Posted
Mon., May 9
Organization
Janian Medical Care
Position Description
Janian Medical Care, P.C., an affiliate of Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS), is seeking a street medicine van coordinator, dedicated to working with complex and marginalized patients to provide primary and urgent care services.The street medicine program includes a medical van to support the provision of medical services to individuals experiencing street homelessness and identified by outreach workers.
Responsibilities include:
- Evaluating how the van is used to bring suggestions for improvement
- Assessing efficiency and suggesting new uses to maximize health benefit to the population
- Driving Medical Van
- Coordinating Medical Van parking
- Coordinating Medical Van schedule between teams and locations
- Picking up and delivering medical supplies to teams and clients, delivery of samples to laboratories
- Cleaning and basic maintenance of van and van equipment
- Coordinating upkeep and repair of van and van equipment when necessary
- Maintaining medical supply and equipment including quality control testing and inventory management
- Communicating with Street Medicine providers about their use of Medical Van on a day-by-day basis
- Completing basic intake and collection of client information, insurance coverage verifications, liaising with laboratory and pharmacies as directed by provider, coordinating followup with outreach staff
- Taking and recording vital signs
- Preparing patients for examination and performing basic screenings
- Performing laboratory services including phlebotomy
- Performing EKG exams
- Carrying out point-of-care testing as directed by the provider
Position Requirements:
- High school graduate or GED
- Valid NY State Driver’s License with clean driving record
- Comfort driving in New York City and familiarity with geography of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens or comfort using GPS
- Must be willing to travel during the course of the work week to our various locations to work with assigned providers
- Medical assistant training completed in a vocational technical high school setting diploma, post secondary medical assistant training program certificate, OR BA with case-management experience or strong interest and aptitude for working with people experiencing homelessness
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
- Proficiency in the use of eCW preferred
- Familiarity with medical terminology and electronic medical record keeping preferred
- CPR certification is a plus but not required
- Applicants must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 as per the NYC Vaccination Mandate. Reasonable accommodation available for consideration based on religious and medical exemptions as outlined by NYC Vaccination Mandate.
- Bilingual Spanish speaker a plus
Time Commitment
Full-time, 35 hours per week.
Compensation
TBD
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