Access to Care Coordinator

About the role

The Access to Care Coordinator will lead Covering Wisconsin’s efforts to connect more Wisconsin residents to preventive healthcare providers and services, so that they may live healthier lives. This person will help assess, refine, and deepen existing Covering Wisconsin (CWI) approaches and activities with the aim of developing practices that are most effective and an efficient use of existing internal capacity and external opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Identify access to care barriers; compile access to care barrier data; monitor, analyze, and communicate trends through presentations, informal conversations, and formal reporting;
• Spearhead exploration of potential educational topics and resources to support CWI efforts and consumer needs;
• Work with other CWI coordinators, managers, and staff to create organization-wide access to care standards and processes;
• Foster communication, coordination, and relationships with external care organizations such as hospitals, health systems, community health centers, and other community health-serving agencies to, in part, support the relevance and accuracy of CWI’s access to care education, services, and approaches.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to effectively work with people from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives;
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment while prioritizing and managing multiple initiatives at one time;
• Demonstrated experience with building diverse, collaborative partnerships;
• Existing knowledge of common access to care barriers. This includes awareness of potential mitigation strategies, especially for rural communities and other populations most at risk for lacking a medical home or primary care provider or underuse of preventive services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree in social work, sociology, political science, public health, consumer science, adult education, public policy, public affairs, public or health care administration, health communication, or related field;
• Master Degree preferred;
• Previous certification as a Health insurance Navigator, Certified Application Counselor (CAC), or agent/broker is preferred.

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund.

Pay

The minimum annual (12 months) starting Salary for the position is $60,795 but is negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Partial Remote