Community Health Worker

Job Description

Cottage Health seeks a Community Health Worker for their Population Health department responsible for providing culturally appropriate health education, resource navigation, referral, support, and care coordination for Cottage Health patients and vulnerable populations in the community. Includes support for patients through the discharge process and facilitates connection to social needs, referral, patient goal setting, and follow-up care post-discharge. Responsibilities include:

• The CHW is responsible for completing basic health and social needs assessments, providing patient referrals and follow-up, completing digital documentation, and facilitating verbal and written communication for patients and their caregivers.
• Lived experience and an understanding of the local community challenges with the populations being served is essential.
• This position reports to the Manager of Community and Parish Nursing and works closely with varying departments at Cottage Health.

QUALIFICATIONS:

All job qualifications listed indicate the minimum level necessary to perform this job proficiently.

Education:

• Preferred: Completed Community Health Worker or Promotor/a training or certificate.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

• Minimum: Valid California driver's license, reliable transportation, and insurance coverage as required by California state law.
• Preferred: CHW, Promotora/a, or medical assistant certification preferred.

Technical Requirements:

• Minimum: Cultural competency and knowledge of targeted Hispanic/Latinx communities and lower-income communities in Santa Barbara County. Bilingual in Spanish and English. Ability to write, read, and speak in English for patient documentation. Ability to type and navigate on a computer.

Years of Related Work Experience:

• Minimum: Lived experience in the Hispanic/Latinx community.
• Preferred: One year of experience working in a community health or related service, including volunteer or internship positions in a community setting.

About Us

Cottage Health is a leading acute care hospital system, located on the central coast of California, widely known for our superior patient care, innovation, medical research and education. Our health system operates primarily in Santa Barbara, CA, since 1888, and consists of three acute care hospitals, a Rehabilitation Hospital, multiple clinics and a multi-site Urgent Care system. Our mission is to serve the central coast communities with excellence, integrity, and compassion. Every day we touch thousands of lives in many different ways, resolute in our mission to put patients first. We take pride in helping our patients get back to living their lives - in the places they love.

Cottage Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cottage Health applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, transgender, gender expression and identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military status or any other classification protected by law. This policy applies to all aspects of the relationship between Cottage Health and an applicant or employee. Cottage Health is committed to upholding discrimination-free hiring practices. We strive to cultivate an environment where exceptional people bring diverse perspectives and find belonging, support and connection to their work.

Any Cottage Health applicants who require assistance or reasonable accommodations during the application process may request the need for accommodation with the Recruiter.

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