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Job Summary: The Perinatal Health Educator provides perinatal support and education services to SRCH pregnancy and postpartum clients through the CPSP program. The Perinatal Health Educator is responsible for developing and implementing patient education programs, case managing CPSP patient load, and providing perinatal support services to SRCH obstetric clients.  They work under the direction of the CPSP Leader to ensure that goals and objectives regarding the quality of care and case management are met in the SCHC OB program

Hourly Range: $30.77-$36.71 DOE

Specific Tasks/Duties Include:

• Works as a team member of the perinatal health team
• Participates in periodic OB team meetings
• Completes special projects as related to CPSP program
• Provides perinatal outreach work as needed
• Application and follow-up for Medi-Cal presumptive eligibility
• Assist and support clients with completion of the patient portion of EDD, SDI, or equivalent, prior to giving to providers for completion.
• Minimum requirements of 30 client individual billable encounters per week.
• Maintains easily accessible tracking system for client follow-up
• Assists clients in enrollment of OB services
• Collaborates with CPSP lead to maintain EMR
• Works collaboratively with CPSP Lead  in development, evaluation, and provision of perinatal health education services
• Exhibits independence and initiative in the development and implementation of perinatal group/shared medical visits.
• Implements perinatal programs and liaisons with community agencies and resources
• Counsels and educates pregnant and postpartum clients on pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care

• Supports Individualized Care Plan (ICP) for each OB client in caseload (includes pregnancy and postpartum care)

• Assess and document nutrition/psychosocial/health education needs for each client on a one-on-one basis.
• Identifies and records strengths, needs and high-risk conditions on the ICP
• Prioritizes client needs.

• Proposes solutions based on assessments, individual and cultural needs
• Modifies ICP as new problems develop, are ameliorated, or resolved
• Ensures that each client is offered the minimum CPSP visits as required by CPSP guidelines. 
• Assists the client and providers in fulfilling recommendations for plan of care.  This may include:
  • Referrals to OB/Gyn specialists, CPSP home visits, Public Health Nursing home visits, etc.  This includes faxing of needed records
  • Follow-up of lab tests as requests by OB technician
  • Provide all relevant health education information to clients. 
  • Providing and/or explaining special instructions, transportation arrangements, assistance with translation needs, etc.
  • Making follow-up appointments
• Ongoing assessment of the client’s health status and appropriateness of interventions, as well as the effects produced by any interventions
• Responsibility for every client in caseload; this includes necessary liaisons with home visits, Families First, PHN, Doulas, etc.

• Maintains appropriate client follow-up and tracking
• Initiates, confirms (1-2 days prior) and follows-up contact with clients including “no shows”
• Maintains communication and close contact with each case load client throughout pregnancy and postpartum period
• Utilizes appropriate and effective communication skills with OB teams members and clinic staff about patients

• If data is entered in chart progress notes, must utilize S-O-A-P format as follows:
  • S = subjective, or patient perception
  • O = objective, or provider observation (weight, BP, etc.)
  • A = assessment
  • P = plan or recommendations, referrals, patient education, follow-up, reevaluation plan, etc.
• Must appropriately and in timely manner document all client encounters, including telephone calls to agencies, clients or providers
• Participates in ongoing training.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

• College degree or equivalent preferred

Experience:

• Preferred one year experience in perinatal care and/or health education
• CPSP experience preferred
• Experience in program development
• Experience in group education and teaching

Knowledge and Skills:

• Fluency in English and Spanish (speak, read and write) required.
• Knowledge of local psychosocial, education, and nutrition resources.
• Demonstrates knowledge of compliance policies and procedures within the community clinic environment.
• Demonstrates a willingness to report any incident that is unusual or incompatible with accepted clinic procedures.
• Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times by complying with HIPAA policies.
• Good communication and interviewing skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to be sensitive with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, work relatively independently, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.

SRCH is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following:

• Use standard office equipment and access, input, and retrieve information from a computer. Use computer keyboard with manual and finger dexterity and wrist-finger speed sufficient to perform repetitive actions efficiently for extended periods of time.
• Communicate effectively in person or via telephone in a manner which can be understood by those with whom the person is speaking, including a diverse population.
• Give and follow verbal and written instructions with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Perform complex mental functions; collect, interpret, and/or analyze complex data and information.
• Vision: see details of objects at close range.
• Coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Reach forward, up, down, and to the side (can add: to access files).
• Sit or stand for minimum periods of one hour at a time and come and go from the work area repeatedly throughout the day.
• Lift up to 20 pounds.

SRCHprovides reasonable accommodation for individuals with a physical or mental disability to apply for jobs and to perform the essential functions of their jobs unless it would cause an undue hardship.