AmeriCorps Member - Oral Health Coordinator

Job Description Summary:

Job Description:

Healthy Communities is CHC's AmeriCorps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services.

This is an AmeriCorps Member role - Oral Health Coordinator - that supports Improving Oral Health for Young Children in CT Initiative primarily in Hartford, Middletown, New Britain and New London areas.

Terms & Program Benefits:

• One-year service term from September 8, 2026 thru August 31, 2027

• Serve a minimum of 33 hours a week for a total of 1700 hours during service year

• $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

• This is not a staff position.

This is the opportunity for you if you:

• Are highly outgoing, friendly, enthusiastic, and energetic

• Enjoy working with others including children

• Are extremely organized and pay great attention to detail

• Have a strong interest in health care, public health

• Thrive in a fast paced environment

• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team

As a Oral Health Coordinator for the Community Health Center, Inc., you will:

• 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.

• Develop community outreach and patient engagement strategies to support patient registration for oral health care services.

• Provide ongoing tabling and patient recruitment activities at main sites, specifically Hartford, New Britain, Middletown, and New London.

• Provide 1:1 patient education to existing CHC patients on the importance of oral health care and establishment of a dental home.

• Administer and collect PRAPARE (Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patient Assets, Risks, and Experiences) survey from caregivers of patients ages 6 months to 5 years of age at selected clinic sites.

• Research, design, and develop resource list/content for caregivers of patients to address barriers in accessing services.

• Connect caregivers of patients with resources needed to establish a dental home, such as transportation services.

• Review and analyze PRAPARE data to formulate presentations and inform continued oral health services.

Qualifications:

• 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 of and/or experience in behavioral health

• Experience working with children and/or oral health

• Knowledge and understanding of crisis intervention strategies

Organization Information:

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC), with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country's most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 600,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In addition, the organization has developed three wholly owned subsidiaries from the original pilot developments within the Weitzman Institute: the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC), the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA), and ConferMed.

Location:

Community Health Center of New Britain

City:

New Britain

State:

Connecticut

Time Type:

Part time

MWHS provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.