Community Health Worker-southern Region
4 weeks ago
Overview:
Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At **Hackensack Meridian **_Health_** we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
**This position is hybrid.**
**Responsibilities**:
A day in the life of a **Community-Health Workers (CHWs)** at Hackensack Meridian _Health_ includes:
- Initiate contact with eligible patients telephonically and/or in person.
- Conduct a social needs screening and document in the Electronic Medical Record (Epic).
- Provide telephonic, in-home, or community-based visits to assist patients with their social and health-related needs.
- Conduct weekly follow ups with patients via their preferred method of communication (telephonic, home or in community setting).
- Meet weekly, monthly, and annual patient/member enrollment targets as set by the department.
- Advocate for patients by motivating them to meet their health-related goals, connecting them to resources in the community that can address social determinants of health needs and educating them on how to navigate them.
- Collaborate with care teams and community-based organization stakeholders to address patient needs.
- Prepare reports and documents as needed or requested.
- Attend regular team and one on one departmental meetings.
- Able to work effectively in a hybrid model setting (office, hospital/clinical, community and home) as required based on departmental needs.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
**Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required**:
- High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Experience with accessing social service resources available for New Jersey.
- Must be proficient in MS Word/Google Suite and computer data entry.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to carry out written and oral instructions.
- Ability to receive and address feedback.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Comfortable with telephonic outreach, home visits and outreach in the community.
**Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred**:
- Prior experience as an outreach worker (or related title) is a plus.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Bilingual/Multilingual preferred
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