Field Community Health Worker - Thurston County, WA

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As a Field Based Community Health Worker (CHW) , you will act in a liaison role with Medicaid members to ensure appropriate care is accessed as well as to provide home and social assessments and member education. CHW's work in a team - based structure and spend the majority of their time in the community engaging directly with members. Interesting in learning to work with medically complex patients who may be experiencing significant addiction and / or behavioral health conditions is important for this role.

Expect to spend about 75% of your time in the field visiting our members in their homes or in long-term care facilities, in the Thurston County, WA region. You'll need to be flexible, adaptable and, above all, patient in all types of situations.

If you reside within Thurston County, WA region , you will enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create a positive experience and relationship with the members
• Help members set goals and develop a care plan to achieve those goals
• Proactively engage the members to manage their own health and healthcare
• Support the members to improve their wellbeing by staying out of the hospital, and attend regular visits to their primary physician
• As needed, help the member engage with mental health and substance use treatment
• Provide member education on community resources and benefits
• Conduct post discharge activities from hospital facility and support connection to social services
• Support members to engage in work or volunteer activities, if desired, and develop solid social support through deeper connections with friends, family, and their community
• Partner with care team (community, providers, internal staff)
• Knowledge and continued learning of community cultures and values
• Conduct Health Risk Assessments (HRA) 

  What are the reasons to consider working for UnitedHealth Group?   Put it all together - competitive base pay, a full and comprehensive benefit program, performance rewards, and a management team who demonstrates their commitment to your success. Some of our offerings include:

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending

Nice-to-have skills

• Communication
• Community Outreach

• Centralia, Washington, United States

Languages

• English