Community Health Worker

FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS • Omak, WA

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About The Position

As a member of the Outreach Team, the Community Health Worker provides basic health information from a standard curriculum and assists patients with linkages to health, social and other needed services; assists with outreach events and community networking activities as directed by the Outreach Coordinator.

Requirements

• Requires more advanced organizational skills, in order to organize projects or the work of others.
• Job duties require the ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Job duties are typically performed in response to workflow or ongoing direction by supervisors or others
• Employees are able to effectively select from alternatives to situations encountered on the job
• Work requires consideration of the way the work affects other employees outside the department or functional area.
• Duties require the compilation of information
• Possesses an intermediate level of written and verbal communications skills in English, has computational and computer skills and mathematical knowledge typically acquired through completion of a high school program.
• Must have experience or ability to understand working with underserved, transient, low-income populations and those affected by poverty and other social issues.
• Must have experience or ability to learn popular education methods and other strategies to effectively provide health education to varied community populations.
• Ability to prepare basic correspondence and simple reports using computer.
• Ability to create, send and manage email.
• Ability to use computer to create tables and simple displays of information.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with accessing community resources
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships on behalf of FHC with local resources including social service agencies, housing, schools, and other community partners.
• Refers patients to community resources and to FHC’s full range of health services.
• Has working knowledge of all insurance plans with which FHC is contracted and with other insurance plans that are available in the area; refers patients to FHC’s Enrollment department.
• Provides health education to patients via outreach activities
• Assists and/or coordinates outreach events
• Provides activity support to the Outreach Coordinator
• Attends outreach events and provides health education in various settings (i.e. schools, orchards, community settings)
• Establishes community and patient contacts through outreach activities
• Participates in training seminars and/or webinars including health education for lay leaders
• Ensures attendance and hours worked are accurately recorded in our computerized timekeeping system
• Properly manages paid vacation and sick leave
• Responsible for regular, predictable attendance and to work hours as scheduled, which will include occasional evenings and weekends

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED