Copy of Community Health Representative (CHR) III

Description :

Job Title : Community Health Representative (CHR) III

Salary : $23.04 – $28.72 per hour – Non-exempt DOE

Status : Permanent, Full-Time

Hrs. / WK : Forty (40) hours per week

Department : Health Services

Job Location : Tucson, Arizona

Nature of Work :

Embraces and Embodies Tucson Indian Center’s (TIC’s) Identity Document’s Mission, Purpose and Vision Statements; Core Values; Guiding Principles and Strategic Goals. The Community Health Representative (CHR) III is responsible for delivering and modeling exemplary CHR services, training other CHRs, and performing medical assistant duties such as recording patient vital signs, demonstrating office skills, obtaining baseline physical data, and supporting the efficient operation of the medical clinic. This role also provides maintenance services for laboratory and assisting medical staff as needed, addressing COVID-19 and other health needs within the Tucson urban American Indian community.

Essential Functions :

• Patient education, outreach, and case management : Educate and connect patients to available health resources; conduct outreach to Tucson American Indian community and engaging them in TIC Health Services; case management and coordination; patient care and monitoring; perform home visits as appropriate or as needed by care team referral, performing evaluation and providing services within the scop of the CHR.
• Health education activities : Delivers learning experiences on health topics to provide patients with knowledge, skills and tools to live healthier lives. Delivers education on the importance of preventative care and overall health on how it reduces the risk for disease and disabilities through direct patient care.
• Coordination of care : Organizing patient care activities such as specialty referrals and sharing information among all participants concerned with a patient’s care to achieve safer and more effective care. This includes but is not limited to Specialty Referrals, External and Internal Referrals, Closing Care gaps, care team panel monitoring and management with respect to access to screening and prevention services, and lab work.
• Training : Provide training for other CHRs on outreach, engagement / recruitment, home visits, health education, EMR utilization, and other related CHR services.
• Partnership coordination : Assists with partnership coordination for CHR and primary care / Behavioral Health services, such as attending Pima County CHR partnership meetings and Purchase Referred Care.
• Medical Assistant (MA) Duties : Including but not limited to : Interview patients and record their medical history. Measure patient’s vital signs, help physicians with patient exams, give patient immunization and injections / medications as directed by physician, phlebotomy duties, performs CLIA waived tests, responding to provider tasks for patient care, managing laboratory and clinical inventory, utilize medical equipment such as EKGs / glucometers, prescription coordination, etc. Provides back-up MA services for the
• full-time Medical Assistant.
• Other duties : Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements :

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Working Conditions :

Supervisory Status :

Non-Supervisory; Reports to Medical Business Office Manager

Compensation details : 23.04-28.72 Hourly Wage

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