What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Health Worker position at AdventHealth Manchester?
All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:
- Benefits from Day One
- Paid Days Off from Day One
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Career Development
- Whole Person Wellbeing Resources
Our promise to you:
Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.
Schedule: Full Time
Shift: Monday through Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Location: 210 Marie Langdon DR, Manchester, TX 40962; Travel to McKee, Knox County, and Pineville locations
The role you’ll contribute:
The Community Health Worker I (CHW I) is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has a close understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship enables the worker to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health/social services and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery. The Community Health Worker I also builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy. The CHW I will build and maintain a panel of patients in collaboration with the department(s) they support.
The value you’ll bring to the team:
- Cultural mediation among individuals, communities, and health and social service systems (e.g., educating individuals and communities about how to use health and social service systems, building health literacy, and cross-cultural communication).
- Provides culturally appropriate health education and information (e.g., conducts health promotion and disease prevention education matching linguistic and cultural needs of participants and/or communities).
- Care coordination, case management, and system navigation (e.g., makes referrals and provides follow-up, facilitates transportation services and helps to address other barriers to services; documents and tracks individual and population level data).
- Under the supervision of professional staff, reviews and selects appropriate health education materials; provides group education on specific health-related topics (e.g., nutrition or communicable diseases), and works on special health education projects.
- Assists in creating a positive and supportive work environment; enforces a safe workplace; establishes a culture of teamwork and communication; creates a workplace that promotes the organizational values of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion and actively promotes an environment respectful of living and working in a multicultural society.
Qualifications
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
- 1 year of healthcare experience
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIRED:
- Community Health Worker (CHW) certification in Kentucky
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.
Category: Patient Care
Organization: AdventHealth Manchester
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: 1 - Day
Req ID: 24040111
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.
