Community Health Worker

Ohio Health•Columbus, OH

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About The Position

Community Health Worker (CHW) will work with patients at OhioHealth who are identified as having non-clinical barriers to engaging in treatment plans and recommendations. The goal of the CHW is to work with the multidisciplinary team to identify barriers to the patient's health care and coordinate support services and community based resources to address those barriers with the patient. In addition, this position provides individual consultation and follow up based on Social Determinants of Health, patient demographics and lack of resources, and coordinates support for clients.

Requirements

High School or GED (Required)
Must have access to reliable transportation
Education, Credentials, Licenses: High school diploma or equivalent, Community Health Worker Certification by an approved training program or started within 1 year of hire.
Specialized Knowledge: Experience working with under privileged populations in the community.
Kind and Length of Experience: 1-3 years

Responsibilities

Meet individually with patients (face to face or telephonic) to conduct intake interviews and identify non-clinical barriers
Coordinate support services or community resources for patients and provide basic health promotion education.
Facilitates patients adherence to treatment plans and help access affordableMedication
Develop and track measurable and time bound goals with patient
Maintain HIPPA compliance
Communicate importance of adherence to plan of care (developed by multidisciplinary team)
Convey importance of healthy lifestyle choices (nutrition, exercise, stressmgmt.) and adverse health impacts of smoking, drinking, and drug use
Document interactions with patients and communicate regularly with Care team
Develop and maintain relationships with community resources to ensure Coordination of care for patients
Engage in multidisciplinary care team huddles
Maintain positive relationship between OhioHealth and community resources
Report how patients demeanor may impact treatment (crying, angry, etc)
Document important information ancillary to medical treatment (stressors, children, domestic violence, involvement of partner, etc)
Recognize and report signs of family violence, abuse, neglect, etc.
Maintain accurate and timely patient records.
Serve as community liaison between OhioHealth and local community agencies.
Answers phones/review messages, triages calls to determine needs and appropriate course of action
Makes, facilitates, and tracks appropriate referrals
Recognize differences in client populations and implications for identifyingAppropriate services