Community Health Worker Coordinator

St. Joseph's Health•Paterson, NJ

About The Position

The Community Health Worker (CHW) Coordinator is experienced in the work of a CHW to provide support, education, and advocacy to individual clients and to the community. The CHW Coordinator should be someone knowledgeable of the community culture and languages spoken in the geography of service, showing a high level of cultural competence. The CHW Coordinator demonstrates strong leadership and ensures the CHW team provides clients and community members with accurate information about health and community services with the goal of reducing identified health disparities. The CHW Coordinator also monitors and drives toward the achievement of all program goals and objectives providing consistent oversight and support to CHW team. The Community Health Worker Coordinator creates and monitors all CHW assignments as appropriate, which may include client caseload, program documentation, as well as the daily human resources activities relative to CHW work schedules, attendance, and performance. St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”. Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week) Competitive salary Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans 403b retirement plan options with company match Health & Wellness Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness PTO, and paid holidays Tuition reimbursement Employee Assistance Program LTD : Long Term Disability Life Insurance Options Onsite Day care Program Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week. 403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week. Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics. The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

Requirements

Experienced in the work of a CHW
Knowledgeable of the community culture and languages spoken in the geography of service
High level of cultural competence

Responsibilities

Provide support, education, and advocacy to individual clients and to the community.
Demonstrates strong leadership and ensures the CHW team provides clients and community members with accurate information about health and community services with the goal of reducing identified health disparities.
Monitors and drives toward the achievement of all program goals and objectives providing consistent oversight and support to CHW team.
Creates and monitors all CHW assignments as appropriate, which may include client caseload, program documentation, as well as the daily human resources activities relative to CHW work schedules, attendance, and performance.