Bilingual Medical Coordinator
Full Time
Tucson, AZ 85710
$19.00 - $20.80 an hour
Posted
Job description
Description:
If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!
Devereux will provide extremely high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally-competent residential and educational services for children, with intense supports for their social and emotional health. Each child’s care is individualized to their needs, with a team of professionals providing consistent support through individual assessment and counseling, group counseling, medical and mental health services, behavior management, education and vocational services, and safety planning. Devereux’s ultimate goal is to ensure every child receives best-in-class services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey as well as to help them connect either to shelter or foster care, or to their sponsor.
Reporting to the Nurse Supervisor, the Bilingual Medical Coordinator schedules regular medical, dental and other health-related appointments for the individuals n our care, including off-site appointments for specialty, dental and radiology treatment, and vaccinations. You will also:
What Devereux Will Offer You:
Are you interested in making a life-saving difference for children and adolescents?
Interested in joining the first therapeutic program for unaccompanied girls in Arizona?
If you answered YES, then consider joining our Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health team!
Devereux will provide extremely high-quality, trauma-informed, culturally-competent residential and educational services for children, with intense supports for their social and emotional health. Each child’s care is individualized to their needs, with a team of professionals providing consistent support through individual assessment and counseling, group counseling, medical and mental health services, behavior management, education and vocational services, and safety planning. Devereux’s ultimate goal is to ensure every child receives best-in-class services designed specifically to address the traumas they have sustained during, and often before, their migration journey as well as to help them connect either to shelter or foster care, or to their sponsor.
Reporting to the Nurse Supervisor, the Bilingual Medical Coordinator schedules regular medical, dental and other health-related appointments for the individuals n our care, including off-site appointments for specialty, dental and radiology treatment, and vaccinations. You will also:
- Serve as the point of contact between the center medical department of UCS and Point Comfort Health, serving as the liaison between them and the medical personnel at the Center.
- Ensure that all medical appointments are recorded and checked against a Medical Appointment Log that describes each appointment, its outcome, and next steps.
- Enter all requests for services into the portal for Point Comfort Health and monitors approvals and requests for further information.
- Assist the Medical Contractor and Registered Nurses with filing and other administrative duties, including locating and contracting with local providers.
- Ensure the US Medical Clearance Compliance Tracking document is current and information regarding outbreaks is distributed to appropriate medical personnel.
Pay range: $19-$20.80/hr
What Devereux Will Offer You:
- A Servant Leadership culture, where employees feel welcomed, valued and empowered to voice ideas that will benefit the individuals and families we serve.
- Multi-disciplinary team setting with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports.
- ASCEND – the first career accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers – the career guidance, one-on-one coaching, skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered (up to $15k annually for undergraduate and $25k annually for graduate) and student loan repayment, among other benefits!
- Best available, highest quality, low-cost benefit options – learn more at benefits.devereux.org.
Keywords: nursing, health care, behavioral health, mental health, children, adolescents, patient care coordinator, health care coordinator, medical records clerk, health care administrator, bilingual, Spanish
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
- Must have at least one (1) year employment experience in the child welfare field working with children or adolescents in a social service setting.
- Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
- Knowledge of medical terminology preferred.
- Must be empathetic and have a team approach to care for our individuals.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Additionally:
- Fully immunized/vaccinated (or have a medical/religious exemption) for Varicella, MMR, TdAp, Influenza & COVID-19 prior to starting.
- Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)
- Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 39-month history check
- Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions)
- Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
- Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
- Ability to attend full time, paid, New Hire Orientation Monday - Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
- Devereux requires all individuals interviewing for a position involving contact with children to complete The Diana Screen, a screening that assesses a candidate’s understanding of appropriate boundaries between adults and children
- Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
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