What are the responsibilities and job description for the HOPWA HINT Community Health Worker position at Positive Impact Health Centers INC?
Description
Are you seeking a career with a growing company, a place where you can make an impact in the community? Then Positive Impact Health Centers is the company for you.
Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services located in Metro Atlanta. The PIHC model of care assures that clients have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes. Services are provided on-site and through telehealth.
What makes us different? We offer our employees the following:
- 1 Health Wellness day per quarter
- Parental Leave
- Paid Holidays
- Free parking at our locations/bus line accessibility
- Competitive Salary & Benefits
- Automatic 3% Safe Harbor & 2% Profit Sharing (Retirement Program)
- 100% allotted for benefit elections for employees, 50% allotted for benefit elections for employee's spouse/dependent
- Credit Union
*Proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required*
Positive Impact Health Centers (PIHC) is a community leader in providing HIV prevention, care and treatment services. The PIHC model of care assures that persons with HIV have access to medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health and social services, providing the best opportunity for patients to achieve high-quality health outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide in-person, telephone, and community CHW services to assigned PIHC patients who are enrolled in the HOPWA HINT Housing Program. Service delivery may be via onsite at a PIHC center or in the community.
- Establish trusting relationships with patients who are affected by HIV and provide general support and encouragement.
- Provide culturally appropriate health education and information.
- Educate patients about treatment and the appropriate use of PIHC services.
- Provide goal setting with and supportive services for patients, utilizing basic motivational interviewing.
- Help assigned patients schedule and attend appointments.
- Provide referrals and help link patients to community-based services that will help them stay healthy (e.g. housing, food, mental health, substance use, legal services).
- Work collaboratively with and be an active participant of assigned PIHC Care Team and attend Care Team meetings as scheduled.
- Focus on patients who have recently entered/returned to care at PIHC.
- Complete an annual EMA Screening Tool for assigned patients.
- Assist patients in completing applications and registration forms.
- Attend regular PIHC staff meetings, trainings and other meetings as requested.
- Attend weekly team meetings.
- Attends and participates in regular HUD, HOPWA and associated conference calls for the HOPWA HINT program as needed.
- Manage assigned caseload of patients, to include maintaining a patient spreadsheet with discrete data points.
- Promote and maintain collaborative relationships with community partners.
- Compliance with PIHC’s policies and procedures.
- Learn the use of the agency’s Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system and maintain timely and accurate documentation of all patient interactions.
- Participate in quality assurance reviews as assigned.
- Ensures that program deliverables are met or exceeded during the project period.
- Ensure that services provided to patients adhere to the programmatic guidelines, goals, and objectives established by Federal, State and local funders.
- Compliance with PIHC’s policies and procedures.
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Possess a High School Diploma or G.E.D.
- Able and willing to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends as assigned.
- Possess interest or experience in working with patients who have been difficult to engage and/or demonstrated a challenge with staying retained in health care services.
- Possess basic computer skills.
- Able to drive and holds a valid GA Driver’s license.
