COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER/ FULL TIME/ 40 HOURS/ BOSTON
GENERAL SUMMARY
The Community Health Worker Lead (CHW-L) position requires the ability to be self-directing, outgoing, professional, organized, and goal oriented. The CHW-L will support, develop, and motivate CHW team and help grow the effectiveness of the CHW program in the Department of Psychiatry. This role also promotes patient advocacy, patient-centered approach, and identify internal and external cross-program opportunities and strategies.
A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a trusted member of the community who helps patients better access and coordinate their psychiatric care. We believe that CHWs have the skills and experience to understand what patients are going through and help them address the social and psychiatric barriers that lead to poor health. The goal of a community health worker is to assist the most high-risk patients with the tasks of getting psychiatric/medical care, working on health goals, and to help them deal with the “real-life” issues that keep them from staying healthy. Although a CHW role is not in a clinical position, it requires the capacity to learn basic clinical concepts in order to identify when a referral to a licensed clinician appropriate and how psychiatric teams work together to achieve best possible health outcomes.
The CHW-L will work with patients receiving care at Brigham and Women’s Hospital outpatient psychiatric clinic. CHWs are integrated into the outpatient psychiatric team, serving as a bridge between the team and patients in the community. As a CHW in our department, you will develop trusting working relationships with your patients and be supported by a psychiatric team that includes social workers, nurses and psychiatrists.
PRINCIPAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide community health work services for patients identified as high-risk due to psychiatric or psychosocial challenges including:
Community resource navigation to address social determinants of health
Intensive case management and in-person support to enable patients to access appropriate care, services, benefits, and programs.
CHW Lead will spend approximately .50 FTE contributing to program development, team development and CHW support. This includes:
QUALIFICATIONS
SKILLS/ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.
Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer & by embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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