Coordinator/Prenatal Health Education

Community Healthcare Network is seeking for a Full-Time Prenatal Health Education Coordinator who will implement a wide range of clinical and community health education activities for prenatal patients. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, the Prenatal Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating a clinical outreach and education relating to prenatal health, specifically, breastfeeding, postpartum care, and reproductive health to improve health outcomes for pregnant people, new parents, and their children.

Job Function

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Support the Women’s Health Department in maintaining quality standards and services that are in accordance with the recommended clinical guidelines for prenatal and postpartum services.
• Provide prenatal, postpartum, and infant care education to prenatal patients and people of childbearing age in the clinic setting, by telehealth, and in group settings.
• Conduct and document prenatal and postpartum assessments, including but not limited to lactation assessments, safe sleep assessments, and postpartum depression screening.
• Identify prenatal patients at CHN health centers and follow-up to ensure patients made the appointment and reschedule/follow up as needed.
• Provide visits, as needed for high-risk and non-compliant prenatal and postpartum patients up to 4 months postpartum to assess infant’s initial milestones and SIDS/safe sleep risk.
• Coordinate prenatal and postpartum appointments for routine/follow-up care, delivery, and connect patients to specialty services, particularly nutritionists and behavioral health services and external referrals.
• Track and monitor the collection process for weights of infants delivered by CHN prenatal patients, and coordinate follow-up efforts with department management.
• Assist with data collection and analysis to measure prenatal care and birth outcomes.
• Participate and record CHN’s internal Prenatal Committee meetings to identify and address areas for improvement in clinical services.
• Collaborate with the Health Literacy Department to identify patient materials for prenatal, postpartum, infant care, and breastfeeding education that need to be updated and/or developed as needed, seeing the process to completion.
• Travel between health centers and balances schedule to provide education at multiple sites.
• Plan and participate in special CHN events, including but not limited to, World Breastfeeding Week.
• Identify community resources for health education resources and/or services.
• Attend and participate in ongoing training and professional development opportunities to stay up-to-date on the latest research and best practices relevant to pre-natal care.
  
  

Education And Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Education, health-related field, equivalent experience, or combination of education and experience.
• Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish).
• Experience working in prenatal health care or related field.
• Certification as a Lactation Counselor and/or Breastfeeding Counselor or obtain one of the above-mentioned certifications within one year of hire.
• Experience working in prenatal health care or related field
• General understanding of electronic health records (EHR)
• Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish)