Community Health Worker Full Time

Trinity Health; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A Community Health Worker (CHW) with Trinity Health in Fresno, CA, connects community members to health services, enhances cultural proficiency, and supports outreach, health education, counseling, social support, and advocacy to improve outcomes and reduce disparities. This role emphasizes empowerment and service to diverse populations across our community.

Working with clinical teams under shared leadership, the CHW relies on strong communication and local knowledge, and will pursue CHW

Qualifications

• Must possess knowledge of the local community based on personal lived experience.
• Must obtain Trinity Health CHW certification within three months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison between health system and community to facilitate access to services.
• Improve health outcomes and reduce disparities through outreach, education, counseling, and advocacy.

Skills

Local community knowledge

Bilingual abilities (preferred)

Communication skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

CHW certification within 3 months

Job description

Employment Type: Full time

Shift: Day Shift

Description

A 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. 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 proficiency of service delivery. In this role, works to improve health outcomes and eliminate racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in those outcomes. Plays an important role in building individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, health education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.

Requirements

• 1. Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of the local community based on personal lived experience and the ability to articulate the lived experience and perspective.
• 2. High school diploma or GED. One to three (1-3) years of community involvement experience. Must obtain a Trinity Health or equivalent CHW certification within three months of hire.
• 3. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.
• 4. 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 qualified medical interpreter/translator is a plus
• 5. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is preferred.
• 6. 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.
• 7. Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Pay Range

$23.00 - $28.65

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. Together, we’re 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, our system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations, and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, in fiscal year 2023, we invested $1.5 billion in our communities through charity care and other community benefit programs.

For more information, visit http://www.trinity-health.org. You can also follow Trinity Health on LinkedIn.