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Community Health Worker I /40 Hours/ MGH- North End at Massachusetts General Hospital

Posted in Other 30+ days ago.

Location: Boston, Massachusetts





Job Description:

Description

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

The Community Health Worker is a member of the health care team who utilizes their experience and cultural and linguistic knowledge to facilitate key components of patients' treatment. The community health worker will engage patients, create a trusting relationship, navigate patients to important appointments and resources, make follow up home visits and closely communicate with the provider team based on clear goals set out through the referral process. The community health worker will engage patients in setting their own short-term goals and will track the benchmarks along the way toward the achievement of these goals. The CHW will aid patients in the coordination and completion of appointments inside and outside of health center. In addition, the community health worker will work with patients to help decrease barriers to timely follow-up care. While the community health worker is not a clinical position, it requires a good knowledge (ability to learn) of basic clinical concepts and an understanding of when a referral to a licensed clinician is appropriate.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:


  • Provide community health work services for patients identified by the integrated team for various Social Determinants of Health issues.

  • Engage in outreach efforts as determined by the Health Center to meet patients and community members "where they are"

  • Provides patient education that is cultural and linguistically appropriate

  • Complete an initial assessment with the patient and provider to identify the specific areas of focus for the CHW role.

  • Work with patients and providers to set goals for patient's care.

  • Motivate patients to meet their health goals.

  • Work with patient to identify and help patient to address barriers to care.

  • Provide culturally sensitive services to patients from different cultures.

  • Help the patient to put systems in place in their own environment to assist with the management of their care.

  • Help to address any logistic barriers, scheduling complications, childcare needs, etc., that would prevent a patient from showing up at their appointments.

  • Assist patients in organizing their records, making follow up appointments and filling their prescriptions.

  • Help patients to develop their own plans for getting to various appointments for screening and diagnostic tests, and treatment services.

  • Accompany patients to specialty and imaging centers when needed to provide support and advocacy.

  • Make regular home visits to follow up on key aspects of the patient's care, to assess the in-home barriers to following recommendations made, and to engage patients in addressing those barriers.

  • Maintain regular communication with the patient's providers through clinical messages in Epic, emails, phone calls and case review meetings.

  • Document each patient encounter in detail. Track benchmarks of progress in care - including short term goal completion along the way.

  • Work with primary care providers to reinforce health education messages - the importance of follow-up care, medication adherence, routines of self-care, etc.

  • Refer to internal or external case management services when other issues are identified (i.e. hunger issues, domestic violence issues, etc.)

  • Provide advocacy, patient education and support in accessing community-based and hospital-based programs.

  • Maintains HIPAA compliance and patient confidentiality


Qualifications


QUALIFICATIONS:


  • BS in Social Work or related field preferred. High school degree required.

  • Minimum two years of working experience. Previous work in community settings preferred.

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:


  • Demonstrated commitment to impacting the care of patients and communities.

  • Experience working as a patient navigator/community health worker preferred.

  • Ability to work both independently and as a team member in multicultural settings.

  • Bilingual Spanish/English speaking preferred.

  • Detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task.

  • Proficient in all Microsoft Applications, including MS Office and Excel.

  • Strong time management, organizational and planning skills.


EEO StatementMassachusetts General Hospital is an Equal
Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills,
perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. Applications fromprotected
veterans and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged


Primary Location

:MA-Charlestown-MGH 15 Tufts Street

Work Locations

:MGH 15 Tufts Street15 Tufts StreetCharlestown02129

Job

:Social Services/Mental Health - Other

Organization

:Massachusetts General Hospital(MGH)

Schedule

:Full-timeStandard Hours:40

Shift

:Day Job

Employee Status

:RegularRecruiting Department:MGH North End Health Center

Job Posting

:Jun 18, 2021


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