Community Health Worker

About the role

Texas Children’s is searching for a Community Health Worker to join our team. This role involves outreach activities to locate and utilize medical homes for patients and their families.

Responsibilities

• Screens families for access to medical home by following program criteria.
• Provides one-on-one help to the family in locating a medical home.
• Educates families about medical homes and their appropriate use.
• Collects and completes data collection and queries related to outreach and other mobile clinic activities.
• Communicates requirements in a clear and understandable way to patients and families.
• Maintains professional conduct when interacting with patients, families, and members of the patient’s health care team.
• Collaborates with the Medical Director and/or Mobile Clinic Program Manager proactively to ensure appropriate forms are used and correct processes are followed for CHIP and Medicaid applications.
• Ensures appropriate information regarding low-cost health care alternatives is provided to families.
• Reviews CHIP and Medicaid eligibility/renewal for eligible children.
• Reviews low-cost health care alternatives for ineligible children.
• Participates in meetings and planning sessions with mobile clinic team.
• Aids in the planning and development of new outreach activities as necessary.

Requirements

• H.S. Diploma or GED
• Required: CHW - Community Health Worker
• Preferred: Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
• 2 years Healthcare experience

Skills

• Required: H.S. Diploma or GED
• Preferred: Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
• 2 years Healthcare experience

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education, and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. We are consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse, and successful pediatric programs in the nation. To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.