Health Navigator Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet-related applications.
• Excellent time-management and organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to problem-solve and remain calm during a crisis.
• Successful clearance of all required criminal history checks (NSCHC).
• Ability to travel between CHC sites and within the state.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree in public health, social work, or a related field.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• Knowledge and understanding of community resources.
• Experience providing crisis intervention, service coordination, advocacy, and community outreach while working with vulnerable populations.
• Knowledge of community stakeholders and mapping.

Responsibilities

• Conduct monthly patient health education workshops, monitor participants’ completion of pre- and post-surveys, and enter workshop and survey data.
• Track and document completed patient engagement activities in patients’ electronic health records.
• Coordinate with the CKP Outreach team to implement a strategic outreach plan supporting healthcare for the homeless and MHU sites, including schedules, locations, staffing, templates, and patient visits.
• Facilitate outreach activities to coordinate and conduct new Medicaid patient enrollments.
• Provide individual patient health education to encourage clients to schedule and complete routine care appointments.
• Provide group or one-on-one outreach and education in financial literacy, health education, overdose prevention, HIV testing and services, and other areas of need in designated communities.
• Provide outreach engagement, enrollment, follow-up, and referral services for seasonal and migrant farmworkers in the CT River Valley.
• Gather and compile a comprehensive community resource database with resources and referral organizations that can address patient needs and barriers across sites.
• Strengthen community partnerships and collaborate on events promoting services for CHC patients and community members.
• Collaborate with community partners to develop individual or group education opportunities for CHC patients.
• Partner with CKP providers to establish a sustainable system for continuity of information and services across outreach departments to improve patient care.
• Create user-friendly content for patients, community partners and organizations, and CHC departments explaining how to access CKP services.
• Coordinate, conduct, and participate in community outreach and tabling events promoting patient education services.
• Actively participate in CKP meetings.

Benefits

• $17,500 stipend over the service term, paid bi-weekly.
• $5,176 education award upon successful completion of the service term.