# Community Health Worker

**Company**: Oak Street Health
**Location**: Chef Menteur, LA
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $18.50 - $31.72 per hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Community Health Worker (CHW) to join our team at Oak Street Health. As a CHW, you will act as a bridge between our patients, community, and medical systems to remove barriers and increase wellness across all life domains.

**Core Responsibilities:**

- Establish and maintain strong interpersonal relationships with patients, community organizations, team members, and partners to coordinate patient needs

- Manage patient referrals defined by the care team and collaborate with the Medical Social Worker on action plans

- Facilitate communication between all identified parties involved in patients' care as needed

- Form relationships with and build an inventory of local community organizations that may benefit our patients

- Connect patients to state and local community resources related to housing, transportation, food, and activities of daily living among other social and physical barriers to health

- Assist patients with completion of applications for accessing eligible benefits and resources

- Promote goal setting and achievement to improve patients' quality of life and self-efficacy with patients

- Meet with patients in patient-centered and patient-preferred locations

- Community Health Workers should plan to spend about half of their time outside of the center in patient-centered locations; this means having access to a reliable means of transportation to do so is required

- Drive engagement with high-risk individuals

- Complete referrals to organizations and agencies as needed

- Deliver culturally appropriate health education in areas where OSH has provided competency training to the CHW

- Support care team decision-making through participation in interdisciplinary team meetings

- Document interactions with patients in electronic medical records in a timely manner while maintaining HIPAA standards and confidentiality of protected health information

- Manage time, set priorities, work independently, and collaborate effectively with an interdisciplinary medical team

**Requirements:**

- Minimum of 1 year of experience in healthcare, community-based, case management, or social service environment

- Strong oral and written communication skills

- Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a positive attitude

- Dedication to serving the community and building meaningful relationships

- Proficient computer skills

- Access to reliable transportation and ability to travel throughout the community to various locations

- US work authorization

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Fluency in language that is commonly spoken in the community when necessary

- Experience working on multidisciplinary teams with organizations, agencies, patients, and community members

- Knowledge of community resources and resource navigation

- Community Health Worker certification or Associates or Bachelors in a related field is a plus

- Experience utilizing electronic medical record systems

- A problem-solving orientation and a flexible and positive attitude

**Salary and Benefits:**

- The typical pay range for this role is: $18.50 - $31.72 per hour

- This full-time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of colleagues and their families.

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## Skills

### Required
- strong oral and written communication skills
- ability to manage multiple priorities
- dedication to serving the community
- proficient computer skills
- access to reliable transportation
- US work authorization

### Nice to have
- fluency in language that is commonly spoken in the community
- experience working on multidisciplinary teams
- knowledge of community resources and resource navigation
- Community Health Worker certification
- experience utilizing electronic medical record systems
- problem-solving orientation

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