Car Seat Education Consultant
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Criteria
Based Job Description
Job
Title: Car Seat Education Consultant
Reports
to: Injury Prevention Supervisor
Job Code: 721334
Approved
by: Injury Prevention Supervisor
Department:
Trauma Admin
Approval
Date: December 2019; Update October 2022
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Completion
of a four-year degree.
OR
Completion
of a two-year degree in a healthcare related field or education
field with two years of work experience in the field of study.
Experience:
A
minimum of six months experience as a child passenger safety
technician or instructor providing community-based and/or clinical
based car seat education.
Licensure/
Registration/ Certification:
Current
certification as a SafeKids Child Passenger Safety Technician.
Basic
Life Support (BLS) certification.
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge
of current child passenger safety best practices, current
position statement(s) from the American Academy of Pediatrics,
crash dynamics, basic infant and child anatomy and physiology,
basic and complicated installation or harnessing problem solving
techniques.
- Awareness
of emerging car seat technology, various seat types, and how to
obtain the most current information.
- Demonstrated
competency in child passenger safety with various car seat types,
seat belt types, LATCH, alternative approved locking mechanisms
or methods.
- Ability
to stay within scope, educating based on best practice while
adhering to manufacturer guidelines and requirements for both the
car seat and vehicle.
- Ability
to effectively communicate to all ages of caregivers and their
companions.
- Knowledge
of teaching and learning principles.
- Ability
to provide a safe, hands-on learning environment for caregivers,
in which they are the last to install the car seat and harness
the child.
- Ability
to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
all levels of patient care staff, non-patient care staff,
patients, families, general public and external agencies.
- Ability
to manage multiple simultaneous tasks and prioritize
appropriately.
- Ability
to perform basic word processing on a computer.
- Ability
to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing.
- Ability
to participate on an interdisciplinary treatment team.
PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
N/A
Experience:
At
least 12 months experience regularly/actively providing child
passenger safety education.
Experience
in education and/or experience in patient care.
Licensure/
Registration/ Certification:
Current
certification as a SafeKids Child Passenger Safety Instructor.
Completion
of training in special needs (Safe Travel for All Children).
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities:
Identified
as a Safe Kids Coalition child passenger safety coordinator and/or
technician proxy.
POSITION
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Under
the general direction of the Injury Prevention Program, the Car Seat
Education Consultant provides education to patients in the inpatient
and emergency department setting. The Car Seat Education Consultant
makes assessments in person, providing education on car seats and
roadway safety while demonstrating excellence, compassion,
partnership, and integrity as part of the organization’s core
values. This includes but is not limited to best practices related
to car seat selection, direction, location, installation, harnessing,
next-steps, turn-around time, after-market products and safety in and
around cars. The Car Seat Education Consultant is familiar with
Minnesota seat belt and child passenger safety laws as well as other
laws that promote roadway safety. The Car Seat Education Consultant
discusses, collaborates and consults with the health care team
members, making appropriate referrals and completes documentation in
an accurate and timely manner. The Car Seat Education Consultant
performs related duties as assigned.
MAJOR
JOB DUTIES AND TASKS:
Percentage
Of
Time:
1.
Performs
patient centered, safe, effective, timely and efficient child
passenger safety education based on the specific needs of the
pediatric/newborn populations served.
75%
- Assesses,
demonstrates and educates the caregiver(s) on child passenger
safety based on the age, height, and weight of the
pediatric/newborn patient on the assigned unit.
- Ensures
education provided is following industry standard/best-practice
and following manufacturer instructions.
- Ensures
the caregiver(s) harnesses the child or demo doll in the car seat
and installs the car seat into the demo vehicle chair or vehicle.
- Reviews
details of car seats including known history, condition, labeling
and recall status.
- Promotes
child passenger safety best practice within established plan of
care, including safe sleep, consulting with the clinical care
team if medical conditions prohibit the use of a car seat per
manufacturer instructions.
- Recognizes
signs of high-risk problem areas and initiates referral to
appropriate resources, including but not limited to the need for
replacement car seat, age specific signs of abuse, etc.
- Utilizes
EPIC to pull orders, initiate social work referral if needed, and
document consult visit.
- Collaborate
with charge nurse and clinical care team to prioritize patient
list, independently initiate and conduct patient visits
2.
Provides
consultation for Special Care Nursery/NICU car seat tolerance
tests
10%
- Assists
in the set-up of car seat tolerance tests, ensuring the test
environment is set up per car seat manufacturer instructions with
respect to selection, direction, location, installation and
harnessing.
- Consults
with the healthcare team with