Safe Kids Specialist
Altru Health

Location:
Altru Clinic | East Grand Forks607 DeMers Ave.East Grand Forks, MN 56721

Pay Range: $19.76 - $29.64

Summary:
The Safe Kids Specialist provides training for community wide programs established by the specialist. This position must maintain current knowledge on childhood safety topics and injury prevention strategies, and maintains skills related to teaching tools. The specialist provides community education, and monitors Safe Kids program effectiveness. The Safe Kids Specialist is responsible for the budgeting, intervention, staffing needs and evaluation of all programs under their responsibility.

Essential Job Functions:

• Remains current on childhood safety topics and injury prevention strategies. Develops education, provides training and serves as a subject matter expert for community members and professionals within areas of focus.
  
• Provides 1:1 client/patient consultation as requested by families, physicians/healthcare providers, social service agencies or other community partners. Leads Safe Kids sponsored events to serve as a point of contact for volunteers and an injury prevention expert/resource.
  
• Assists with grant applications, fund management and grant reporting for local, state and federal grants. Provides benchmark data collection to ascertain program effectiveness by setting strategies, reviewing data and making modifications to reach target goals.
  
• Assists with orientation and coordination of students completing clinical experiences with Safe Kids Grand Forks.
  
• Assures that the Safe Kids programs have the necessary training tools, resources, and volunteers. Provides input into the program's inventory and budgeting needs.
  
• Participates in speaking engagements such as local and state conferences, interviews with radio, newspaper and television
  
  and coordinates special events as requested.
  
• Serves as a resource to the assigned Safe Kids subcommittees related to their program coordination. Coordinates meetings and correspondence and assists with the review and writing of our long-term plans for assigned injury prevention areas.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed to meet the needs of the department/organization.
  

Certification:

• Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician | Safe Kids Worldwide | Within 12 Months of Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  
• Driver's License with Acceptable Driving Record | Driver's License - Current State Licensed | Prior to Start Date | HR Primary Sources
  

Education:

• Required: Bachelors - Healthcare- OR -Bachelors - Public Health

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Continuously (67-100%)
• Stand: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Walk: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Stoop/Bend: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)
• Crawl: Not Applicable
• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously (67-100%)
• See: Continuously (67-100%)
• Hear: Continuously (67-100%)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Carry: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Push/Pull: Sedentary (< 10 pounds)
• Slide/Transfer: Not Applicable

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously (67-100%)
• Outdoor: Occasionally (5-33%)
• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:
Frequent Driver

Reference ID: R4918

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