Job description
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is hiring a Community Health Worker.
The P3 Center for Teens, Moms and Kids provides services related to maternal health. The Community Health Worker is responsible for assessing and referring women to community resources, providing case management, conducting home visits, and educating women individually or in groups settings.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Identify and assist individuals and families to access needed preventive and primary health care services (e.g., preconception care, family planning, prenatal care, immunization, pediatric care and care for acute, chronic, and communicable diseases, Early Intervention, WIC and other nutrition services, interconception care), with an emphasis on pregnant women not enrolled in health care or supportive services.
- Provide assistance and/or referrals to obtain other essential support services such as housing, financial aid, food stamps, emergency food, clothing, transportation, translation, and child care.
- Conduct basic health assessments, assist families to identify needs, provide basic health information, and make appropriate referrals through monthly home visits.
- Provide advocacy, support and follow-up to determine if services are received and assist families with health behavior changes.
- Provide home visiting services a range of approximately 25-35 clients at any given time and an additional 10-15 intermittent clients (clients who do not need intensive home visiting, but referrals to a community resource or service).
- Participate in community events.
- Assist in designing, organizing and facilitating educational activities.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Data entry experience and experience with the use of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Writing ability sufficient to provide adequate documentation in the family record, referral forms and other service coordination forms, and reading ability to the level necessary to comprehend training materials and assist others to fill out forms.
- Able to deal effectively with hostile situations.
- Respond appropriately to cultural protocols and traditions.
- Familiar with community resources
- Ability to work flexible hours, including some evening and weekend hours.
EDUCATION:
- Minimum of High School Diploma. Preferred associate’s degree in human services.
Benefits Include:
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) Program
- Extended Illness Bank
- Competitive hourly rates
- Group Life Insurance
- Supplemental Short-Term Disability
- Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 403(b) Retirement & Savings Plan
- Job-related Tuition Reimbursement Program
WHO WE ARE:
Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center is the only full-service hospital in Niagara County. The facility offers a 171-bed regional medical center with extensive inpatient and outpatient services, including a full-service Medical & Psychiatric Emergency Room, The Heart Center of Niagara featuring an on-site Cath Lab, Niagara Wellness Connection Center, The Wound Center of Niagara, OB/GYN Center and UBMD Orthopedics & Sports Medicine. We also offer a comprehensive range of surgical services.
The first hospital in Niagara to be designated a stroke center by the New York State Department of Health, we operate several satellite facilities, including the Summit Healthplex, Tuscarora Health Center, primary care offices in Niagara Falls, Wheatfield, and the Town of Niagara. Schoellkopf Health Center, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that specializes in short-term rehabilitation and elder care. Like the medical center itself, Schoellkopf features 100-percent private room accommodation.
Niagara Falls Memorial's Child Advocacy Center of Niagara enjoys national accreditation. Our community health advocacy efforts coupled with extensive and productive community partnerships make us one of Western New York's most consistently innovative providers of community-based health outreach.
As one of the Greater Niagara region's largest employers, we pride ourselves on playing an active role as an economic engine and a catalyst for community growth.
Through growth and change, we remain faithful to our core mission: Improving the health of the Greater Niagara Region with a passion for excellence.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $19.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
