AmeriCorps Member – Center for Key Populations (CKP) Health Navigator

About the role

This is an AmeriCorps Member role – Center for Key Populations (CKP) Health Navigator – that supports the Center for Key Populations and throughout Middletown, Meriden, New Britain, and New London areas, Mobile Health Unit (MHU) and CT River Valley Farmworker Health Program.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops; monitor the completion of pre-post surveys by workshop participants; and complete data entry for workshops and surveys.
• Track and document all completed patient engagement activities in patient’s electronic health record.
• Cookordinate with CKP Outreach team to implement a strategic outreach plan that provides support and coordination to all healthcare for the homeless and MHU sites such as schedules, locations, staffing, templates, and patient visits.
• Facilitate outreach activities to coordinate and conduct new Medicaid patient enrollments.
• Provide individual patient health education to clients to encourage scheduling and completing routine care appointments.
• Provide outreach to patients via group or one on one individual patient education in areas of financial literacy, health education, overdose prevention, HIV sing and services and other areas of need in designated communities.
• Provide outreach engagement, enrollment, follow up and referral services for seasonal and migrant farm workers in the CT River Valley.
• Gather and compile a comprehensive community resource database for patients that provides enhanced resources and referral organizations that can address identified patient needs and/or barriers to be used at all sites.
• Strengthen community partnerships and collaborate with them on events to host that promote services for CHC patients and community members.
• Collaborate with community partners to develop education opportunities for CHC patients either individually or in groups.
• Partner with CKP providers to establish a sustainable system for continuity of information and services that maintains connections between all outreach departments for improved patient care.
• Create user friendly content for patients, community partners/organizations (ie, hospitals, churches, community centers) and CHC departments on how to access the CKP Services.
• Cookordinate, conduct, and participate in community outreach and tabling events that promote patient education services.
• Actively participant in CKP meetings.

Qualifications

• A high school or equivalent required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft office and internet-related applications.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written skills.
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve and remain calm during a crisis.
• Successful clearance of all required criminal history checks (NSCHC).
• Able to travel between CHC sites and in state.
• Preferred: Associate’s degree in public health, social work related field.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Knowledge and understanding of community resources.
• Experience in providing crisis intervention, coordination of services, advocacy and community outreach in working with vulnerable populations.
• Knowledge about community stakeholders and mapping.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits

$25,000 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly. An education award of $7,395 at the end of successful service term completion.

Pay

$25,000 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly.

Schedule

Part time.