Community Health Worker
Location: Belfast, ME
Facility: Medical Group Practices
Schedule: Full Time
Job Category: Professional - Nonclinical
Req #: 24675
Date Posted:
Description
Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Health Worker (CHW) to join Lend a Hand, part of our growing care management program! Our CHWs provide culturally appropriate complex care management in the primary care setting. We work with each patient for approximately 6 months, helping them to overcome barriers, navigate the healthcare system, and make meaningful progress toward health-related goals.
If you are passionate about improving health outcomes and working as part of a patient-centered team, consider joining us!
- 40 Hours/week, Full-time, Day shift, M-F 8-4:30
- Hybrid (up to 2 days/week remote after training is completed)
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: High school diploma or GED preferred.
- License/Certifications: If driving required for role, Valid Driver’s license, clean driving record, and personal vehicle for use required.
- Experience: Two years of experience working in a social service or health care setting or equivalent educational setting preferred.
- Additional Skills/Requirements Required: Must be a resident of the community being served with good knowledge of the resources of their community.
- Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: Basic computer skills preferred.
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
If you have questions about this role, please contact Zachary T. Avelino at [email protected]
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