Community Health Representative

Prairie Island Indian Community; Welch Township (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Prairie Island Indian Community seeks a Community Health Representative (CHR) to promote health and wellness by visiting hospitalized patients, assisting home wellness, and coordinating with the Family Health Director. The CHR will provide transportation, lead health education, and support events such as Health Fairs and community trainings.

Responsibilities include case management, referrals, data entry, and collaboration with tribal and medical staff.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Must obtain CPR/First Aid certification within first 3 months of employment.
• Minimum of six months of home healthcare or nursing assistant experience.
• Knowledge of Tribal practices and norms.

Responsibilities

• Consult with medical staff to establish care protocols and review CHR duties.
• Provide transportation for eligible clients to non-emergency medical appointments.
• Visit hospitalized community members and participate in case plans for chronic/terminal patients.
• Assess needs and make referrals based on weekly home visits from the continuum of care.
• Serve as liaison between clients, service agencies and medical providers.
• Provide home health care services and health promotion/disease prevention information.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Independent work

Cultural sensitivity

Microsoft Office

Elder care experience

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

SUMMARY

The Community Health Representative (CHR) promotes health and wellness in the Prairie Island Indian Community by visiting hospitalized patients, assessing and assisting client home wellness using sound judgement and setting priorities, providing transportation and med pick-up, promoting preventative training, workshops and education in-services, teaching, and topics shared in monthly newsletter under the supervision of the Family Health Director. Assists Family Health Department team members as assigned.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES

The following duties and responsibilities are not meant to be all inclusive and may be adjusted to meet business needs.

• Consult with medical staff on behalf of client to establish care protocols and review duties of CHR as needed
• Provide transportation for eligible clients to routine, non-emergency medical and dental appointments who have no other means of transportation per transportation policy
• Visit community members who are hospitalized in the surrounding area
• Participate in case plan for chronic/terminal patients and follows plan on a regularly scheduled basis
• Assess needs and make referrals based on weekly home visits from the continuum of care, newborn to geriatric to meet tribal member needs as time allows
• Serve as liaison between client population, service agencies and the medical providers
• Provide home health care services
• Provide or assist in demonstrations, conduct training sessions and community meetings in subjects such as safety, nutrition, environmental health and other areas of health concerns on a monthly basis
• Provide extensive health promotion/disease prevention information and instruction in self-help services that address chronic health issues such as articles in monthly newsletter or providing pamphlets and other forms of information.
• Work with health services staff to coordinate annual events such as Health Fair, 5K
• Pick-up and deliver prescriptions for community members, according to policy
• Enter Encounter Sheet data into the RPMS program and CHR Exports on a monthly basis
• Take vitals, create referrals, perform health screenings, follow-up as needed
• Complete online Indian Health CHR-specific trainings within 3 months
• Document client activity in RPMS as indicated
• Sanitize client eating and bathing areas in home, or tribal sites
• Assist delivering food, providing eating assistance, and supervision of elder or disabled clients at events
• Respond to Tribal medical emergencies if possible
• Prepares and submits monthly reports to department director
• Performs other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Must obtain CPR/First Aid certification within first 3 months of employment
• Minimum of six (6) months of home healthcare or nursing assistant experience
• Experienced homemaking skills, including cultural practices of homecare
• Knowledge of the Tribal practices and norms
• Good organizational skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Strong computer skills Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Ability to work independently and effectively with minimal supervision
• Ability to work well within the existing team and government structure
• Sensitive to Native American Culture
• Must pass drug screen (UA) and a federal criminal background check in compliance with the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
• Valid driver's license and proof of insurability

Preferred

• Certified Nursing Assistant, First Responder, or current student or graduate of a nursing program or related field
• Participation in or coursework in Community Health Services or Environmental Health Training
• Experience working with elderly population

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Must have the ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to walk, stand or sit for long periods throughout the day

REQUIRED TRAINING

• Effectively Handling Harassment training
• HIPAA training
• Any position-related training as determined by department manager
• Advanced training opportunities available with demonstrated experience in nursing

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

• Work is performed primarily indoors and may include exposure to extreme weather conditions

DISCLAIMER AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

All Prairie Island Indian Community employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship