EMPLOYMENT & INTERNSHIPS
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• Leadership Clark County Executive Director
• Children’s Center Development Director
• Free Clinic of SW Washington, Project Access Clark County Program Patient Care Coordinator
FREE CLINIC OF SW WASHINGTON, PROJECT ACCESS CLARK COUNTY, PROGRAM CARE COORDINATOR
Organizational Overview:
The Free Clinic of SW Washington is a non-profit organization providing free, compassionate, quality health care to children and adults who are otherwise unable to access such services. Since 1991, the Free Clinic has served more than 95,000 people. by providing urgent, walk-in basic health care by caring volunteer physicians/providers. The Clinic provides urgent medical and dental care as well as vision, immunization, and prescription assistance. The Project Access program coordinates specialty care for uninsured patients.
Position Summary:
The Patient Care Coordinator facilitates and coordinates referral and enrollment of low income, uninsured patients into the specialty care program (Project Access Clark County). This position works directly with patients; completes the enrollment process and connects them to specialty care services. The coordinator seeks commitments from community providers for care, addresses participating provider questions and assists in training providers and their office staff. The position handles patient medical information and must be able to maintain strict confidentiality. The coordinator also arranges for ancillary services such as laboratory, x-ray, interpreters and pharmacy benefits. The position works as a member of the care coordination team within the Free Clinic and with the regional Project Access program (Portland metro area).
Classification: Non-exempt employee; 40 hours per week
Salary: TBD; Benefits package includes medical and dental insurance, and matching contribution to a retirement plan.
Job Relationships: Reports to Program Manager; works in partnership with PACC team members, community providers, volunteer Medical Director, PACC
advisory committee and regional Project Access Now coordinators.
Contact/Apply to: Barbe West
Executive Director
Free Clinic of SW Washington
4100 Plomondon St.
Vancouver, WA 98661
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Application Materials: Cover letter and current resume
Submit by August 15, 2010 (via email or paper mail)
Duties & Responsibilities: (Job description is posted on Free Clinic website)
• Assess and complete eligibility and enrollment/re-enrollment for PACC applicants.
• Maintain an appointment database to assist patients with applications; maintain data base in timely manner.
• Provide patient orientation and maintain communication with patients regarding care and medication needs.
• Complete referrals from participating providers and coordinate the patient’s ongoing care by setting-up appointments with specialists and ancillary services as needed for the patient’s medical treatment plan.
• Work within regional and local Project Access policies and procedures and understand detailed processes and guidelines.
• Maintain strong patient and provider relations, assist with questions and provide strategies as needed to foster patient and volunteer satisfaction with program services.
• Maintain coordination between referral source and PACC program.
• Work with Project Access team members to develop creative solutions that enhance our ability to meet the needs of our patients.
• Oversee proper care coordination of patient appointments and services.
• Troubleshoot unusual, problematic or complicated cases.
• Participate in Project Advisory Committee meetings, as requested.
• Maintain communication with regional and other local Project Access program as needed to achieve overarching goals of Project Access. Participate in regular Project Access NOW partner meetings and support Pharmacy Bridge program.
• Other general office duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Required Skills & Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in health or human services field or equivalent experience.
• Working knowledge/familiarity with medical terminology.
• Experience working in health care setting.
• Ability to work independently, strong organizational skills, do advanced planning, think systematically, and multi-task consistently.
• Experience working with the low-income population in the community.
• Excellent and professional oral communication on phone and in person.
• Ability to interact effectively with public, patients, physicians and health care providers.
• Computer knowledge and skills including word processing, data entry, database management, spreadsheets and internet…
• Understanding of patient confidentiality regulations.
• Ability to be a team player.
Preferred Skills & Experience:
• Financial eligibility and case management skills.
• Fluent in Spanish.
• Experience in clinical setting.
CHILDREN’S CENTER DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Children’s Center, a private non-profit mental health agency serving children, youth and their families seeks a full time Development Director. The Development Director will provide a strategic leadership role to market the Agency and grow revenue for programs that will support its mission, goals and philosophy. The Development Director is responsible for oversight and production of all aspects of Children’s Center development plan including fundraising initiatives; marketing campaigns to promote the agency; direct mail; grant writing; donor identification; major gifts; planned giving; foundation and corporate solicitations; cultivation and nurturing external communications; and marketing promotions.
