Senior Community Health Worker Position Available In Passaic, New Jersey

This role serves as a member of the community trained to provide education and advocacy to individuals and to the community with a goal of providing health based information geared towards reducing identified health disparities. This job encompasses the responsibilities of the Children’s Healthcare Worker (CHW) and in addition: ensures information on community services is current and up to date, checks routinely with agencies for updates and educates staff; orients and onboards new CHW’s and coordinated CHW’s schedules and patient volumes; attends webinars (ACO/CMS) to learn best practices for successful CHW interventions and education of staff; works as CHW for the CCCM (Chronic Disease and Complex Case Management) program, which typically is a higher acuity population; assists Quality Performance Program Managers in closing quality gaps on the patients being followed; assists getting the ACO and other assigned managed populations patients in for their annual or bi-annual (chronic disease patients) physician appointments. Work requires an Associate’s degree in a healthcare related field, preferably with a focus on community health/social work/social sciences with at least 1 year of prior experience. Bachelor’s degree preferred. Bi-lingual in Spanish or Arabic highly preferred. Knowledge of and a strong desire to help the community is essential. Valid driver’s license with no pending violations and an acceptable safe driving record, as well as compliance with Qualifications to Drive a System Vehicle as well as all policies as outlined in the SJH Fleet Management and Safety Program.