Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health Hiring for Community Health Worker – Family and Community Medicine at Philadelphia, PA  Full Time

The bilingual (Spanish and English) Community Health Worker (CHW) will assist individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors at the Wyss Wellness Center in South Philadelphia. The CHW will conduct outreach to Wyss patients with diabetes and help patients and their families navigate and access primary care and community resources and services. The CHW will provide support to the selected Wyss center providers and social worker through a team based care model. The CHW may also assist with delivering wellness classes focused on diabetes and heart disease.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assists in developing and implementing care plans in cooperation with patients, families, and care providers
• Identifies and help enroll eligible individuals in federal, state, and local private or nonprofit health and human services programs
• Serves as a liaison between patients/families/communities and healthcare agencies
• Provides Guidance and social assistance to patients. families and community residents
• Enhances patientsrsquo; ability to effectively communicate with healthcare providers
• Provides culturally and linguistically appropriate health education materials within the scope of training
• Provides referral, follow-up services and schedule patient appointments as needed
• Assists patients and families in understanding and carrying out their healthcare providersrsquo; advice
• Follows-up whether patients are receiving and adjusting well to their care plans, providing additional resources as necessary.
• Compiles and tracks community resources available to and used by Jeffersonrsquo;s patient population
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the iSCORE values of Jefferson.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

High School Diploma or GED

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION:

Certified Community Health Worker training program preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Prior experience in community outreach preferred.

Since this position will require the selected candidate to engage in regular contact with children in the form of care, guidance, supervision or training, you will be required to meet the requirements of the Child Protective Services Act, including the Pennsylvania State Police criminal background check, the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare child abuse criminal background clearance, and an FBI finger print based federal criminal records check. The selected candidate will not be allowed to commence working until all three (3) are completed satisfactorily.

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersonrsquo;s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

As an employer, Jeffersonmaintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

As an employer, the Jefferson Enterprise maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.