What are the responsibilities and job description for the Community Health Worker-Maryvale position at Mountain Park Health Center?
Brief Description
The Community Health Worker serves as a liaison between the community and health services at Mountain Park and throughout Arizona. The Community Health Worker works within the community and with providers to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery, including the coordination of services to improve medical and behavioral health outcomes. The Community Health Worker executes outreach functions, providing culturally specific program documentation, community recruitment, promoting health education sessions, and performing community engagement activities for Mountain Park Health Center.
Essential Functions
Minimum Qualifications:
The Community Health Worker serves as a liaison between the community and health services at Mountain Park and throughout Arizona. The Community Health Worker works within the community and with providers to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery, including the coordination of services to improve medical and behavioral health outcomes. The Community Health Worker executes outreach functions, providing culturally specific program documentation, community recruitment, promoting health education sessions, and performing community engagement activities for Mountain Park Health Center.
Essential Functions
- Promotes healthcare education and interacts with patients through outreach and community activities.
- Facilitates community programs throughout the organization (ex., Nutrition and food programs).
- Distributes culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate program materials.
- Facilitates and engages with participants of group classes using a variety of curricula.
- Refers community members to other clinical and social service agencies, including, but not limited to, Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) to ensure community members are receiving all available benefits and assistance.
- Recruits potential participants through mailings, phone contact, and/or face-to-face contact, which may be either in a large group or one-on-one environments.
- Completes tasks including documentation of patient interaction and data entry according to organizational guidelines.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED) equivalent.
- Licensed Community Health Worker in the state of Arizona
- Bilingual in English and Spanish