Primary Function:The community health specialist will work on a team to support patients with complex medical and social needs to navigate the health care system, connect with community services, and adopt health behaviors. Key activities will include building trusting relationships, assessing individual needs, and providing ongoing support. The role will engage with patients in the home, in the community, and at health care facilities where the patientrsquo;s receive care. The overall goal of the program is to keep patients as healthy as possible and out of the hospital.

Education/Training/Experience:

middot; High School Diploma or equivalent required. Associates Degree and/or Community Health Worker certification preferred.

middot; At least 2 yearsrsquo; experience in healthcare field, community-based setting and/or completion of Community Health Worker formal training program such as from a college or other education institution. Consideration will be given to experience caring for someone with a significant health need.

middot; Ability to travel efficiently to multiple locations throughout the work day required.

middot; Basic computer skills required

middot; Ability to initiate and maintain positive working relationships with staff, primary care and specialty practices, health plans, and community organizations required

middot; Committed to working in and supporting members of the community required. Strong communication skills, including, listening, using appropriate language, and writing/typing skills required

middot; Demonstrated experience providing emotional support, encouragement, and motivation to people with complex medical and/or social challenges required

middot; Experience and knowledge of healthcare insurance preferred

middot; Knowledge of medical terminology preferred

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.