Community Health Worker

Strive Health · Other US Location

Company

Strive Health

Location

Other US Location

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Strive Health

Strive Health is built for purpose- to transform a broken kidney care system. We are fundamentally changing the lives of kidney disease patients through early identification and engagement, comprehensive coordinated care, and home-first dialysis. Strive’s model is driven by a high-touch care team that integrates with local providers and spans the entire care journey from CKD through ESRD, leveraging comparative and predictive data and analytics to identify patients at risk. Strive Health’s interventions significantly reduce the rate of emergent dialysis crash, cut inpatient utilization, and significantly improve patient outcomes and experience. Come join our journey as we create THE destination for top talent in the Healthcare community and set a new standard for how kidney care should be done.

Community Health Worker

The role of the Community Health Worker (CHW) is to create connections between diverse, underserved, and vulnerable populations to health and social service systems. and the health care system.  Building trust and promoting encouragement are two of their key objectives. Their job allows them to help the patient access community services specifically to their needs. A Community Health worker also supports medical providers and the management team by creating community outreach programs and activities. These outreach programs are designed to promote, maintain, and improve the health of the patients and their family they serve.

Essential Functions

  • Serve as a liaison between multiple service providers
  • Assist with enrollment in services and community resources
  • Complete applications for resources, paperwork for provider visits ect
  • Follow up on referrals for pharmacy, DME, home care ect
  • Assist with finding and scheduling transportation
  • Deliver culturally competent care
  • Advocate for members/patients
  • Support clinical staff
  • Administer health screenings
  • Must be willing to meet patients in various settings such as home, provider practices, clinics or dialysis centers

Minimum Qualifications

  • Certified CHW or certified nurse aid or licensed medical assistant
  • 1 year experience in a CHW type role
  • Reliable transportation
  • Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds: 3.8Mbps/3.0Mbps (up/down): Latency <60 ms

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in a multi-cultural setting
  • Experience working for a managed care plan
  • Experience with kidney patient’s
  • Experience with translation lines and services
  • Extensive knowledge about community and available resources
  • Basic computer skills
  • Good communication skills
  • Good organizational skills

Strive Health offers competitive compensation and benefits.  An annual performance bonus, determined by company and individual performance, is available for many roles and aligned to Strive Health guidelines.

 

COVID Policy: As a healthcare organization, the safety of our Strivers, partners, patients, and communities is critical to our work and aligned to our first core value, Care For Others First. All new Strivers must be fully vaccinated for COVID–19 or will be required to request and obtain an approved medical or religious exemption prior to joining Strive, and otherwise comply with COVID-19 policies.

 

Strive Health is an equal opportunity employer and drug free workplace. At this time Strive Health is unable to provide and work visa sponsorship. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Please apply even if you feel you do not meet all qualifications. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]

 

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Date Posted

12/23/2022

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