Bilingual Punjabi Field Care Coordinator travel NYC area
Bilingual Punjabi Field Care Coordinator travel NYC area
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$ 41101 - 60320
1 Vacancy
Job Description
The schedule is MonFri 9AM5:30PM and requires travel to the boroughs Westchester and Long Island. Please note you will only be scheduled for the inhome appointments in 12 zip codes close to each other on the same day.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Schedules and conducts multiple home visits per day (clustered in small geographic areas)
- Supports the Healthfirst clinical team members including UAS nurses and Care Managers by facilitating crosscultural communications and interpreting the employeetomember and membertoemployee conversation
- Responds to and when needed escalates member questions as directed
- Properly documents findings in Healthfirst information systems
- Collaborates with other members of the clinical team (Care Managers Care Coordinators Clinical Eligibility Nurses Medical Directors etc. to ensure member needs are prioritized and addressed
- Collects documents from members including health care proxy agreements and other important member documents and ensures they are routed to the appropriate recipient
- Additional duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED
- Bilingual in English and Punjabi
- Experience using health information systems to document or retrieve information
- Proficient computer skills experience including a solid understanding of Microsoft Outlook Word and Excel
- Ability to travel around downstate New York which includes the 5 boroughs Long Island Orange County and Westchester
Preferred Qualifications:
- In alignment with our hyper local mission it is highly preferred that the incumbent resides within a commutable distance to their assigned field location
- Ability to commute by car/vehicle
- Prior experience in a fieldbased health care role (home visits a plus)
- Work experience as an Interpreter/Translator or in a bilingual customer service role in the field and/or in a callcenter
- Experience with geriatric or other frail populations including their caregivers or in a health care office
- Familiar with areas of NYC Long Island and/or lower Westchester
- A valid NYS drivers license or ID
WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to race color religion gender gender identity sexual orientation national origin age genetic information military or veteran status marital status mental or physical disability or any other protected Federal State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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Hiring Range*:
Greater New York City Area (NY NJ CT residents): $47403 $62400
All Other Locations (within approved locations): $41101 $60320
As a candidate for this position your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience education licenses and certifications and any other factors Healthfirst deems pertinent to the hiring decision.
In addition to your salary Healthfirst offers employees a full range of benefits such as medical dental and vision coverage incentive and recognition programs life insurance and 401k contributions (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Healthfirst believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package wherever its employees work and live.
*The hiring range is defined as the lowest and highest salaries that Healthfirst in good faith would pay to a new hire or for a job promotion or transfer into this role.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
