Integrated Care Team - Community Health Worker

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center•Lawrence, MA

27d

About The Position

Position Summary: Under the leadership and direction of the Director of Population Health, and in collaboration with Integrated Care Team leadership, the ICT Community Health Worker plays a pivotal role in supporting care coordination functions, including but not limited to assessment and care planning for patients screening positive for Health Related Social Needs (HRSN), patient engagement strategies, and transitions of care management. The ICT CHW serves as a liaison between the ICT members and external community-based service providers as needed, based on the needs of the patients. The ICT CHW is committed to continuous professional development within its scope of practice, including acquires and maintaining certification and additional training as applicable. As a care coordinator, manages a caseload of patients and follow them longitudinally to facilitate care planning and achieve goals.

Requirements

Community Health Worker Certification required including a commitment or willing to obtain certification within 6 months of hire.
CPR Certified.
Working Knowledge of community resources and ability to assess and implement based on assessment.
Effective problem solving and critical thinking skills including need for escalation.
Demonstrated success in working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Experience working with patients with chronic medical and behavioral health needs.
Demonstrated experience working with diverse patient populations and workforce.
Must be flexible and adaptable to change.
Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize, multi-task and independently manage work demands, including escalation to supervisor when needed.
Demonstrate the ability to work independently, while collaborating as needed with others if needed.
Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication and written skills.
Must demonstrate the basics of cultural competence when dealing with a diverse population.
Must have a valid driver's license and access to reliable transportation.
Must demonstrate a working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Must be willing to learn and utilize telehealth technologies (video, chat), for a variety of services.
Willing and able to travel to patients’ homes, and in the community as needed, based on patient’s needs.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish speaking preferred.
Additional desirable qualities include enthusiasm and passion for helping patients in a non-judgmental and empathetic nature.

Responsibilities

HRSN Screening and follow-up Management For positive screening results, further assess and formulate a plan of care in order to address patient goals.
Implement the plan of care, including providing health education, facilitating access to needed services such as assists patients in obtaining or stabilizing housing, finances, food, utilities, educational/vocational opportunities, and community supports.
Monitor patient progress over time, including making referrals to service providers and coordinating care as needed per plan of care-established goals.
Communicates patient updates to the ICT team and modifies plan of care as needed
Completes necessary documentation, i.e. (utility assistance, SNAP, disability, SSI, DTA, housing)
Establish trusting relations with patients to facilitate their connection to the primary care team.
Implement patient engagement strategies for patients identified as hard to reach and pose barriers to primary care access.
Conducts home visits and accompanies patients to appointments as needed to ensure compliance
Updates ICT on outcomes of related engagement strategies
Follow up on referrals from the population health team on hard- to -engage patients with quality gaps
Refers clients to outreach and enrollment for health insurance coverage
Follow up on warm handoff referrals from care management for patients who require additional care coordination beyond the acute phase.
Follow up on patient referrals generated by the central population health TOC team to ensure post- discharge, risk mitigation strategies, including, but not limited, to posy-discharge follow-up appointments and resumption of home-based services.
Escalate to the primary care team any barriers that affect the potential for re-admission or preventable ED utilization.
Providers transitions of care updates to the integrated care team, including participation in pre-visit planning activities
Engages (outreaches) with patients between visits either by phone, home, or community visits.
Supports efforts to meet identified key performance indicators and quality metrics; participates in quality improvement efforts
Uses strategies such as motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and strengths-based approaches to support members in attaining stated goals to improve skills and role-specific certifications or specialization
Educates patients how to utilize mobile devices or computers for telehealth appointments.
Ensures appropriate documentation of visits and activities with EHR; documents visit, phone calls and any contact.
Performs chart reviews.
Participates in ICT meetings.
Complies with all applicable organizational and departmental policies.
Other duties as assigned.