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Beth Israel Lahey Health
Community Healthcare Worker, Healthy in the City
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What they do
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.
$49,814 / year median in Massachusetts
+22% projected growth
Job Description
Community Healthcare Worker, Healthy in the City Beth Israel Lahey Health
- 3.8 Boston, MA Job Details Full-time $28.50
- $38.36 an hour 8 hours ago Benefits Free parking Qualifications Working with pediatric populations High school diploma or GED Documentation tools Experience working with children Older adults Desktop applications Working with youth Full Job Description Boston, MA
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Full-time
- Day When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.
Job Description:
Under the direction of a manager or supervising social worker, the Community Healthcare Worker conducts resource assessments and collaborates with social work and/or medical staff to obtain community resources for community health center patients and families. Within developed area of expertise, provides orientation and ongoing training related to community resources to staff, medical providers, patients and families.Essential Responsibilities:
Determines, independently or in collaboration with other staff, the resources that will optimally meet patients' and families' needs. Develops a multifaceted service plan to meet complex patients' needs. Acts as case manager to coordinate care with medical providers. Makes independent decisions about services to recommend to a patient/family and how to teach them to become self-reliant. Maintains a caseload with many patient contacts per day including phone calls, paperwork and face to face contacts. Provides timely and appropriate documentation in the online medical record. As part of the patient centered medical home, takes part in team meetings to coordinate care with medical and mental health providers. Advocates on the patient's behalf in written and verbal communications. Assists patients with such tasks as accessing entitlement programs and provides such information as requested by outside facilities who are helping the patient. Documents and advises supervisor and clinical staff of obstacles to obtaining services and potential ways to manage them. Develops liaisons with community and state agencies to facilitate negotiation of complex systems. Visits relevant agencies to broaden knowledge and relationships. Makes home visits as needed and appropriate. Masters specific areas of expertise such as domestic violence, childhood trauma, fitness or HIV and family planning.Required Qualifications:
High School diploma or GED required. Associate's degree preferred in Human Services field. 1-3 years related work experience required. Minimum 2 years of related work experience without a related Associate's degree Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.Preferred Qualifications:
Bilingual in English and Spanish and/or Cape Verdean Creole.Competencies:
Written Communications:
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.Oral Communications:
Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.Knowledge:
Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.Team Work:
Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.Customer Service:
Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Age basedCompetencies:
Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups:Youth:
6 months to 16 years, Young adult: 16-30 years,Middle Age:
30- 60 years,
Elderly:
60•. Physical Nature of theJob:
Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campusPay Range:
$28.50- $38.
Employment:
Full-time Hours/Week:
40Shift:
Day Category:
Social Services Pay Range:
$28.50- $38.