healthcare consultant United States
Job description
The primary purpose of the Nursing Eye Care Consultants is to assist individuals with maximizing use of their residual vision and to prevent blindness and restore vision by serving as a consultant for the medical eye care program. The NECC is responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting low vision assessments and making recommendations for low vision aids. This position provides low vision assessments for individuals referred from DSB VR and IL programs.
Staff and consumer education is an important part of this position. The NECC provides individualized consumer/family education on their specific eye diagnosis. Education is also provided to the public through outreach events, to consumers at group trainings and to staff on an individualized or group basis.
NECC’s provide reviews of recommendations for medical eye care services to determine if individuals may qualify for financial assistance based on current policies. They determine when specific reviews must be directed to the DSB Consulting Ophthalmologist.
Job responsibilities include:
- Planning, organizing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting low vision assessments and making recommendations for low vision aids
- Providing low vision assessments for individuals referred from DSB VR and IL programs
- Provides individualized consumer/family education on their specific eye diagnosis Education is also provided to the public through outreach events
- Review consumer eye reports for medical eye care services based on current policies
- Determining when specific reviews must be directed to the DSB Consulting Ophthalmologist
About NC Department of Health and Human Services:
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) serves the needs of the most vulnerable of North Carolinians and to accomplish this, we hire only the most dedicated and caring individuals. Finding qualified clinical professionals to treat and care for our clients is continual challenge as demand for services grows and the availability of providers struggles to keep pace. We are seeking a motivated individual who is up for this challenge and is dedicated tour mission of providing North Carolinians with the very best in clinical care.
Compensation & Benefits:
The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participation health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program(numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave. In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.
Visit website for State Benefits
Since 1935, the mission of the North Carolina Division of Services for the Blind (DSB) has been to enable people who are visually impaired, blind, and deafblind to reach their goals of independence and employment.
To see the impact of DSB's involvement in the community, please click on the links below
DSB Social Worker - Patricia Turner
https://vimeo.com/266201278
Christina Sterling
https://vimeo.com/206631523
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES/COMPETENCIES:
To receive credit for all of your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information listed under the text resume section or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit. Qualified candidates must document on the application tat they possess all of the following:
Please refer to the link below for information on meeting requirements:
https://oshr.nc.gov/work-for-nc/how-do-i-get-job
Demonstrated work experience utilizing a knowledge of nursing principles and techniques for medical, surgical, and mental health practices- Demonstrated work experience interpreting medical reports and applying the information to determine a plan of care
- Ability to effectively communicate information to patients, families, and staff in a concise and descriptive manner verbally and in written form
- Ability to provide services over a multi-county area
- Knowledge of how vision loss affects a person’s functional ability and understanding of what interventions will enhance independence
- Knowledgeable on causes related to vision loss, current treatments, and low vision aids
- Ability to interpret eye reports and conduct vision assessments and appl this information when making recommendations for low vision aids
- Experience with individuals with visual disabilities
Physical Requirements (if applicable)
Light work: Physical requirements include some stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking from place to place and lifting up to 10 pounds frequently. The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions and may have to perform operations which include analyzing data and figures, transcribing, viewing and operating a computer terminal and operation of light office machines; ie, copiers and fax machines.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of North Carolina and two years of clinical experience in the area of specialization.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
The DHHS Division of Human Resources (DHR) follows the State Human Resources Employment of Relatives Policy. Applicants who have relatives or people living in the same household, will not be considered for job vacancies in the DHR at those locations. For a complete definition of immediate family member, please see the State Human Resources Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Selection Policy, Section 2, Page 38.
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For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at
855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR at 919-855-3517.
About NCDHHS
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 10000+ Employees
Type: Company - Public
Website: www.ncdhhs.gov
