Coordinator (MLPC) - Medical - Legal Partnership for Children
Req: KQ102889-105393

We invite you to bring your career to an environment where talent is rewarded and new ideas are encouraged. At Seattle Children's, the Pacific Northwest's premier pediatric care center, we offer more than just state-of-the-art facilities and open career growth potential. You will also find a true commitment to meeting the needs of children and their families. We value diversity and it is expressed in all aspects, from the patients and families we serve to our organizational culture and our employees. If you would like to do some of your best work-your life's work-Children's has excellent opportunities waiting for you.

Department: Special Funds
Salary: DOE
Hours: Part-time (0.5 FTE), days.
Location: Hospital Main Campus

The incumbent will be responsible for guided management and coordination of a grant funded project under the Seattle Children's Protection Program (SCPP). In September 2008 the SCPP received a 3 year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to implement a Medical Legal Partnership for Children (MLPC) in collaboration with Harborview Medical Center, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and Northwest Justice Project. The grant strives to provide resources to address certain legal components of fundamental social factors that impact a child's health and ability to thrive. The MLPC coordinator will be responsible for supporting efforts to fulfill grant expectations as well as cultivating sustainability and growth beyond the grant's parameters. Responsibilities will involve collaborative partnership development between MLPC team members, relevant Seattle Children's Hospital staff, community members, academic centers, the legal community and the MLPC Advisory Board. Grant objectives will be satisfied through activities including partner liaisons, contract management, and program evaluation support. Responsibilities will also include sustainability planning through collaboration with Seattle Children's Foundation, program development planning, grant writing, donor cultivation, relevant cost saving analysis and program promotion. Program development support will also occur by identifying opportunities for expansion or replication, supporting similar regional efforts, identifying logical new program opportunities, and serving as an expertise resource.

Required:
• Bachelor's degree in business, public administration, health administration, social work, legal services, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum five years related experience, including three years in an administrative/program development role within a large health care organization and experience in systems improvement.
• Understanding of basic children's health needs and the impact of social determinants and healthcare disparities in the care of children.
• Demonstrated ability and experience in effective communication including presentation to Senior leadership and the Board.

Preferred:
• Preference will be given to those with experience and education in the area of law.
• Master's degree in business, public administration, health administration, social work, legal services, or related field.
• Five years increasingly responsible experience with program management, fundraising and grant writing, coordinating work flow, and data and information tracking.
• Experience with large health care organization's decision making processes; working knowledge of large health care organization's structure.
• Experience strategizing and implementing program goals and objectives in a large health care organization.
• Experience with interdisciplinary projects.

Additional Information About the MLPC:

The Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (MLPC) is a powerful collaboration among pediatric clinicians, social workers, and attorneys designed to address the unmet legal needs of patients and families. While the program model has been implemented in over 30 states and 160 hospitals and clinics, the program in Seattle is pioneering the first partnership of this kind in the Pacific Northwest. The program primarily serves children and families from Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and Harborview Children and Teens' Clinic. Both clinics are Seattle-based and are dedicated to providing comprehensive health services to poor and un/under-insured children. Limited services are also provided to staff and families at Seattle Children's. The primary avenues by which MLPC addresses unmet legal needs include:

1. Training health care workers and other stakeholders on advocacy issues effecting vulnerable families, enabling this constituent to identify potential legal issues and referrals;

2. Providing case consultation to providers and direct legal services to pediatric patient-families, up to and including full court representation when indicated; and,

3. Participating in systemic advocacy efforts that promote child health and well-being.

At Seattle Children's, we believe in accountability, respect and teamwork - not only with patients and their families, but also with each other. If you share these principles, we encourage you to join us. We offer excellent pay and benefits, retirement plans, opportunities for career advancement, paid training days, and so much more. For immediate consideration, please apply online. Equal Opportunity Employer.