Our growing Health Home Division is a "Virtual Home" for Medicaid recipients with chronic health conditions. It is a care management model where all individual caregivers communicate to address patient's needs in a comprehensive manner. Essen's health home division has a team of care coordinators who function as connectors and coordinators to a patient's care team and connect members to the social services they need, including housing, transportation to appointments, medication reminders, educational courses, financial support and more.

Position Title: Care Coordinator

Job Summary: The Care Coordinator is responsible to assist with patient needs. Assist with managing care and addressing social determinants of health for Medicaid recipients with chronic health conditions.

Responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain relationships with patients
• Conduct face to face assessments for all patients to assess their medical and social needs
• Create a care plan in adherence with providers and caregivers
• Provide community resources to patients to ensure health and well being
• Promote timely access to appropriate care
• Increase utilization of preventative care
• Schedule appointments and transportation
• Serve as the contact point, advocate, and informational resource for patients, care team,
• family/caregiver(s) and community resources
• Facilitate patient access to appropriate medical and specialty providers
• Educate and refer patient to community resources
• Keep detailed up to date documentation
• Job requirements:
• 2-years’ experience in the Medical field
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Bi-lingual Spanish strongly preferred
• ESSEN HEALTH CARE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.