Bilingual Community Health Worker CHW
Bilingual Community Health Worker CHW
Posted on :
11-04-2025
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Vacancy
1 Vacancy
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11-04-2025
Job Description
This position will lead and coordinate daily operations in a variety of patient care activities. The individual will assist in the delivery of health care and patient care management in accordance with scope and licensure and will take an active lead in facilitating identified performance improvement activities within the department. Will uphold ODHS Mission Vision and Values. This is a full time 40 hours a week position.
Responsibilities (How this position enhances our Mission Vision and Values)
Mission Improve the Quality of Life of Others:
Responsibilities (How this position enhances our Mission Vision and Values)
Mission Improve the Quality of Life of Others:
- Improves access and equity to internal (ODHS) and external (community) resources.
- Is able to delegate or refer patients to other experts both internal and external when patients issues fall beyond the scope of the CHWs role or expertise.
- Gain and maintain knowledge of related social services programs.
- Vision Be the Preferred Partner for Improving WellBeing:
- Trusted member of or deeply understands the community he/she serves
- Internal referral liaison between health and social services and the community
- Keep working relationships and act as a liaison for patients with medical staff behavioral health staff internal staff other agencies.
- Maintain ODHS standards policies procedures and regulations in accordance with local state and federal laws and with ethical standards of practice.
- Scaffold patients as they learn skills and utilize resources until they are able to do so independently.
- Maintains high level of confidentiality while interacting with patients and clients with empathy and respect
Values Esteem the Team Maximize Potential Do the Right Thing Choose Compassion Encourage Uniqueness:
- Prepare and maintain written case records reports and forms including case follow up and closing.
- Travel to other locations and attend outreach events with applicable.
- Consistent and knowledgeable of niche or departmentlevel programming
- Leverages niche skills certifications and experience to benefit patients who would benefit from that expertise
- A strong ability to collaborate and maintain working relationships with coworkers relevant internal departments as well as external community agencies.
- Interview intervene and resolve for patient circumstances regarding financial social emotional health and other problems.
- Research and resolve patient or client issues including consulting with providers peers and management
- Assist with special projects and other duties as necessary and required
- Attending internal and external meetings as needed and required.
- Good communication skills and ability to work closely with others and in teams.
- Willing to continually update skills and knowledge regarding healthcare procedures.
- Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Education and Experience:
- High School diploma or GED equivalency preferred.
- Experience in a health care setting and/or in an office preferred.
- Previous experience as a Community Health Worker or similarly related role preferred.
- Experience as a bilingual interpreter preferred.
About you:
- A builder of patient autonomy and problemsolving capacity. A strong advocate for patients when the solution to a patients problem lies beyond their capacity to obtain it on their own.
- An exceptional communicator which the CHW manifests through internal communications accurate consistent and timely documentation as well as other forms of communication as needed for specific niche.
- Able to multitask.
- Can work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Able to work with a high degree of precision and attention to detail.
- Able to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
- Great telephone and computer skills.
- Able to work unsupervised.
- Performs other required duties as assigned in accordance with scope of role.
- Fluent in Spanish and English is required.
Physical and Environmental Requirements:
- Frequent exposure to communicable diseases toxic substances medicinal preparations and other conditions common to clinic environment. Tasks involve contact with blood or body substances.
Employment Type
Full Time
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