Community Health Worker

Job Description

Job Description

COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER

JOB DESCRIPTION

DEPARTMENT: Outreach

REPORTS TO: Enabling Services Director/Office Manager

PRIMARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Linking patients to needed resources such as: health care, housing, government entitlements etc.

· Provide crisis resources and link to appropriate interventions as appropriate.

· Refers patients to Navigator Services for available Insurance options and assistance with enrollment process.

· Assist with public Outreach and Community Education in various workplace and community settings, including schools and other venues.

· Provide SICHC access numbers and website

· Attend meetings with/behalf of patient as an advocate

· Provide phone, written or face to face communication and follow up to improve compliance.

· Collects and enters accurate data on all patients in outreach activities; produces accurate and timely reports as requested

· Participates in webinars, conferences and other SICHC approved trainings to improve knowledge and skills related to job needs.

· Maintain a high level of ethical conduct regarding confidentiality and professionalism.

· Ability to demonstrate competent use of EMR

· Timely completion of paperwork and documentation.

· Requires basic organization skills, typically to organize own work.

· Job duties require the ability to work independently and as part of a team

· Employee can effectively select from alternatives to situations encountered on the job.

· Employees focus is primarily on their work.

· Assist Chronic Care Manager with duties as needed.

· All other duties as assigned pertaining to job.

SECONDARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

. As needed, will cover MA position with provider and will report to site office manager during this coverage period.

. Only qualified candidates will be utilized for this cross-coverage position and will have an opportunity to be evaluated for the “CMA enhanced skills” for additional compensation for this coverage.

PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE: Possesses a basic level of written and verbal communication skills, computer skills and mathematical knowledge typically acquired through completion of a high school program. This position is recommended to have fluency in English and Spanish. This position is required to complete the Community Health Worker program within 6 months of hire and hold a current Community Health Worker Certificate.

Technical skills:

· Ability to prepare basic correspondence and simple reports in Microsoft Word.

· Ability to use Microsoft Excel and Publisher to create tables and simple displays of information.

· Ability to create, send and manage email in Office 365

· Ability to access and use the EHR program in Allscripts

· Ability to access web base applications and programs or others.

Communication Skills:

· Employee is required to effectively communicate using SICHC’s core values

· Job duties require employee to provide excellent customer service to all internal and external customers/patients.

· Employee will be required to use different methods of communication:

· Effectively provide written communication and electronic communication

· Be able to give verbal health presentations in different location settings and group size

· Effectively communicate complex and/or technical information to co-workers or patients

WORK ENVIROMENT:

· Work is performed in an office environment as well as outdoors during outreach events and may include driving to other work sites.

· May involve exposure to potential injury, including long exposure to the elements or potentially hazardous conditions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

· General office/clinic conditions are pleasant; good, clean working conditions where accident and hazards are negligible

· Requires short periods of moderate lifting

· Requires pushing or pulling objects up to twenty pounds.

· Clear speech and acute hearing are necessary for effective communication with the staff and public