2012-2013 Bloomer Hill Rural Health Clinic Officer Application
This is the application for officer positions in Bloomer Hill Free clinic for the 2012-2013
school year. It is due on Friday, March 1st, and please e-mail it to BOTH
jennica_siddle@med.unc.edu and jessica_rein@med.unc.edu . Interviews will be done (if
necessary) soon after the due date, and we will contact you with more details at that time.
Decisions will likely be made in 2 weeks. See the last pages for descriptions of officer
positions and please email either Jennica or Jessica with any questions/concerns.
Name:
E-mail:
Position Interested in (May check more than one, see job descriptions below)
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Overall Coordinator (2):
Lab Coordinator (3):
Patient Education (3):
1) Will you be in Chapel Hill during the summer?
Yes and No (please explain):
2) What other extracurricular activities or organizations are you involved in?
3) Do you have any experience relevant to the position(s) for which you’re applying?
4) Have you been to Bloomer Hill this year? (this is not a requirement)
5) Why are you interested in being involved with the North Carolina Student Rural
Health Coalition and the Bloomer Hill People’s Clinic?
6) What experiences (leadership, medical, other) have prepared you for Bloomer
Hill leadership?
7) If you could change, add, modify something about Bloomer Hill, what would it
be?
In the case that we need to do some interviewing and talk more about your thoughts
on Bloomer Hill and position preferences please indicate when you would be
available for an informal 15 minute meeting with us.
Monday March 18:
Tuesday March 19 after 3pm:
Thursday March 21:
We will let you know of our decisions on or before Friday March 22nd and hope that new
officers will be able to join us at the Bloomer Hill clinic scheduled for Saturday April 6.
Thank you for your interest. We look forward to meeting you.
Leadership Positions:
Clinic Coordinators: Clinic coordinators send out the monthly volunteer reminders,
coordinate carpooling, arrange referrals, manage clinic flow, gather patient information to
get MRN and put patient information in WebCIS once the MRN has been created. They
are also the point of communication with the professors regarding course requirements
and feedback, as well as communicating with the community volunteers.
Patient Educators: Patient educator responsibilities include gathering letters from all
the students and sending them to patients after each clinic they also submit the letters to
Penny (course administrator). Patient educators also help find local resources for
patients; this is variable and will hopefully increase next year but may include finding
what services are offered in the local health department, where patients can find resources
for exercise and health life-style programs. They also assist patients with applying for
medication assistance programs. In the event of emergency coverage they will also be
trained to draw labs (this is optional)
Laboratory Coordinators: Laboratory coordinators are responsible for drawing all of
the clinic’s labs, most prominently blood draws (electrolytes, CBCs, etc.) and urinalysis.
Coordinators are provided a half-day phlebotomy training course to prepare them for
their responsibilities. They are also responsible for bring the labs to the hospital after the
clinic is complete. There is an opportunity to use clinic downtime to perform patient chart
reviews and data entry.