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Community Health Worker - Part-time

Norwegian American Hospital
Chicago, IL, US
Part-time

Position Summary :

The Community Health Worker performs patient care activities, including coordination in the community, hospital, clinics, and homes.

The Community Health Worker is responsible for providing outreach, resources, education, and social support in community settings.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

  • Serve as a resource for participants in the program.
  • Develop referral relationships with healthcare providers, social workers and other community-based service providers.
  • Perform home visits for the purpose of providing education, support, home health assessments, obtaining and completing consents.
  • Follow-up on provider referrals and assisting families in addressing barriers to health care access.
  • Schedule patient appointments.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills.
  • Provides outreach to the community.
  • Assist in the development of resource materials and preparation and maintenance of accurate records and data.
  • Complete all reports to document activities and provide data to measure impact.
  • Performs other administrative office duties.
  • Maintains department orderliness and cleanliness.

Qualifications :

  • Minimum of 1 3 years of experience
  • Customer service experience required. Healthcare experience preferred
  • Community Health experience highly desirable
  • CHW certification or work experience, CPR certification preferred
  • Bilingual English / Spanish skills required.
  • 1 day ago
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