Health Services Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Health Services Specialist

PURPOSE:

To develop meaningful relationships with the people we serve, their families and the communities in which they live. This means you are called to be creative and compassionate in all that you do: serving families, educators and case managers, supporting Empowered staff, and ensuring meaningful services for the people we serve.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Responsible for developing and implementation of health-related tasks and assisting with program curriculum, learning exercises, center activities, community activities.
2. Complete shared living quality visits, related documentation and trouble shoot family concerns and questions.
3. Promoting and maintaining a culture of safety and wellness
4. Assist in staff meeting, staff training and developing staff competencies.
5. As necessary perform the duties of a Community Inclusion Specialist including direct care and transporting the people we serve.
6. Responsible for the continuous quality improvement of Empowered services, the building we work in and the vehicles and equipment we use as well as ensure the cleanliness of the Branch.
7. Perform any other duties related to Empowered Services as assigned by the District Manager.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

1. Licensed Practical Nurse required, 5 years professional experience in the Human Services, I/DD field.
2. Criminal Background Check
3. Drug Screen and Physical
4. Certification in CPR and First Aid.
5. Driver’s License and Bureau of Motor Vehicle Driver History Review
6. A commitment to providing excellent care and customer service.
7. Ability to adapt to changing circumstances, critical thinking skills and creativity.
8. Employee must be physically capable of bending, reaching, transferring, assisting with transfers and lifting people who require physical assistance.

RESPONSIBLE TO:

District Manager, the people we serve and their families.

CHANGES IN JOB DESCRIPTION, JOB RESPONSIBILITIES, ETC.:

Empowered Community Services LLC. reserves the right to make changes to all aspects of the above job description as it deems necessary.