PURPOSE OF JOB: Provides primary healthcare, within given limits of level of training, standing orders, and scope of practice including preventive, acute and emergency care to residents of an assigned village within the Bristol Bay region.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must be high school graduate or have GED certificate or equivalent.
2. Achieves a score on the standardized Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Level D, indicating eighth grade level competence in applied math, math computation, and reading.
3. Must have basic computer skills.
4. Prefer ability to speak local native language.
5. Dependable and maintains confidentiality.
6. Resides in assigned community or sub region.
7. Able to leave the home community for periods of 1 to 6 weeks or more for training.
8. Able to provide year-round coverage of clinic hours.
9. If assigned to a specific village, recommended by the Traditional Village Council of the assigned village.
10. Must successfully pass the pre-employment drug and alcohol screening

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. May not provide patient care unless under supervision of a Senior Health Aide. documentation is only created for training purposes and must be done either on paper PEFs or under Demo patient in the electronic health record (EHR).

2. May not take emergency call. May gain experience by going on emergency calls with other qualified CHA/P.

3. May respond to emergency call as a first responder under ETT/EMT certification. Documentation for these rare instances should be done on the EMS Run Sheet.