Field Based Community Health Worker – UnitedHealth Group – Shawnee, KS

Field Based Community Health Worker – Shawnee County, Kansas

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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.

This position is full-time (40 hours/week) Monday – Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of (8:00am – 5:00pm). It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. This position is a field-based position with a home-based office. You will work from home when not in the field.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Create a positive experience and relationship with the member
• Help member set goals and develop a care plan to achieve those goals
• Proactively engage the member to manage their own health and healthcare
• Support the member 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
• Support the member to ensure pick-up of their prescriptions
• Provide member education on community resources and benefits
• Conduct post discharge activities from hospital facility and support connection to social services
• Support member to engage in work or volunteer activities, if desired, and develop stronger social supports 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
• May conduct Health Risk Assessments (HRA) if needed

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED (or higher)
• Must be able to comply with UHG Telecommuting Policy and have a designated workspace inside the home with access to high-speed internet availability
• Must have resided within the local community for 2+ years
• Knowledge of culture and values of community
• Familiarity with the resources available in the community
• Must reside in Shawnee County, Kansas
• Ability to travel locally, up to 100 miles round trip and up to 80% of the time
• Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to travel to client and/or patient sites within a designated area
• Must be available to work Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM
• Ability to multi-task between multiple electronic records systems and train remotely within a fast paced environment
• Ability to navigate a windows environment and utilize Microsoft Office (create, edit, send, save documents using Word and Excel, Outlook) in a professional setting
• If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. When in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition, employees must comply with any state and local masking orders

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in a health-related field
• Knowledge and/or experience with behavioral health or substance use disorders
• Previous care management experience
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide, Certified Medical Assistant
• CHW Accreditation
• Experience working in Managed Care
• Knowledge of Medicaid and/or Medicare population
• Bilingual – Spanish
• Field based experience
• Previous remote learning experience

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Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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