Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

The Farm at St. Joe's has an exceptional opportunity for a Community Health Worker to support our vision and serve with us as a compassionate and transforming healing presence in our community. We seek Remarkable individuals from a variety of backgrounds, because diversity makes us stronger.

The Community Health Worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has a remarkable understanding of the community served. This trusting relationship with the community enables the CHW to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health system and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

The CHW builds individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, community education, informal counseling, social support and advocacy.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / LICENSURE

Education: High school diploma or GED.
Experience: One to three (1-3) years of community involvement experience.
Certification/Licensure: Must meet additional state/local requirements as appropriate. Ability to earn a CHW certificate is preferred.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of the local community based on personal lived experience and the ability to articulate the lived experience and perspective.
Work requires ability to communicate orally and to hear or communicate with focus population. Bi-lingual skills to work with patients in their native language are preferred; certification as a medical interpreter/translator is a plus
Must be comfortable working and serving in a diverse and inclusive environment, and operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment with clinical supervision where applicable.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Knows, understands, incorporates, and demonstrates the Trinity Health Mission, Vision, and Values in behaviors, practices, and decisions.
Delivers services to vulnerable and high-risk individuals, particularly those hard-to-reach and/or with social needs, in home and community-based settings.
Draws upon and uses lived experiences to provide advocacy, support and referral service to individuals assigned to their caseload.
Conducts and interprets individual assessments to identify non-clinical needs and mitigate any barriers to resources and services.
Improves access to health and human services for individuals through in-person interactions, telephone contacts, and coordination of referrals per protocols of ministry's specific programming.
Provides basic education regarding chronic health conditions and health promotion in a way that promotes understanding and self-management by the individual. Reinforces health literacy and educational messages using appropriate tools and supplies within scope of practice.
Facilitates or conducts enrollment in available federal, state and local programs to increase access to health care and support services. Examples include health coverage via the insurance marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, social security benefits, food, and housing services.
Serves as a liaison between providers and patients to facilitate communication and coordination of services. Coordinates and monitors services, including comprehensive tracking of patients' adherence in relation to care plan objectives per protocol.
Provides in-service education to service providers (including licensed health care professionals and health professions students) relative to healthcare customs/beliefs of the focus population and works cooperatively with other community agencies and clinical care teams to promote culturally appropriate services.
Continuously expands knowledge and understanding of community services and resources; maintains frequent contact with community agencies serving vulnerable populations and participates in community meetings.
Uses Social Care tools via TogetherCare (or similar protocols) for care coordination.
Completes timely and accurate documentation of services provided to individuals in electronic medical record or other platform per ministry's protocol. Maintains electronic files, which include consent, release of information, and applicable assessments. Documents notes, activities, service plans, and outcomes achieved by individuals in an effective manner.
Assists with data collection and interpretation relevant to understanding health and social service outcomes.

BENEFITS AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A COLLEAGUE OF SJMHS

Competitive compensation
Full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability
Retirement savings plan with employer match and contributions
Opportunity for growth and advancement throughout SJMHS and Trinity Health
Tuition Reimbursement
Free parking in proximity to your workplace.

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ABOUT ST. JOSEPH MERCY ANN ARBOR / TRINITY HEALTH

St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is a 537 –bed teaching hospital located on 340 acre campus. Recognized by IBM Watson as a Top 100 Hospital and #1 Teaching Hospital, St. Joe's Ann Arbor has been a leading health care provider for more than 100 years. SJMHS has received numerous local and national awards in recognition of our leadership, quality outcomes, and clinical excellence.

SJMHS is a member of Trinity Health, a leading Catholic health care system based in Livonia, Michigan. Trinity Health operates in 22 states, employs about 133,000 colleagues and returns almost $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

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Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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