Community Health Worker

Supervision

Non-supervisory and reports directly to the Care Management Manager.

Essential Position Responsibilities

• Helps patients navigate and access community services and adopt healthy behaviors.
• Assists eligible clients to apply for publicly sponsored health care insurance plans, providing necessary follow-up, tracking and data collection to assure continuous enrollment.
• Conduct outreach in the community that promote, maintain, and improve individual and community health.
• Provide information on available resources, provide social support and informal counseling, and advocate for individuals and community health needs.
• Collect data to help identify community health needs and conduct continuous process improvement as part of the quality assurance program.
• Attend community meetings and appropriate health fairs to understand community issues and provide information to community members.
• Identify the particular health care needs of individuals in a community.
• Advocates for individual or community health needs. Acts as a liaison between communities, individuals and other service providers.
• Help clients understand their health conditions, develop strategies to improve their health conditions and provide informal counseling, support, and follow-up procedures.
• Helps improve community resident's ability to effectively communicate with health care providers. Helps identify and reduce cultural and socio-economic barriers between patients and health providers.
• Distribute posters, flyers, and brochures to YCHC service areas that are appropriate for the target population.
• Utilizes the electronic healthcare record, excel spreadsheets, word processing and other software programs to format documents, spreadsheets, brochures, flyers, newsletters, training materials and other documents. Produces technical graphics, charts and tables, selecting the format that will best display the material. Enters data and produces various reports as required under the Community Health Worker contract with MPCA and in accordance with requirements of the Primary Care Health Home (PCHH) program.

Minimum Qualifications

• A High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Experience with social services or public health system is preferred.

Job Type

Full-time

Pay

$16.00 - $17.00 per hour

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule

8 hour shift
Day shift
Monday to Friday