Community Health Worker
Stamford Health · Stamford, CT · 3 mo ago
OTHRFull-time
Educate patients
- Help patients set personal health related goals.
- Aid patients in accessing transportation for appointments.
- Navigate patients through the care continuum including appointment scheduling, visit completion, follow-up coordination and verification with the physician that the patient understood the results of the visit.
Collaborate and Report
- Collaborate on strategy and program roll-out.
- Report on barriers and successes of the program to the CHW program coordinator/manager.
Language Services
- Complete Spanish interpreter certification.
- Provide language translations at the hospital and in the community to help access medical resources.
- Aid community members in finding services such as rent relief, housing, healthy food and energy assistance.
- Aid community members with applications for FAP or Medicaid.