Community Health Worker - Grant Funded - Babylon & Lake Success

AdvantageCare Physicians; North Babylon (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY) is a growing primary and specialty care network in the New York area seeking a Community Health Worker to bridge gaps between care systems and patients. You will conduct health and social needs screenings, build rapport with vulnerable populations, and coordinate referrals to community resources to improve access and outcomes.

The role emphasizes culturally and linguistically appropriate education, documentation, and collaboration with care teams to address

Qualifications

• Interpersonal skills to promote positive interactions with patients and health care professionals.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities are essential.
• Ability to interview patients to assess needs and barriers to care.
• Organizational skills to maintain accurate records for multiple patients.
• Clear oral communication and problem-solving to aid access to services.
• Proficiency with computers and patient record systems including EMR.

Responsibilities

• Conduct and manage social determinants of health screenings and upload results.
• Engage patients to identify health and social needs and assess barriers to care.
• Coordinate care and connect patients to community and clinical resources.
• Provide health education and promote self-management in a culturally appropriate manner.
• Maintain documentation and track patient progress in electronic systems.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams to address patient needs.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Strong communication

Collaboration

Interviewing skills

Organizational skills

Oral communication

Problem-solving

Computer skills

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Two years of work experience in health care / social services

Two years of college-level training in health occupations

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

AdvantageCare Physicians (ACPNY) is a primary and specialty care practice serving half a million patients across the New York metropolitan area. With more than 30 medical offices across New York City's five boroughs and Long Island, ACPNY is continually expanding our practice and enhancing our services for communities throughout New York. As we grow, our employees grow with us.

Summary Of Position

• Community Health Worker bridges the gap between health care systems and their patients. They often work with vulnerable populations, ensuring that they have access to care and programs that can help them lead healthier, safer and more secure lives.
• By performing their job duties well, Community Health Worker can help eliminate disparities in care to make healthcare systems more equitable. By helping with the coordination of care, they assist patients with connecting to community resources.
• A Community Health Worker is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member or has a particularly good understanding of the community served. CHWs serve as a liaison between health and social services and the community to facilitate access to services and to improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

Principal Accountabilities

• Conduct and manage Social Determents of Health (SDOH) screenings, ensuring all results are accurately completed and uploaded to the Unite US (referral) platform.
• Conduct outreach and engage patients to identify health and social needs and identify patients in need of support, build rapport, and assess barriers to care through in-office screening, outreach, or community interactions.
• Coordinate care and connect patients to appropriate community and clinical resources: Completed social needs screenings, referrals, and ensure patients can access services related to social needs (i.e., food insecurity, housing, and other supports.
• Provide health education and promote self-management: Educate patients on available programs in ways that are culturally and linguistically appropriate to address their social needs.
• Maintain accurate documentation and track patient progress: Record interactions, prepare reports, and update patient information in electronic systems to support care coordination and quality improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams: Participate in team meetings, share patient updates, and work with clinicians, care teams, and population health staff to address patient needs.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Qualifications

Education, Training, Licenses, Certifications

• Possession of a high school diploma or equivalent; AND
• Two (2) years of work experience in the health care, community health, or social services field; OR
• Two (2) years of college-level training in health occupations

Relevant Work Experience, Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Interpersonal skills to promote positive interactions with patients and health care professionals
• Strong communication, organization and collaboration skills
• Interviewing skills to assess patients’ needs
• Organizational skills to maintain accurate records for multiple patients
• Strong oral communication skills to convey health information in an easy-to-understand manner
• Problem-solving ability to help overcome obstacles to care
• Computer skills to use email, word processing, spreadsheet and patient records management software
• Epic EMR experience

Additional Information

• Requisition ID: 1000003150
• Hiring Range: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour