Community Health Worker - (Hybrid)

What We Strive For

Strive Health is built for purpose to transform a broken kidney care system. We are fundamentally changing the lives of people with kidney disease through early identification, engagement and comprehensive coordinated care.

Strive’s model is driven by a high-touch care team that integrates with local providers and spans the entire care journey from chronic kidney disease through end-stage kidney disease, leveraging comparative and predictive data and analytics to identify at-risk patients.

Strive Health’s interventions significantly reduce the rate of emergent dialysis crash, cut inpatient utilization and significantly improve patient outcomes and experience.

Come join our journey as we create THE destination for top talent in the healthcare community and set a new standard for how kidney care should be done.

Why We’re Worth the Application

We Strive for excellence and Strive has been recognized with six Best Place to Work awards, including Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2023 and 2022, Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work 2022 and 2024, Comparably’s Best Places to Work in Denver 2022 and The Tech Tribune’s Best Startups in Denver 2022.

Additionally, Strive’s CEO, Chris Riopelle, has been recognized as one of Denver Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs.

• We derive innovation and ideas from through authentic diversity intentionally building a team that represents the populations we serve in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups : Strive Forward - LGBTQ Underrepresented Minorities Women and Allies Parent and Caregivers
• We care and support our Strivers within and beyond work to feel fully charged and empowered through our generous wellbeing offerings including : Flexible time off Sick time offCompanywide wellbeing daysTwo comprehensive EAPs and a variety of mental health toolsVolunteer time offLeave packages including a sabbatical, parental leave and eight weeks paid for living donor Professional development Financial wellness resourcesCarrot Fertility and Peloton for all Strivers
• We like to have fun by celebrating our successes as a team through team building, company gatherings, experiential incentives, core value awards, a companywide book club and more.
• We value tenacity to help us overcome obstacles with grit and determination to deliver compassionate kidney care .

What You’ll Do

The role of the Community Health Worker (CHW) is to create connections between diverse, underserved, and vulnerable populations to health and social service systems.

Building trust and promoting encouragement are two of this role’s key objectives. This role assists the patient in accessing community services for their specific needs.

The Community Health Worker also supports medical providers and the management team by creating community outreach programs and activities.

These outreach programs are designed to promote, maintain, and improve the health of the patients and their family they serve.

This position reports to Clinical Leader.

The Day to Day

• Serves as a liaison between multiple service providers and assists with enrollment in services and community resources by delivering culturally competent care.
• Completes applications for resources, paperwork for provider visits, and additional administrative support activities.
• Follows up and tracks referrals and outcomes for pharmacy, durable medical equipment (DME), and home care.
• Assists with finding and scheduling transportation, advocates for members / patients, supports clinical staff, administers health screenings, and coordinates care (including identifying and accessing resources and overcoming barriers).
• Builds and maintains current resource inventories for service area across multiple states.
• Identifies situations calling for mandatory reporting and carry out mandatory reporting requirements by state requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years combined of related education, experience, or certification.
• Efficient and reliable transportation allowing for the ability to commute to patient homes.
• Provides in-person patient care which may include standing, sitting, walking, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
• Internet Connectivity - Min Speeds : 3.8Mbps / 3.0Mbps (up / down) : Latency

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified CHW, CHES, certified nurse aid, or licensed medical assistant.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural setting.
• Experience working for a Managed Care or Medicaid plan.
• Experience with kidney patients.
• Experience with translation lines and services.
• Basic computer skills.

About You

• Good communication skills.
• Good organizational skills.
• Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Extensive knowledge about community and available resources.
• Embodies Strive’s core values : Care, Excellence, Tenacity, Innovation, and Fun.

Hourly Range : $24.27 - $27.88

Strive Health offers competitive compensation and benefits, including Health insurance, Dental insurance, Vision insurance, 401k Retirement Plan with Employer Match, Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance, Disability insurance, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, paid company holidays, in addition to Vacation Time Off.

An annual performance bonus, determined by company and individual performance, is available for many roles as aligned to Strive Health guidelines.