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Community Health Worker

Full-Time

New York, NY

The community health worker will work within the community and healthcare settings to empower patients and their caregivers to improve health outcomes by providing culturally sensitive education, peer-based support, and connections to Primary Care and community-based social supports. This position reports to the director of caregiver Services and works closely with New York Presbyterian Hospital .

Qualifications

  • Must hold a high school diploma or GED
  • Two years of work in a community health role or comparable experience
  • Comfortable conducting home visits and visiting families in the hospital or community settings
  • Experience facilitating and presenting workshops and trainings
  • Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and work with families experiencing exceptional challenges
  • Ability to use Microsoft Work and Outlook
  • Bilingual English and Cantonese, Mandarin, or Spanish

Responsibilities

  • Reporting to and working closely with the HMH contact and NYP program manager
  • Managing designated caseload and meeting stated program goals
  • Conducting home and hospital visits
  • Offering practice-based support and information sessions across a variety of locations
  • Providing virtual support to patients and assists with education around virtual Healthcare
  • Collaborating with Healthcare team throughout the patient-centered medical home and Hospital experience
  • Completing appropriate documentation of Assessments and educational sessions at program intervals using determined collection method while maintaining an organized filing system and submitting all paperwork/ documentation to program staff by the deadline
  • Facilitating two community-based workshops per year and conducting community-wide outreach via event planning, workshops, and health fairs
  • Attend all required staff meetings and trainings

Compensation: $48,000

Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Hamilton-Madison House is an Equal Opportunity Employer