UNICARE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.

Job Summary

The Comprehensive Prenatal Health Worker I (CPHW I) provides support services, ongoing orientations, assessments, care plan development, appropriate nutrition, health education and psychosocial interventions and referral when needed, to UCHC’s prenatal patients.

Essential Functions

• Conducts face-to face interviews with all prenatal patients, screens patients for presumptive eligibility (PE) and issuing of PE card if eligible; Issues the 2nd good thru extension for patients.
• Identify opportunities and facilitate efforts to expand service or increase patient access into
• Assures client charts are documented whenever telephone & face-to-face contact is
• Codes all super bills accordingly to type of visit and signs all chart entries using legal signature and
• Provides ongoing orientation, assessments, classes and makes the appropriate referrals when needed to our prenatal
• Prepares all Intake packets English/Spanish and makes sure all appointments have been given to patient i.e., Intake, Initial, Medi-Cal, etc.
• Assist patients in completing Medi-Cal forms (application) and follow-up on no show/missed
• Orders all prenatal forms as needed and fax weekly PE enrollment Summary Forms to the
• Fax weekly schedules to Medi-Cal worker and advocate for patients with the Medi-Cal
• Case management of the prenatal program, which includes reviewing all prenatal charts after each clinic visit with the provider, as well as reviewing each chart the day before the visit with the provider. This is to assure that all procedures, tests, etc. that the provider has ordered have been done and lab results have been received on a timely manner.
• Attends recommended job-related trainings provided by the CPSP County

Non-Essential Functions

• As directed by the supervisor, performs other related and/or necessary

Professional Requirements

• Adhere to dress code, appearance is neat and
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all
• Report to work on time and as
• Maintain regulatory requirements, including all state, federal and local
• Represent the organization in a positive and professional manner at all
• Comply with all organizational policies and standards regarding ethical business
• Communicate the mission, ethics and goals of the
• Participate in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED Medical Assistant (MA) certificate preferred.
• Required: One (1) year experience in a community health center

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Requires a comprehensive knowledge of prenatal care in outpatient
• Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with a dynamic leadership
• Possess personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to corporate
• Flexible and able to multitask; can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment, while also driving toward clarity and solutions; demonstrated resourcefulness in setting priorities.

• Maintain current knowledge of policies and procedures as they relate to safe work
• Follow all safety procedures and report unsafe
• Follow all infection control procedures including blood-borne pathogen protocols
• Ability to work with a diverse
• Willing to work flexible hours, including evening and/or
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must be self-directed and work productively with minimal
• Good communication skills are
• Requirement: Bilingual – Fluent and literate in

Physical Requirements and Environmental Conditions

• Exposure to blood and body fluids, communicable diseases, chemicals, radiation, and repetitive motions
• Pushing and pulling objects up to 25
• Frequent wrist, hand and finger dexterity to perform fine motor function without
• Full range of body motion including twisting body, pushing, and
• Position requires light to moderate work with 25 maximum weight to lift and carry.
• Position requires reaching, bending, stooping, and handling objects with hands and/or fingers, talking and/or hearing, and

Working Conditions

• Non-Ionizing Radiation (microwaves, sun)
• Hazardous Exposure (chemical [E.G. Latex] and infectious)

Work Schedule

• You will generally be scheduled to work each day Monday through Friday, with starting times each day varying between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and ending time between 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., as required to meet the operational needs of the company. There will be occasional Saturdays as needed.
• You will need to travel to other clinic locations as needed for cross coverage support.