A Community Health Worker works in the community to help individuals get medical care and access to health care resources. Promotes preventative care and health screenings; works with health care providers to improve community outreach.
LUNDQUIST INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION AT HARBOR-UCLA
Torrance, CA Job Details Part-time $25 - $30 an hour 23 hours ago Qualifications Spanish English Working with families Patient interaction Experience working with individuals from underserved communities Experience working with individuals with language barriers
Full Job Description About Us:
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an independent, non-profit biomedical research organization located in Torrance, California. In dozens of laboratories throughout the campus, researchers are working to unravel the mysteries of heart and kidney disease, cardiac complications in newborns, chronic lung disease, skin cancer, sickle cell disease, disorders of the autoimmune system, and much more. Many of these projects are collaborative in nature, involving experts from different areas of specialization. Our discoveries have prevented blindness in newborns, enabled premature infants with fragile lungs to breathe and allowed children with rare, often fatal diseases to grow up healthy and strong.
Requirements:
Bilingual or at least advanced English and Spanish (i.e., able to converse with low literacy English- and Spanish-speaking families about medical and behavioral health; lived and/or work experience with under-resourced, English- and Spanish-speaking populations with Medicaid/Medi-Cal insurance or uninsured.
Desired but not required:
proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel); high school graduate; lived and/or work experience with (1) youths with mental and behavioral health challenges such as depression, PTSD, special needs such as autism, (2) health care navigation, (3) health education, (4) working in a team, (5) research projects in public health, health services, psychology, or related fields, especially with under-resourced communities. Lived and/or work experience with under-resourced, English- and Spanish-speaking, with Medi-Cal insurance or uninsured.
Responsibilities:
Senior community health worker
Screening:
Ask youths and their families about their symptoms Goal setting: Work with families to set goals and priorities to address symptoms Health education: Educate families on ways to address symptoms
Connection:
Help connect families to community resources
Monitoring:
Regularly update a patient list to track symptoms, goals, health education, and community connections over time Research assistant Data entry: Ensure charting in the medical record, research data, and the patient list are accurate
Consent:
Ask families for permission to use the information you collect for research to improve care
Feedback:
Ask families for feedback on how to improve services
Understanding:
participate in regular reviews of the information you collect to improve care Other duties as may be assigned (required) Please ensure your application is complete and signed; incomplete submissions will not be considered . Background and Health Clearance Required Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Drug-Free Workplace
