at Cocopah Indian Tribe in SOMERTON, Arizona, United States
Job Description
Summary Under the general supervision and direction of the Tribal Administrator/Assistant Tribal Administrator. Serves as the Health Director for the Tribal Health Maintenance Program. The T.H.M.P Director implements the program, policies, and contract requirements. The Director has the overall responsibility for planning, administering, supervising, and coordinating tribal health needs and services. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Plans, directs, implements, and evaluates the health maintenance department for the Cocopah Indian Tribe. Provides leadership and develops collaboration to the community health needs assessment prioritization and action planning processes, contributing expertise in public health assessment. Acts as liaison with other departments, agencies, committees, and individuals; promotes community partnerships to identify and solve health problems. Evaluates the effectiveness of adopted community engagement strategies. Participates in assessing and evaluating health care services to ensure that people are informed of available programs and services and are assisted in the utilization of those services. Develops, prepares, manages, reviews, and monitors the department budget; Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual narrative reports. Prepares annual health proposals/grants/contracts for funding. Prepares proposals for special health projects for the Cocopah community as needed or assigned. Develops program work plans, and evaluation procedures, and assesses program performances on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Develops and maintains communication with other tribal programs and other health agencies/clinics. Design and implement health programs to provide patient education/prevention to individuals, families, and communities. Assesses, develops and implements culturally relevant education and treatment/care for diabetic patients. Assess, and develop comprehensive health education, prevention, and maintenance programs to address nursing care, diabetes, obesity, and other health problems. Plans and coordinates non-emergency transportation services.Plans and coordinates eye voucher program. Plans and coordinates the diabetic-shoe program. Plans and coordinates medication pick-up and delivery services. Manages multiple health-related grants. Supervise and lead the Community Health Workers (CHW), transporters, and staff. Organizes community health events. Other duties may be assigned.
