makes a difference in our local communities
• Excellent leadership & work culture that values & recognizes its employees
• Starting Pay Range - $20.93

• Work closely with Health Services Manager, Family Service Workers, teaching teams, and families to monitor compliance pertaining to health, nutrition and safety requirements. Determine if children have up-to-date immunizations.
• Develop and maintain health and nutrition plans needed in classrooms for Head Start/Early Head Start children. Provide families with community resources as needed.
• Follow-up with health screenings needing further treatments; consult with medical providers and Head Start staff.
• Review, evaluate, and interpret health, dental, and nutrition records and other vital health services data.
• Support training of staff to utilize proper technique, handling, and storing of medications in the classrooms.
• Assist the Health Services Manager with Head Start Advisory Committee meetings. Attend assigned meetings and trainings.
• Participate on community boards and work with community partnerships to further the mission and vision of Head Start and health services.
• Provide assigned trainings to staff, children, and parents (guardians) concerning health-related topics as needed.

Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership
www.owcap.org

Thank you for considering an opportunity at Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership (OWCAP). Our mission is to elevate individuals, families, and communities of Weber County by improving self-sufficiency through services and collaboration. Our programs include Head Start/Early Head Start, Mental Health Support, Landlord-Tenant Mediation, Housing Assistance, Employment Assistance, Circles, VITA, On-Site Weber School District (WSD) Adult Education Classes, On-site WSD ESL Classes, and Communities that Care – Roy.

Ogden Weber Community Action Partnership is a very visible and vocal advocate for serving the needs of the community. We are excited to review your application and hope your talents and abilities will help us all achieve our goal of providing exceptional programs and services to those in need.