Community Health Worker

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, a designated Level 3 Medical Home, is the largest federally qualified health center network in New York State, and the second largest in the nation. It includes eight primary care sites, 40 school-based health centers and dental clinics, four day care centers, the nation's largest dental residency program, and New York State's largest behavioral health program. The network also includes 12 community medicine sites providing care to disenfranchised New Yorkers, comprehensive HIV services, chemical dependency programs, and a family support center that offers educational, vocational, and other social support programs. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. Learn more about Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, and interact with us on LinkedIn , Glassdoor , Indeed , Facebook , Twitter , YouTube and Instagram .

Position Summary :

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Community Health Worker.

In this role, the successful candidate The Community Health worker is part of an interdisciplinary team that includes but is not limited to medical and behavioral health providers servicing patients in a primary care setting By ensuring patients remain or become engaged in services / programming are educated about self care issues and are assisted with access to care the Community Health Worker will be part of a team that improves patient health and thus quality of life

Job Responsibilities :

• Assist patients in accessing recommended cancer screenings and in accessing follow up care if initial screenings are abnormal nbsp;
• Assess patients for social drivers of health
• Assist patients in accessing a full range of needed medical behavioral health chemical dependency and nbsp;community nbsp;services
• Participate in all required trainings nbsp;
• Advocate for patients when barriers to care exist including language and literacy barriers access to transportation nbsp;problems nbsp;with nbsp;insurance nbsp;coverage access to technology such as MyChart nbsp;child nbsp;care nbsp;problems nbsp;appointment nbsp;scheduling nbsp;conflict etc
• Provide education and coaching to parents to promote positive health outcomes nbsp;
• Provide office and community based support services to patients E g Patient escorts to medical appointments nbsp;medical nbsp;appointment nbsp;reminders nbsp;assistance nbsp;with nbsp;obtaining nbsp;medications nbsp;from nbsp;pharmacies etc
• Screen patients for program and benefit eligibility and assist with benefit applications and connection to services that impact patients physical health and emotional well being
• Document all work with patients in Compass Rose module of EPIC in compliance with department standards
• Complete care plans with patients in collaboration with clinical team nbsp;
• Support the development of culturally tailored and linguistically appropriate health education materials nbsp; nbsp;
• Maintain nbsp;caseload nbsp;size nbsp;established nbsp;by nbsp;the nbsp;department nbsp;and nbsp;meet nbsp;monthly nbsp;outreach nbsp;and nbsp;engagement productivity requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned or volunteered in alignment with FHC mission goals and values
• Prepare for and participate in any individual or team meetings / supervision as required by the department
• Utilize nbsp;necessary nbsp;web nbsp;based nbsp;applications nbsp;and nbsp;other nbsp;technologies nbsp;on nbsp;a nbsp;variety nbsp;of nbsp;platforms nbsp;to nbsp;address population management goals and departmental needs

Minimum Qualifications :

To qualify you must have a High School Diploma / GED Candidate should have at least 1 year experience in a health service related field Bi lingual English / Spanish or Chinese Arabic Russian or Yiddish depending on targeted patient population Computer literate Microsoft Office telephone fax machine and photocopy machine skills required

Preferred Qualifications :

Experience in community outreach and engagement Bachelor s degree

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Family Health Centers at NYU Langone's network provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online.

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NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $47,504.92 - $52,497.62 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses / incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

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Salary : $47,505 - $52,498