Community Health Worker Full Time

Trinity Health

Fresno, California
4 days ago

Highlights

This trusting relationship with the community enables the CHW to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health system and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural proficiency of service delivery. Plays an important role in building individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, health education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.

Numbers & Facts

Location	Fresno, California
Industry	Healthcare Services
Company Size	10,000 employees or more
Website	https://jobs.trinity-health.org/search-results

Description

Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a frontline public health worker who is a trusted member of and/or has a remarkable understanding of the community. This trusting relationship with the community enables the CHW to serve as a liaison/link/intermediary between health system and the community to facilitate access to services and improve the quality and cultural proficiency of service delivery. In this role, works to improve health outcomes and eliminate racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in those outcomes. Plays an important role in building individual and community capacity by increasing health knowledge and self-sufficiency through a range of activities such as outreach, health education, informal counseling, social support, and advocacy.

Requirements

1. Must possess a comprehensive knowledge of the local community based on personal lived experience and the ability to articulate the lived experience and perspective.

2. High school diploma or GED. One to three (1-3) years of community involvement experience. Must obtain a Trinity Health or equivalent CHW certification within three months of hire.

3. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence.

4. Work requires ability to communicate orally and to hear or communicate with focus population. Bi-lingual skills to work with patients in their native language are preferred; certification as a qualified medical interpreter/translator is a plus

5. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is preferred.

6. Must be comfortable working and serving in a diverse and inclusive environment, and operating in a collaborative, shared leadership environment with clinical supervision where applicable.

7. Must possess a personal presence that is characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Pay Range

$23.00 - $28.65

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

About Company

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 121,000 colleagues and nearly 36,500 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 27 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 101 hospitals, 126 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 136 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2023, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.5 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.