Community Health Specialist

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  Community Health Specialist

• Department:

  10141-Infectious Diseases

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  1

• Shift

  1st

• Search #:

  2025-890

• Closing Date:

  03/30/2025

• Recruiter:

  Alexander, Donna

Additional Links:

• This position is Benefit eligible; click here for an overview of available benefits.
• This position is covered by the UHP Bargaining Unit; click here to review the current UHP Contract.
• This position is in salary group UHP-07; click here to review the current UHP Pay Plan.

Excellence, Teamwork, Leadership, and Innovation are the values that define UConn Health. We are looking for team members that share these same values. Our top-rated organization is looking to add a Community Health Specialist to our growing Infectious Diseases team. If you have a background in this field, we want to hear from you.

At UConn Health, this class is accountable for performing as a specialist in the planning and evaluation of clients in the community programs/projects; and providing advanced ongoing community support services to HIV and Ryan White Program clients. This position will work in the outpatient pavilion on the UConn Health campus located in Farmington, CT. This position will require travel throughout the State of CT.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Works under the limited supervision of an employee of higher grade.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

May lead lower ranking employees as assigned.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

Assists in performing assessments/screenings on new and continuing clients and families; works in collaboration with care team in formulating treatment/service plans; may provide analytical support to the department with the goal of promoting high quality and cost-effective outcomes, attends staff and team meetings and case conferences to provide consultation and/or referral for further intervention; provides support to clients and families; consults with staff and community resources; engages patients and families in problem solving techniques in their own environment; may compile and organize healthcare data and record data in client's charts; prepares summaries, reports, and program progress updates; maintains client's confidentiality; performs other duties as required.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, AND ABILITY:

Considerable knowledge of community resources/programs and providing supplementary assistance to clients/families as required by program/project; considerable knowledge of dynamics of individuals and families in the community; knowledge of social, psychological, medical, economic, and legal factors influencing individual and group behavior; considerable knowledge of clinical operations and patient care; knowledge of and proficiency in applicable computer software applications; knowledge of quality regulatory programs; strong oral and written communication skills; considerable interpersonal skills; ability to plan and execute service programs to meet client needs; ability to respond to crises under pressure/deadlines; ability to work with chronically and terminally ill/physically impaired individuals and their families, if required by program/project; if specified, ability to read, write both English and Spanish and to communicate information in either language to staff, clients, and others.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING :

General Experience:

Five (5) years' experience in community healthcare, human services, or social services programs as specified.

SUBSTITUTION ALLOWED:

College training in social work, counseling, psychology, or other related field may be substituted

for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equaling one half (1/2) year

of experience to a maximum of four (4) years.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Employees in this class may be required to travel within the State in the course of their daily work and be bilingual or fluent in Spanish.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

Current, valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Bilingual with fluency in Spanish

Experience working with diverse populations, tracking linkage, treatment and referral outcomes.

Experience working with electronic medical records to document patient services

Experience and/or training in accounting, financial management, financial report and budget preparation

Experience working with HIV clients

Knowledge of community resources providing supplementary assistance to clients/families such as HIV programs, Ryan White programs, AIDS Service organizations and other public support systems.

SCHEDULE: Full time, 40 hours per week, generally Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, 30-minute unpaid meal break, flexibility is required to meet department and patient needs and the needs of our community partners where operating hours may vary.

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.