Community Health Worker (Full Time) @ Mount Sinai REACH
Division: General Internal Medicine of the Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Program: Mount Sinai Respectful & Equitable Access to Comprehensive Healthcare (REACH) Program
Description:
The Community Health Worker (CHW) is a full-time staff member in the Mount Sinai Respectful & Equitable Access to Comprehensive Healthcare (REACH) Program in the Division of General Internal Medicine of the Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
The REACH Program is a primary-care clinic for people who use drugs (PWUD) at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Using a multidisciplinary team model, REACH provides harm reduction-focused primary care, medications for opioid and alcohol use disorder, and Hep C testing and treatment. The clinical team is committed to harm reduction and trauma-informed approaches to patient care that acknowledge systemic racial injustice and provide respectful, compassionate, and equitable care for all patients.
The CHW’s role is to provide education and support to (potential) REACH Program clients at partner community agencies and at REACH Program outreach activities. Outreach activities include educational presentations, hepatitis C rapid testing (including pre- and post-test counseling), overdose education and naloxone kit distribution, fentanyl test strip education and distribution, and facilitating appointments in the clinic for primary care and Hep C care and treatment.
The CHW is supervised by the Outreach Coordinator and the Program Manager. The CHW is expected to spend approximately 75% of the time in the field and the other 25% of the time in the office. The field locations include substance use treatment programs throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn. View job flyer here.
Requirements:
- Coordinate new referrals with partner agencies
- Provide education to (potential) patients about Hep C screening, infection, and treatment
- Coordinate scheduling of appointments for patients with REACH staff and clinicians
- Documenting patient encounters
- Tracking patient contacts
- Coordinating telemedicine visits with clients and staff at partner agencies
- Deliver overdose education and naloxone training
- Assess patient barriers to accessing care and treatment
- Consent and pre- and post-test counseling
- Conduct Hep C rapid tests
- Assist outreach coordinator with outreach event planning
- Accompany patients to on-site or off-site appointments when necessary
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Spanish speaking preferred
- Exceptionally organized and able to work independently
- Excellent communication skills
- Compassionate and personable
- Occasional availability on nights and weekends at required times
- Willing to work in the field with community members
- 2 year commitment desired
- Interest in health disparities
- Knowledge of harm reduction principles
- Interest in working with patients with substance use disorders/psychiatric disorders
- Lived experience with substance use and/or Hep C virus infection preferred
To apply interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to:
Jeffrey Weiss, PhD, MS
Director, REACH Program
Last Updated on October 4, 2022 by HepFree NYC
