AmeriCorps Member - School Based Health Center Program Assistant
Community Health Center

Job Info

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Job Description Summary:
Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) with offices in Connecticut, Colorado and California, is one of the country's most creative and dynamic providers of primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services, and a leader in practice-based research, health professionals training, and use of innovative technologies to advance health and healthcare. CHC is designated as a federally qualified health center and a patient-centered medical home by HRSA, the Joint Commission, and NCQA, respectively. We deliver more than 500,000 patient visits per year from primary care hubs and community clinics across the state of CT, all connected by technology and common standards for quality. We employ several hundred medical, dental, and behavioral health providers who are engaged in practice, teaching, and research. Our Weitzman Institute is devoted to research and practice transformation and is recognized around the country as one of the premier research institutes focused on improving health care and health outcomes for special and vulnerable populations. In addition, the organization has developed three wholly owned subsidiaries from the original pilot developments within the Weitzman Institute: the National Nurse Practitioner Residency and Fellowship Training Consortium (NNPRFTC), the National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA), and ConferMed.

Job Description:

Healthy Communities is CHC's Public Health AmeriCorps program designed to create cohesion in vulnerable communities and to promote healthcare and support services through outreach, awareness, linkage to care and support. Healthy Communities also serves to identify the unique and integral needs of our communities and neighborhoods and to establish strategic plans to address them. Service delivery will directly address the public health crisis in vulnerable communities and make healthcare and support services accessible through flexible delivery of services. AmeriCorps members will conduct community outreach, education, patient engagement, and link patients to CHCI care and referrals to community based assistance. Additionally, AmeriCorps members will participate in statewide and local activities which promote awareness of health and health services.

This is an AmeriCorps Member role - School Based Health Center Program Assistant - that supports the School Based Health Centers primarily in Middletown, Meriden, and New Britain areas.

Terms & Program Benefits:

• One-year service term from September 1, 2022 thru August 31, 2023
• Serve a minimum of 32 hours a week for a total of 1700 hours during service year
• $16,502 stipend over the course of one year, paid bi-weekly
• An education award of $6,495 at the end of successful service term completion

This is the opportunity for you if you:

• Possess a positive energetic attitude
• Enjoy working with people including children
• Are extremely organized and pay great attention to detail
• Have a strong interest in health policy/public health
• Thrive in a fast paced environment
• Can take initiative and work independently as well as part of a team

As a School Based Health Center Program Assistant for the Community Health Center, Inc., you will:

• Conduct patient education workshops, patient engagement activities and data collection in support of program's performance measures.
• Coordinate the integration of enhanced BH services for children and adolescents who have identified this as a gap in services.
• Work with SBHC providers and nurses to identify patients with post - Covid needs not being met.
• Work with SBHC staff and providers to provide education and enrollment information to families who have identified BH as a need.
• Work with SBHC staff and providers to provide education and enrollment to families who identify primary care as a need.
• Identify, design, coordinate and implement SBHC/community events and activities to promote health education as well as medical and BH services to potential patients.
• Participate in community events that directly promote SBHC services for families in hard to reach communities.
• Participate in community and school events that provide health education and promotion of services for families who are considered high risk.
• Disseminate information in communities where there is a lack of post - Covid access to services.
• Provide patient navigation services that link patients receiving care at CHC main sites to care at school based sites.
• Provide patient follow up for initiation of Transition of Adolescent Youth (TAY's) via scheduled appointment or connected to PCP.
• Create playbook for SBHC processes initiated by SBHC Program Assistant to ensure continuity across sites.
• Provide opportunities for students in SBHC to receive diverse training and education as appropriate and in collaboration with other AmeriCorps members.
• Work with SBHC staff and CHCI's population health department to assess the efficiency of services with SBHC post - Covid.

Qualifications:

• High school or equivalent required
• Proficiency in Microsoft office and internet-related applications
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent oral and written skills
• Successful clearance of all required criminal history checks (NSCHC)
• Able to travel between CHC sites and in state

Preferred:

• Associate's degree in public health related field
• Bilingual Spanish/English
• Knowledge of and/or experience in behavioral health
• Experience working with children
• Knowledge and understanding of crisis intervention strategies

Location:
Community Health Center of Middletown
City:
Middletown
State:
Connecticut

Time Type:
Full time

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