Clinic Mgr / Portland OR Latino Access Project

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The announcement is pasted below. The original " word " version is about two

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Latino Access Project

Portland, Oregon

Clinic Manager

March 10, 2003

Project Description - Multnomah County, a large urban community health center,

has joined in partnership with the nah Gurule Foundation and

Providence Health Systems in an initiative to improve access to basic health

care services for Latinos living in Portland, Oregon. The County completed a

needs and assets assessment of the Hispanic community of Multnomah County in

1999. This report identified several health related needs in this community,

with corresponding desired outcomes and recommendations. Several

recommendations center on improving access to primary care services.

The Latino Access Project's primary purpose is the development of expanded

primary care services targeting Latino/a residents. The Project's secondary

purpose is the development of local and state leadership for Latino health

issues. Local community, political, and health care leadership sponsor the

project. The Project core team is charged with conducting a community process

to identify strategies to achieve this mission, develop an action plan, and

implement specific actions.

The Project has applied for a Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) new site

grant for this clinic. The sponsors have decided to move ahead with the project

prior to a funding decision. The Project has secured a clinic location, and is

preparing to take the steps necessary to open the clinic on a tentative start

date of July 1, 2003. When fully operational, the clinic will support 23,000

annual encounters, provided by three physicians and two mid-level providers.

The clinic will offer mental health, case management, and Medicaid enrollment

services on site, and will refer into existing health center dental services.

Clinic Manager - The core team is looking for a person with the combination of

skills and abilities necessary to assure the effective and efficient opening of

this clinic. In addition, this person will assume ongoing management

responsibilities for this site when opened.

In the short term, the clinic manager will work to prepare the space and secure

support services in advance of clinical service delivery. In addition, the

clinic manager will begin the hiring processes necessary to staff this clinic.

The Clinic Manager will be responsible for completing these and other tasks

necessary to assure that the clinic opens on time.

The core team seeks these skills and abilities:

Required:

Experience in primary care clinic start-up, management and operations.

Knowledge of clinic patient flow and ability to develop plans and

recommendations that support quality clinical services.

Bilingual Spanish speaking.

Experience working with Latino community.

Ability to design primary care services and systems in a manner that reduce or

eliminate cultural, ethnic, financial, or other barriers preventing Latinos from

accessing necessary health services.

Desirable:

Knowledge of financial management in a medical group or community health center

environment.

Ability to work with varied stakeholders in a collaborative, task oriented

fashion.

Knowledgeable of BPHC programs and expectations.

Self directed in approach and work scheduling.

Direction - The Clinic Manager will receive direction from the Project core

team. The core team includes leaders from the three sponsoring organizations.

The Clinic Manager will work with staff at several levels at partner

organizations.

Salary: The salary will be commensurate with skills and experience. The

expected range is between $50,000 to $80,000 annually.

How to apply:

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume with cover

letter to:

Marie Dahlstrom

Executive Director

SMG Foundation

PO Box 444

Portland, OR 97207

If you have questions, call either Marie Dahlstrom at 503-233-0721, or

Fronk at 503-988-3674.

Resumes will be accepted until a candidate is selected.

FYI

Dear Colleagues,

The Latino Access Project which is partnership of SMG Foundation, Multnomah

County Health Department and Providence Health System is proud to announce

the position of Clinic Manager. Please forward to interested parties the

attached job announcement.

If you have any questions, please call me.

Very Sincerely,

Marie Dahlstrom

SMG Foundation

Executive Director

503 233-0721