COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER
- Baltimore, MD
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SINAI CORPORATE
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PATIENT ACCESS
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Full-time - Day shift - 8:00am-4:30pm
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Allied Health
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84944
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$17.51-$28.65 Experience based
- Posted:November 3, 2024
Summary
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER
FULL TIME OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE
DAY SHIFT 8:00AM-4:30PM
JOB SUMMARY: Provides direct services by means of education, advocacy and services coordination to individuals in order to extend psychosocial support services.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assessment and Planning Gathers information related to individual and family, financial, health, and emotional status in order to develop plan for addressing psychosocial barriers to health and well-being of clients to develop a client directed Service Plan outlining service.
- Education/Support Provides education and psychosocial support on issues such as health, medical compliance, budgeting, safety, parenting and community resources according to assessed need and resulting plan.
- Advocacy/Services Coord. Maintains information on available community resources, makes appropriate and timely referrals for services, and provides ongoing coordination of needed services.
- Documentation Maintains all necessary documentation required by hospital, department and funder.
- Outreach In collaboration with other staff, provides information and referral to community at large as well as individual patients both in the community and in the home.
REQUIREMENTS: Formal working knowledge; equivalent to an Associate's degree (2 years college); requires knowledge of a specialized field.
Additional Information
As one of the largest health care providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, We strive toCARE BRAVELYfor over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Healthincludes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare and HomeCare of Maryland.