Community Health Worker I

Baylor Scott & White Health • Dallas, TX

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About The Position

The Community Health Worker I provides health services through needs assessments, referral services, client education, documentation, and diversity education. The role helps clients access services, improve their health knowledge, and build self-sustainment. It learns and assists with outreach, patient navigation, and community health education, and supports referrals and connections to follow-up services in the community and within the organization.

The Community Health Worker assists with needs assessments and patient plans; conducts culturally appropriate self-management education for groups and individuals; and develops knowledge of the community’s ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences. The role also helps teach basic health promotion, disease prevention, and self-management concepts; obtains basic vital signs and measurements; conducts point-of-care testing; administers program evaluation tools; and documents plans, goals, education, and follow-up according to established standards.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Less than one year of experience.
• Community Health Worker certification by the State of Texas.
• Knowledge of the community to be served.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills that encourage relationship-building with a diverse group.
• Capacity-building and advocacy skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Skill in using computers and related software applications.
• Ability to administer evaluation tools to assess program effectiveness.
• Ability to conduct needs assessments, develop patient plans, and conduct and navigate patients to appropriate interventions.

Nice To Haves

• Teaching skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients in accessing services and increasing health knowledge and self-sustainment.
• Learn to use outreach, patient navigation, and community health education tools and services.
• Assist with referrals and linkage to community and organizational follow-up services.
• Assist with needs assessments and development of patient plans.
• Conduct culturally appropriate self-management education sessions for groups and individuals.
• Build knowledge of the community’s ethnicity, language, socioeconomic status, and life experiences.
• Learn and assist in teaching health promotion, disease prevention, and self-management concepts.
• Obtain basic vital signs and measure height and weight.
• Conduct point-of-care testing.
• Administer evaluation tools to assess program effectiveness.
• Document plans, goals, education, and follow-up in a timely manner using established documentation standards.

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits.
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED