Community Health Worker, Variable PT, Emergency Department

White Oak Medical Center

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Adventist HealthCare seeks to hire an experienced Community Health Worker for our Emergency Department who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental, and spiritual healing.

As a Community Health Worker, you will:
• Evaluate, and assist with developing and implementing care plans, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating healthcare services to meet an individual patient’s specific healthcare needs cost-effectively
• Collaborate with patients, family, staff, physicians, and ancillary/community services to promote quality and cost-efficient care
• Accurately identify and prioritize patient problems using critical thinking skills • Effectively communicate care plans and other client-related activities both verbally and in writing to appropriate personnel and agencies. Demonstrate the ability to use teaching, learning, and counseling skills
• Act as a client advocate for the development of community resources
• Maintain a directory of available services by geographical area and update others about new services. Consult with others to identify potential community resources for resolving client health, psychosocial, or financial problems
• Function as liaison to external agencies and relay information to others which may impact the care and/or services of clients. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide services appropriate to the age of the patient
• Develop and initiate cost-saving strategies to achieve decreases in patient resource utilization
• Collaborate with regional hospitals
• Identify vulnerable high-risk ED and inpatients
• Educate hospital team members and patients about available network services
• Attend hospital multidisciplinary meetings to formulate care plans for high-utilizing patients.
• Improve access to mental health resources upon discharge
• Make follow-up calls for recently discharged patients to ensure they are following through with the discharge plan


Qualifications include:
• Bachelor’s degree in health-related field or health-related work experience in a similar field
• Bilingual in Spanish
• 3 years experience in a healthcare setting preferred; 1 year prior experience required, 1 year in ED setting preferred
• Ability to utilize critical thinking to make sound decisions quickly
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Ability to interact with various members of the healthcare team
• Ability to advocate for patient/family
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Computer proficiency in e-mail, Microsoft suite applications (Windows, Excel, Word, Outlook), and the Internet
• Evidence of a high level of skill in the identification of problems, care planning, identification and development of community resources, and patient/family teaching required
• Ability to work effectively with others to accomplish organizational goals and to identify and resolve problems
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required

Work Schedule:

VPT, works as needed

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Pay Range:

$23.25 - $32.55

If the salary range is not displayed or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)

At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We do this by offering:

• Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

• 403(b) retirement plan

• Free Employee parking

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

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