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Bachelor’s Degree in marketing, public relations, communications or related field from an accredited college or university
2. Minimum 5-7 years of successful management of non-profit development efforts or sales and marketing
3. Successful track record of meeting fundraising goals from a diverse constituent base.
4. Strong relationships with local, wealthy donors and business leaders in the community or the ability to cultivate such relationships
5. Clear understanding of local, regional and national government funding opportunities
6. Creative aptitude, capable of generating design ideas to communicate the agency’s mission
7. Ability to establish and maintain a positive, cooperative and effective working relationship with donors, agency staff, volunteers and Board of Directors
8. Demonstrate a broad and deep knowledge of all aspects of non-profit fundraising
9. Strong interpersonal, planning and organizational skills, excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
10. Pass extensive background check
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Fundraising
1. Create and implement annual fundraising plan clearly identifying measurable goals and objectives in partnership with the Executive Director and Board of Directors
2. Research and engage major prospects while also assisting staff, volunteers and Board of Directors with identifying and cultivating leads in an effort to ensure a diverse and continuous stream of donations.
3. Plan, coordinate and implement all fundraising events for the agency in partnership with volunteer event committee and Board Development Chairperson
4. Identify local, regional, and national government funding opportunities; write compelling grant proposals and reports. Maintain a system for tracking and reporting in a timely manner.
Public Relations
1. Plan and implement campaigns to promote the agency’s mission in the community
2. Create and implement annual communications plan clearly identifying measurable goals and objectives in partnership with the Executive Director and Board of Directors. Communications plan should include all proposed direct mail pieces(newsletter, postcard mailings and brochures), web site and any other collateral materials designed to promote the agency.
3. Develop and maintain positive community relationships with community stakeholders, professional and business organizations and foundations
4. Cultivate and nurture relationships with media and press outlets in the SW Washington and Portland-Metropolitan areas.
Overall
• Ensure all development activities are consistent with the organization’s mission and vision
• Cultivate and maintain a donor database
• Recruit & manage volunteers
• Attend monthly Board meetings and present monthly reports on Development activities
• Development Director reports to Executive Director and will have staff resources available to assist in job responsibilities
Send resumes to
Pat Beckett, PO Box 484, Vancouver, WA 98666
Or resumes may be sent electronically to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Closing date is August 31st.
LEADERSHIP CLARK COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Leadership Clark County, a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit located in downtown Vancouver, WA, was founded in 1993 to provide an opportunity for citizens to gain community knowledge and leadership skills enabling them to be more effective in their community involvement. With the completion of the Class of 2010, we have graduated more than 500 participants who have gone on to serve in more than 100 organizations.
Leadership Clark County graduates emerge with an in-depth knowledge of our community, new networks, and strengthened community leadership skills.
Status: Full time exempt
Salary range: Depending on experience
This is a tremendous opportunity to work with a wide array of the most influential leaders in Clark County to build on a financially stable 17 year-old program to enhance the leadership capacity of talented individuals in the area.
The Board of Directors of Leadership Clark County recognize the strategic opportunity to move to the next level in design and delivery of its cutting-edge leadership model. The next Executive Director will have the entrepreneurial spirit to expand our relationships, the communication talents to foster effective partnerships internally and in the community, the strategic skills and enthusiasm to create and execute a vision for future growth and sustainability of the organization, and the organizational skills to deliver the program efficiently. The next Executive Director of Leadership Clark County will have:
• Comfort and charisma being the public face and chief spokesperson of the organization.
• Familiarity with or experience in adult education and instructional design.
• Enthusiasm and outreach experience to recruit a yearly class of 36 diverse high level students for the leadership program.
• Clear success as an accomplished leader with goal setting, strategic planning, visioning and operations management skills.
• Ability to continue and expand our track record of yearly increases in contributed income.
• Superb written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with alumni, the community, and a highly qualified and committed Board of Directors.
• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent initiative consistent with the policies and direction set by the Board of Directors.
• Overall accountability for the organization’s financial and accounting activities.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver the program and all of the requisite computer, database management, and web skills normally associated with such a position.
• Bachelor’s degree plus five to eight years of related experience in program management with a Masters degree preferred.
Application Packet Must Include:
• Complete chronological resume, including dates of employment
• Names and contact information for four references
• A cover letter with answers to the following questions:
• Why are you compelled to apply for this position, and how do your personal goals and professional experience prove that you would be successful in this job position?
• How did you hear about this position?
• What is your recent salary history and expectations for this position?
To apply, submit the above information to: {encode=" .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)" title=" .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)"} with “LCC” in the title by Monday, August 30th at 5:00pm.
For further information visit our website at: [url=http://www.leadershipclarkcounty.com]http://www.leadershipclarkcounty.com[/url]
