Community Health Worker
Job description
Job Summary:
Under direct supervision, responsible for assisting individuals and communities with adopting healthy behaviors by establishing trusting relationships with patients and their families while providing general support and encouragement. Promotes and facilitates use of health care and social service systems.
Job Duties:
- Presents case studies from patient’s perspective to primary care team in order to facilitate a patient-centered practice
- Performs outreach calls, engages in face-to-face encounters, performs home visits or other community-based visits when necessary
- Communicates relevant information to providers in a timely manner and documents appropriately in the electronic health record
- Participates in local community engagement activities with local agencies as appropriate
- Counsels patients with appropriate and relevant educational materials
- Identifies patterns of concern that surpass neighborhood capacity for health and engages diverse outside resources accordingly
- Enhances patient’s individual and community capacity by growing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, informal counseling, social support and advocacy
- Assists patients in connecting to appropriate health care information and services, addressing barriers to receipt of follow-up services as well as treatment
- Provides patient reminders to upcoming appointments and next steps of treatment
- Serves as liaison between patients, health/social services, and the community to enable access and improve the quality and competence of service delivery
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Education:
High School Diploma or GED is required.
Experience:
One (1) year related experience is required.
Preferred:
Successful completion of a Community Health Worker formal training program such as from a college or other education institution is preferred.
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