Community Health Worker, Healthy Neighbor, Part Time, Temporary

Virtua Health • Camden, NJ

7d • $21 - $32 • Onsite

About The Position

At Virtua Health, we exist for one reason – to better serve you. That means being here for you in all the moments that matter, striving each day to connect you to the care you need. Whether that's wellness and prevention, experienced specialists, life-changing care, or something in-between – we are your partner in health devoted to building a healthier community. If you live or work in South Jersey, exceptional care is all around. Our medical and surgical experts are among the best in the country. We assembled more than 14,000 colleagues, including over 2,850 skilled and compassionate doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners equipped with the latest technologies, treatments, and techniques to provide exceptional care close to home. A Magnet-recognized health system ranked by U.S. News and World Report, we've received multiple awards for quality, safety, and outstanding work environment. In addition to five hospitals, seven emergency departments, seven urgent care centers, and more than 280 other locations, we're committed to the well-being of the community. That means bringing life-changing resources and health services directly into our communities through our Eat Well food access program, telehealth, home health, rehabilitation, mobile screenings, paramedic programs, and convenient online scheduling. We're also affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neurosciences, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for pediatrics. The Community Health Worker (CHW) will be Healthy Neighbor’s frontline presence in the community. The CHW will be: working to improve patient health by providing social support, advocacy, and resource navigation; conducting health and wellbeing check-ins at clinics, community sites, patient homes and remotely by virtual visits and phone calls; connecting patients with follow-up clinic appointments, social resources, reinforce diabetes and hypertension health education and collaborate with patients to identify barriers to chronic disease management and work toward solutions; building strong relationships with patients and their families.

Requirements

• Demonstrated interest in community, social justice, public health and/or local economies.
• Must display ease and comfort when building relationships with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions & demonstrate the ability to treat all people with equity and respect.
• Ability to travel to multiple work sites daily, using your own means of transportation.
• Valid driver’s license required if driving own vehicle.
• Available some evenings and weekends, depending on patient availability.
• High school diploma or GED.

Nice To Haves

• Bi-lingual (Spanish) strongly preferred.
• Prior experience working as a community health worker (CHW) or community-based patient advocacy, engagement or resource navigation preferred.
• Community Health Worker certification preferred.
• Lay navigation training certification will be considered as an alternative to CHW certification.

Responsibilities

• Perform needs assessments and enroll patients in Healthy Neighbor by meeting with prospective patients in-clinic, at community sites & through remote outreach.
• Assist patients with their medical appointments – making appointments, sending reminders, coordinating transportation and support patients as needed.
• Refer patients to social services and community resources & follow up to ensure patient access to these supportive resources.
• Provide patients with health education and coaching to help them manage their diabetes and/or hypertension.
• Identify opportunities to improve Healthy Neighbor and work together with the care team to implement changes.
• Establish and maintain community partnerships that support Healthy Neighbor.
• Identify opportunities to improve outcomes and work together with the care team to implement changes.

Benefits

• Virtua offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including, but not limited to: medical/prescription, dental and vision insurance; health and dependent care flexible spending accounts; 403(b) (401(k) subject to collective bargaining agreement); paid time off, paid sick leave as provided under state and local paid sick leave laws, short-term disability and optional long-term disability, colleague and dependent life insurance and supplemental life and AD&D insurance; tuition assistance, and an employee assistance program that includes free counseling sessions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees