Job Description
Community Health Worker
HMH HOSPITALS CORPORATION Edison, New Jersey
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- Requisition # 2025-171604
- ShiftDay
- StatusFull Time with Benefits
Overview Our team members are the heart of what makes us better.
At
Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.
Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.
The
Community Health Workers (CHWs) provide social support, navigation, and advocacy to high-risk low-income patients within the communities they serve in order to help them reach their health goals. Act as caring neighbors to help patients address the social, medical and community problems that lead to poor health. The goal is to help patients deal with the `real life' issues that keep them from staying healthy, help with the tasks of getting medical care, and work on health goals by doing things like planning healthy meals or finding time to exercise.
This is a grant-funded position. Responsibilities A day in the life of a
Community Health Workers (CHWs) at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:
- Initiate contact with eligible patients telephonically and/or in person.
- Conduct a social needs screening and document in the Electronic Medical Record (Epic).
- Provide telephonic, in-home, or community-based visits to assist patients with their social and health-related needs.
- Conduct weekly follow ups with patients via their preferred method of communication (telephonic, home or in community setting).
- Meet weekly, monthly, and annual patient/member enrollment targets as set by the department.
- Advocate for patients by motivating them to meet their health-related goals, connecting them to resources in the community that can address social determinants of health needs and educating them on how to navigate them.
- Collaborate with care teams and community-based organization stakeholders to address patient needs.
- Assist patients in filling out applications for community-based programs, organizing patient's paperwork and ensuring patients are connected to their medical care team.
- Prepare reports and documents as needed or requested.
- Attend regular team and one on one departmental meetings.
- Able to work effectively in a hybrid model setting (office, hospital/clinical, community and home) as required based on departmental needs.
- Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
- Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
Qualifications Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: - Bachelor's degree in health related field or 3+ years experience in health or hospitality field with a High School diploma, general equivalency diploma (GED), and/or GED equivalent programs.
- Experience with accessing social service resources available for New Jersey.
- Must be proficient in MS Word/Google Suite and computer data entry.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to carry out written and oral instructions.
- Ability to receive and address feedback.
- Ability to exercise judgment in the application of professional services.
- Comfortable with telephonic outreach, home visits and outreach in the community.
Education, Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Preferred - Prior experience as an outreach worker or related title.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Bilingual/Multilingual with ability to pass language fluency test.
Licenses And Certifications Required - Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!
Compensation Minimum rate of $23.98 Hourly
HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.
Job Duties The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:
- Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
- Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
- Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
- Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
- Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
- Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
- Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.
Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.
In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.
Our Network Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is a Mandatory Influenza Vaccination Facility As a courtesy to assist you in your job search, we would like to send your resume to other areas of our Hackensack Meridian Health network who may have current openings that fit your skills and experience.
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