What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Health Worker position at At Home Care Missouri?
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We offer our At Home Care family:
- Medical, Vision, Dental and Life insurance
- Direct Deposit
- Top pay wage scale
- Paid Time off and holiday pay
- Paid Travel
- If you’re seeking a rewarding career in health care, At Home Care is the place for you! Our GREAT MANAGERS believe YOU matter, and YOUR voice is heard.
- Job Description:
- Determine the individual’s needs and screen for potential eligibility for services, utilizing a standardized screening instrument.
- Provide efficient, timely and consumer friendly services to facilitate the eligibility review.
- Provide necessary forms and package all forms in preparation for service determination.
- Assist the individual in collecting, completing, gathering required information and documents for the services.. This assistance may be provided in the individual’s home. The activity includes assisting the potential applicant, as a secondary resource to family members and care providers.
- Coordinate with the staff regarding potentially eligible individuals.
- Help patients develop health management plans and goals.
- Assist in obtaining the Physician Referral form for probable individuals and coordinate with health insurance,community partners and the team.
- Comply with follow-up and reassessment policies to monitor client status.
- Act as a client advocate in a complex service delivery system and maintain an open line of communication for at-risk clients and their caregivers to ensure good customer relations and to watch over system efficiency and protocols.
- Maintains customer and employee confidence and protects client confidentiality.
- Prepares reports by collecting and analyzing information.
- Secures information by completing database backups.
- Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications.
- Have intake specialist, nurse or related work experience with the long-term care client population, preferably Medicaid related experience; or,
- Have related work experience with the long-term care client population, preferably Medicaid related experience or Community Health Worker certificate
- Bachelor degree, or LPN or RN required.
- Knowledge in the following areas is required: People Skills; Marketing; Branding; Public Speaking; Fostering Teamwork; Planning; Building Relationships; Initiative ; Customer Focusing; Oral and Written communications.
- A high level of personal skills is required to make formal presentations to groups and to deal effectively with people from all segments of the community.
- The individual must be comfortable with diversity and respectful of a wide range of faiths, beliefs and experiences.
- Other duties as assigned
Salary : $37,400 - $41,600
