Healthcare Advocate
4 weeks ago
At Open Health Care Clinic, we are seeking a skilled Healthcare Advocate to join our team. As a key member of our inter-disciplinary clinical care team, you will play a vital role in increasing access to health services for vulnerable populations through outreach, education, and peer support.
The successful candidate will be responsible for helping patients and their families navigate and access community services, other resources, and adopt healthy behaviors. You will work closely with medical and behavioral health providers to ensure that patients have comprehensive and coordinated care plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Establish trusting relationships with vulnerable patient populations and healthcare providers
- Assist patients to navigate healthcare and social service systems
- Provide ongoing follow-up, basic motivational interviewing and goal setting with patients/families
- Offer community outreach and health education to individuals & groups; links community members to health & social services
- Engage in intra- and inter-agency collaboration by coordinating patient care across health systems and navigating community resources
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Certification in Basic Life Support
- Community Health Worker training certificate must be obtained within 6 months of hire
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard reach.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
Light to moderate lifting is required.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those the employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Moderate noise (i.e., business office with computers, phones, and printers, light traffic).
Ability to work in a confined area.
Ability to sit at a computer terminal for an extended period.
Travel or Special Requirements:
Driving during the workday, as well as local or out-of-state travel, may be required to perform job duties.
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