Diabetes Institute Community Health Worker

Overview

The Community Health Worker will be a key community facing team member working in the community on behalf of the Diabetes Research Education and Management Team (DREAM Team). This position will assist in building and fostering community partnerships, implementing community facing programs and assisting community residents in their health and education needs. This will include activities related to the Mobile Diabetes Education Center (MOBEC), Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), Success with Diabetes Program and Pharm2Home Initiative as well as any grant related initiative.

Responsibilities

General Ongoing Administrative Tasks:

Community Health Worker Role:

Assists in grant-funded activities, including:

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: are those work assignments which are predominant, regular and recurring.

Qualifications

Required

• High school graduation or GE certificate.
• Completion of the State of California approved Community Health Worker Certificate
• Computer skills, MS Office 365 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook), Outlook & Google Calendar
• Internet Searching Abilities including Google Calendar

Desired:

·       Prior experience in a community-based or health-care setting related to providing chronic disease management services.

·       Experience working with under-resourced community members or groups.

CORE COMPETENCIES: identify the behavior an employee is expected to demonstrate.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to address different audiences (i.e., applicants, students, faculty, staff)
• Highly organized, self-starter with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

Maximum Salary

Minimum Salary

Salary : $20,210 - $25,262