Newborn Screening Program Community Liaison/Administrative Assistant - Clinical Genetics

Under general supervision of the Program Director (PD) at
the UCLA Area Service Center (ASC) for the California Newborn Screening Program
(NBS), the Newborn Screening Community Liaison (CL) is an Administrative Assistant
responsible for providing patient education, data maintenance and community
outreach. The CL will offer some administrative support and will maintain case
management activities for non-positive NBS results and data verifications.
Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to participating in
mandated facility site visits and office meetings, overseeing NBS office
inventory, drafting reviewed correspondence and facilitating consultation to
assigned home birth providers based on NBS regulations. The CL will also send
specialty care/CCS referrals, generate reports and analysis using NBS internal
and external databases, verify patient information for accuracy, complete data
entry and will assist in community outreach and educational QI activities
within our ASC region (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
Counties). The CL will be responsible for conducting these activities based on the
Program Director's assignment and in collaboration with our ASC or Genetic
Disease Screening Program team members. The CL will develop workflows to ensure
daily/weekly/monthly/annual assignments are organized and coordinated according
to health sensitivity and dedicated timelines. The CL will assist with the
general operating support for our Annual GDSP/All staff meeting and will
disseminate NBS results to pediatric providers upon request.

This is a part-time, limited position that may convert to career.

Salary Range: $26.42 - $37.49 Hourly

Required:

• Minimum one year of recent experience in Public Health,
  Healthcare or Maternal/Child health.
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Excel,
  PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Self-directed with ability to work remote and independently
  while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent written and oral communication required.
• Experience and comfort running reports and compiling data.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Education,
  Social Work or related science field.
• Ability to complete data charts in excel or other
  statistical software.
• Comfortable with public speaking and organizing priorities
  with minimum supervision.
• Ability to communicate with and work with clinicians,
  families and other state agencies for patient care.
• Prior public health or health care experience or knowledge
  of maternal child health agencies.
• Case management/utilization management, health education
  and/or discharge planning experience a plus.
• Oral English/Spanish language skills to communicate
  effectively verbally and in writing.
• Experience handling/completing referrals to state agencies
  for pediatric providers and or hospital unit.